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First flight of Air India's 787 cut short by failed sensor
Air India's first 787 made its maiden flight 31 July, though the sortie was cut short by a declared emergency traced to a failed sensor. Operating...
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US NTSB aids in Caribbean overrun investigation
Members from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are travelling to Guyana to investigate a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 that overran...
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No fatalities as Caribbean Boeing 737-800 crashes in Guyana
Investigations are underway after a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash landed at Guyana's Cheddi Jagan airport at 1.32am local time on 30 July.
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Embraer sticks to year-end target on new commercial jet decision
Embraer still plans to reach a decision by year-end on its strategy to address the evolving narrowbody market now that Boeing has declared its intent to...
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Fire risk in air freight increases dramatically
Fires in aircraft freight holds caused by lithium batteries for consumer electronic equipment has been a growing worry for airlines, particularly in the...
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AF447 crew not trained for high-altitude stall: investigators
Inquiries into the loss of Air France flight AF447 have yet to explain fully why the pilots failed to avert the Airbus A330's fatal stall, despite its onset...
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TAP Portugal set to defect to A350-900
TAP Portugal is poised to defect to the larger Airbus A350-900, becoming the latest in a series of customers to shift away from the shrunk -800 variant. Airbus...
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KAL places firm order for 10 Bombardier CS300s
Bombardier has landed its first firm order for its CSeries aircraft in Asia, with Korean Air converting a letter of intent into an order for ten CS300 aircraft,...
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Airbus orders to exceed 1,000 this year: EADS
Airbus will end the year with gross orders for more than 1,000 aircraft, parent company EADS has forecast. But it is maintaining its delivery estimate...
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Airbus commercial earnings dip in first half
Airbus's commercial aircraft division turned in lower earnings for the half-year, down 7.4% to €223 million ($319 million), even as the airframer raised...
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Asiana 747-400F had fire in hold before crash
The Asiana Airlines Boeing 747-400F that crashed into the sea off Jeju Island on 28 July had fire in its hold, but the fire's role in the crash itself is...
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OSHKOSH: F-16 damaged after runway overrun
A Lockheed Martin F-16 was damaged after overrunning the runway on 28 July at the AirVenture fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin ...
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Boeing fails to commit to Renton plant
Despite more than four decades of 737 production experience, Boeing's leadership has indicated it will make its Renton, Washington facility compete for the right to produce the re-engined 737.
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Lithium batteries among cargo on crashed Asiana 747-400F
A Boeing 747-400F operated by South Korea's Asiana Airlines was carrying electronic products and liquids when it crashed in sea off Jeju Island. The...
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Safran aims for greater robustness in A320neo gear
Newly-combined undercarriage specialist Messier-Bugatti-Dowty intends to improve the robustness of the Airbus A320neo's landing gear having been selected to supply the assemblies for the twinjet family.
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Tiger Airways Australia suspension extended to 1 August
Tiger Airways Australia's domestic operations will remain suspended until 1 August after a court hearing that was scheduled for 28 July had been adjourned,...
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Boeing reaffirms 787-9 EIS
Despite analyst doubts and media reports of a coming production slip and delay in the first delivery of the larger 787-9, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney has affirmed...
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Thomson Airways postpones biofuel flight until September
Thomson Airways has postponed its planned commercial biofuel flight until September due to "unforeseen fuel delivery delays". The carrier had been...
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Lufthansa firms order for 30 A320neos
(Corrects backlog figures, which were mistakenly reported in original article.)
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Boeing revises 2011 delivery guidance as Q2 profits grow
Boeing has revised downward its guidance for its 2011 commercial aircraft deliveries to 485 to 495 aircraft, reducing its anticipated number of combined...