All air transport news – Page 845
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Middle East Careers: Youthful ambition fuels Etihad
Etihad is only eight years old but has rapidly built up a 60-strong fleet and established itself as a major intercontinental connector
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ANZ outlines scope of new aviation institute
Air New Zealand has launched a new organisation offering industry-wide training as it seeks a larger and more global role in airline training.
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Tu-204SM struggles as key supporter backs away
Russia's beleaguered Tupolev Tu-204SM programme is struggling to avoid total derailment after lessor Ilyushin Finance, its key supporter, withdrew its interest.
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Middle East Careers: Flydubai recruits staff for its own MRO operation
In another sign that Emirates offshoot Flydubai intends to be its own airline, the Dubai-based low-cost start-up has created an in-house maintenance operation.
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Middle East Careers: Al Baker's gameplan
Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup has added impetus to the expansion plans of Doha's five-star rated flag-carrier
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Middle East Careers: Onwards and upwards for Emirates
Dubai flag-carrier Emirates is entering a "massive couple of years" of fleet expansion and large-scale recruitment
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American focuses on component maintenance in targeting third party work
American Airlines is targeting component maintenance repair and overhaul to expand its work for outside carriers, and plans to market those capabilities...
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Southwest 737 slides off Chicago runway
A Southwest 737-700 slid off the runway at Chicago's Midway Airport during landing this afternoon. Initial reports say that none of the 134 passengers...
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Delta to retire 'least efficient aircraft' as it smarts from $318m loss
Delta Air Lines is blaming escalating fuel costs for its $318 million net loss in the first quarter and says it is raising fares and retiring its "least...
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Boeing reaffirms mid-year target for 737 decision
Boeing has restated its aim of announcing its plans for the 737 - whether to re-engine or to go for a completely new, clean-sheet design - by the middle...
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ILFC finalises Neo order
ILFC has finalised an order for the purchase of 100 A320neo family aircraft from Airbus. "Our work is ongoing as we continue on the path of providing...
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Middle East Careers: jobs in MRO
As Middle East airlines expand their fleets, demand for maintenance staff from home and abroad is growing rapidly
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Koito to split companies from disgraced aircraft seat business
Koito Industries intends to move various businesses into a separate company, in an effort to protect them from the fallout of its embattled aviation seat...
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Airbus aims to save €1b in Power8 follow-on programme
Airbus exceeded its 2007 objective to save €2.5 billion ($3.7 billion) through its Power8 consolidation programme, which involved cutting around 8,000 jobs,...
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Overrun Air India 737 could have stopped despite late landing
Analysis of the Air India Express Boeing 737-800 accident at Mangalore last May has shown that, despite the long landing, the jet could still have stopped...
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Pluna Líneas Aéreas orders more CRJ900s
ombardier Aerospace announced today that Pluna Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas S.A. has signed a follow-on order for three CRJ900 NextGen regional jetliners. The...
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X-rays find rivet lapses on Southwest 737-300
X-ray inspections have exposed problems with rivets near the spot where a portion of a Boeing 737-300 fuselage panel ripped open during flight, forcing Southwest...
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How far can RNP extend its reach?
Their efficacy has been demonstrated repeatedly at exotic locations worldwide - but how far can required navigation performance procedures extend their reach?
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Comment: Nudging the naysayers
Sukhoi's first Superjet 100 delivery may be well behind schedule - but it confounds critics of the erstwhile Russian Regional Jet who doubted whether the project would even get this far
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US Airways readies the ranks for RNP
US Airways is preparing its pilots for required navigation performance procedures, intended to reduce delays and cut fuel burn