All air transport news – Page 792
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Boeing 787 delivery ends 40-month delay
On 25 September, Boeing should earn its first dollars from the 787 programme, when the long-arranged sources of capital set up by launch customer All Nippon Airways are transferred into Boeing's coffers.
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787’s excess weight drives mission profile: ANA
All Nippon Airways has confirmed for the first time excess weight has pushed the airline to deploy early 787s on short haul and regional operations rather...
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Package B Trent 1000 flies on production 787
The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Package B engine made its first flight on a production Boeing 787 on 24 September, confirmed programme vice president and general...
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Boeing formally delivers first 787 to ANA
All Nippon Airways, launch customer for the Boeing 787, has taken contractual delivery of its first of 55 aircraft three and a half years late. Boeing...
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Opinion
Comment: Champagne on ice tastes all the sweeter
You might wonder what Boeing has to do to catch a break. Just as its 787 widebody finally rolls toward commercial service, the high-power beams lighting up Everett turn out not to be theatrical spotlights, but rather the headlamps of an oncoming express that carried a late delivery of trouble.
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Labour relations trumped 787 profitability on line selection: Documents
Despite the conclusion that the establishment of the second Boeing 787 final assembly line in North Charleston, South Carolina presented a high risk and...
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Aerogal completes fleet renewal as it prepares to integrate VIP
Aerolineas Galapagos (AeroGal), the Ecuadorian AviancaTaca affiliate, has announced the completion of its fleet renewal from older generation Boeing 737s...
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Boeing confirms linefit plan for Panasonic Internet system
Boeing has decided to make Panasonic Avionics' Ku-band satellite-supported Global Communications Suite (GCS) linefit offerable on its 777s.
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Boeing returns to Ku connectivity linefits for Turkish 777
Turkish Airlines will take delivery of the first Boeing 777-300ER with Panasonic Avionics' Ku-band satellite-supported Global Communications Suite (GCS)...
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ROUTES:Airbus confirms Dubai will become world’s biggest VLA hub
Airbus unsurprisingly retains a bullish outlook for A380-sized airliner demand in its just-released 20-year market forecast, which finally acknowledges that Dubai will be the number one hub for very large airliners (VLA).
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ROUTES: Monarch eyes niche routes
While many airlines believe there is little room for expansion in the mature European marketplace, Monarch sees development potential through exploiting "niche opportunities".
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Emirates expands A380 network
Emirates is increasing the destinations served by its Airbus A380 fleet this year, with new services being added to points in Europe, South Africa and Asia.
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Hundreds more 737 Max orders soon: Boeing
Boeing's marketing chief Randy Tinseth expects the 737 Max family to rack up "hundreds" more orders in the coming months as the airframer works to firm the configuration of the new narrowbody.
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Report lays bare Air India woes
In early September, an Indian newspaper reported that Air India's management was considering hiring a younger batch of female crew, and changing their uniform...
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EASA proposes new instrument flying ratings
The European Aviation Safety Agency has just published a proposed rule creating a simpler instrument rating (IR) aimed at encouraging private pilots to win the qualification, and a new full IR entailing less theoretical knowledge but the same flying test.
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Libya begins effort to rebuild its air transport infrastructure
Libya is working to rebuild its air transport sector in the wake of the ousting of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, as the country's two main airlines assess...
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Emirates and Air France-KLM declare war on costs
Cost-cutting is back at the top of the boardroom agenda as airlines battle to deal with the sustained high price of oil combined with the continuing sluggishness...
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US carriers rally for national airline policy
Stressing that the US airline industry is at a crucial inflection point, the country's airlines are uniting to push the government to adopt a national airline...
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Lockheed Martin stays in competition to replace AMRAAM, HARM with new missile
A Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team has revealed plans to compete for a contract to replace two Raytheon missiles - the AIM-120 AMRAAM and AGM-88 HARM - despite being shut out of a series of technology development contract awards.
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Emirates among carriers affected as AeroMobile leaky feeders fail tests
Some leaky feeder cables installed on aircraft fitted with the eXPhone mobile connectivity solution will require replacement following the discovery that...