All air transport news – Page 815
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Dubai Aeropace Enterprise wipes out its 737 backlog
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has cancelled its remaining 35 Boeing 737s on order, eliminating its entire narrowbody backlog, Boeing confirms. The airframer's...
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Ameco Beijing plans merger with Air China Technics
Air China plans to merge its maintenance arm, Air China Technics, with its MRO joint venture with Lufthansa, Ameco Beijing, to become a major global maintenance,...
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Finnair to operate Amsterdam-Helsinki biofuel flight
Finnair has become the latest airline to announce plans to operate flights partially-powered by biofuel.
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Boeing looks distantly at 60 737s per month
Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh is asking his product development team to examine what it would take to ramp its 737 final assembly line to 60...
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FLIGHT TEST: Epic LT - Experimental Rocket
We took a spin in the zippy Epic LT turbine single, reborn following its manufacturer's brush with bankruptcy
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Thai to retire 50 aircraft over next six years
Thai Airways International plans to decommission 50 aircraft over the next six years, up from its previous aim of retiring 38 aircraft.
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US safety regulators push FAA to bolster MD-11 hard landing prevention
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is strongly urging the FAA to adopt new regulations specific to Boeing MD-11 aircraft to stave off a raft of hard landings that began in 1993 and continued through 2010.
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Boeing and ANA complete 787 service ready validation
Boeing and 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) have completed the service ready operational validation (SROV) trials, covering routes to and from Tokyo's Haneda International airport.
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EasyJet to sell two A319s through AMS Aircraft
EasyJet is to sell two of its Airbus A319s. UK-based AMS Aircraft said it has been given an exclusive mandate to remarket two of the carrier's A319s,...
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Obituary: Corporate transparency champion James Hoblyn dies
James Hoblyn, who has died suddenly aged 46, was responsible for customer services and specialised aircraft at Bombardier Aerospace and was one of the Canadian manufacturer's high-flying presidents.
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Next round of demo flights under Inspire project set to begin
The next round of demonstration flights under green air traffic management initiative Inspire is scheduled to take place this month.
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Irish lessor LCI bullish on CSeries prospects
Irish lessor Lease Corporation International is confident it will be able to place its Bombardier CSeries twinjets with financially healthy carriers, and envisages firming CSeries options as the programme continues to gain momentum.
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Thomas Cook issues profit warning, reviews UK business
European tour operator Thomas Cook Group has launched a "fundamental strategic and operational review" of its UK business as it continues to be hit by difficult...
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Cheaper oil means trouble
Jet fuel prices are trending down with crude, but that may be bad news for airlines
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Boeing seeks to mitigate assembly risks
Airframer reviews how much aircraft production process is outsourced to ensure minimal disruption to final assembly line
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Crew pairing queried after 737 abort
Polish inquiry questions cockpit authority gradient after Ryanair pilots misidentify location of airport during visual landing
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China Southern to operate A380 on domestic routes
China Southern Airlines will operate its new Airbus A380s on daily domestic Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Shanghai Hongqiao services. This would make...
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Air France names Marseille as first regional base
Air France has chosen Marseille as the first of its new regional bases, as it aims to cut costs and boost its European medium-haul services.
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UPS adds rapid-fit masks to anti-fire measures
US freight giant UPS is retrofitting its fleet of Boeing aircraft with full-face oxygen masks with integrated smoke goggles, reinforcing fire protection following the fatal crash of a freighter last year.