All air transport news – Page 843
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Failure to redistribute passengers caused serious A320 tailstrike
Failure to redistribute passengers on an Airbus A320 led the aircraft to strike its tail on take-off from Verona, Italian investigation agency the ANSV has found.
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E-190 production delays will not impact 2011 delivery forecast: Embraer
Embraer is incurring delays to its E-190 production schedule due to a supply chain constraint with a Japanese provider of engine electronics for the twinjet's...
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PICTURES: Korean A380 begins final flight tests
Korean Air's first Airbus A380 (MSN35) has started final flight tests from the airframer's Hamburg Finkenwerder plant, ahead of delivery to Toulouse in preparation...
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Field extends useful life of Dash 8s with flightdeck upgrade
Field Aviation has completed the first major modernisation of the flightdeck of a Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop.
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Improving single-aisle capability key to low-cost carrier progression
The continuous improvement in single-aisle airliner capability has been central to the development of low-cost airlines. That is the view of Blair Pomeroy, consultant with Oliver Wyman, who expects that the availability of a re-engined Airbus A320neo - and any counter-offer from Boeing - will provide further opportunities for airlines ...
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Improving single-aisle capability key to low-cost carrier growth
Continuous improvement in single-aisle airliner capability has been central to the development of low-cost airlines, according to Oliver Wyman consultant...
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Republic alludes to A320neo place holder deposit
Frontier Airlines parent Republic Airways Holdings has placed an aircraft place holder deposit with Airbus for the re-engined A320neo, according to a company...
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PICTURE: 'Virgin Australia' new name for Virgin Blue
The second decade of Virgin Blue's operation will see the airline re-brand as "Virgin Australia" to help shed its low-cost image in favour of being a formidable...
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Size of 737 successor will aid E-Jets decision: Embraer's Curado
An announcement from Boeing in the coming months about its plans for replacing current single-aisle types will not necessarily trigger an immediate response...
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Tu-204SM begins airworthiness certification programme
Tupolev has begun an airworthiness certification programme for its modernised Tu-204SM twin-jet after completing its post-assembly trials. On 28 April,...
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Korean Air orders five A330-200s and two 777-300ERs
Korean Air has placed a firm order with Airbus for five additional A330-200s, and plans to order two Boeing 777-300ERs.
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Embraer posts $105.1m 1Q net profit
Brazilian regional jet manufacturer Embraer has more than quadrupled its first quarter income to $105.1 million from $24.1 million in the same period last...
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AF447 recovery team retrieves cockpit-voice recorder
Search personnel have located and raised the cockpit-voice recorder of the Air France Airbus A330 which crashed in the South Atlantic, two days after retrieving...
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SR Technics wins Cebu Pacific maintenance contract
SR Technics and Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific have signed a 10-year contract for maintenance services on 18 CFM International CFM56-5B engines. Under...
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Costs grow for earliest F-35s in production
The cost of the first 28 production models of the Lockheed Martin F-35 has increased by at least 11% to 15%, according to the F-35 joint programme office...
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US carriers seize acquisitions to survive
US regional carriers are pursuing acquisitions as a means of survival but how the industry will change is open to question
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US regionals look to supersize
Large regional aircraft - jets, mainly, but turboprops too - are the next big thing, with interest from airlines likely to centre on aircraft with 90 seats or more
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Have US regionals improved safety standards since the Colgan accident?
Is the regional aviation sector learning the lessons on training and discipline following the Colgan crash in 2009?
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Working Week: Tim Myall
Engineering a future in aerospace Tim Myall is an engineering consultant at UK-based consultancy Frazer-Nash. He leads a team of engineers supporting...
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Business briefing
HAMPSON HITS MILESTONES ON $53 MILLION DEAL MANUFACTURING Aerostructures supplier Hampson Industries "experienced an improved final trading quarter"...