All air transport news – Page 879
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AEI restarts 727 conversions
Aeronautical Engineers has restarted its Boeing 727 cargo conversion line after a six-year hiatus, having been selected by an undisclosed customer to modify a 727-200 as a 12-pallet freighter.
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Mexico’s domestic market grew slightly in 2010
Mexico's domestic market recorded slight growth in 2010 despite the collapse of the country's second largest player.
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Boeing posts $3.3 billion full-year net profit for 2010
Boeing has recorded a full-year net profit of $3.3 billion for 2010, nearly treble the $1.3 billion net profit posted a year earlier.
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Boeing full-year results - live coverage
Airframer Boeing has published its full-year financial results for 2010, showing revenue at $64.3bn, a fall of 6% on 2009's figure, and net income at $3.3bn - a rise of 152% on the previous year.
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British Midland transition continues
This month sees more signs of the gradual transition taking place at British Midland International, under the leadership of Wolfgang Prock-Schauer following Lufthansa’s acquisition of the Star Alliance carrier just over a year ago. Newly announced flights from London Heathrow and Manchester to the Swiss city of Basel see ...
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Opinions divided on merits of A320neo
Airbus has begun racking up orders and commitments for its upgraded A320neo family, but some industry observers have raised questions about the decision to develop the new variants.
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China to produce Groen gyroplane
Gyroplane kit manufacturer Groen Brothers says that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Guangzhou, China-based Suntrans to produce in China a family of light aircraft based on its SparrowHawk design.
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Gulfstream: G650 flight test family complete
Gulfstream on 24 January performed first flight of the fifth and final member of its airborne certification fleet for the ultra long-range G650. Aircraft...
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Alaska to deploy 737-900ERs within existing network
Alaska Airlines plans to deploy its new fleet of Boeing 737-900ERs on dense routes within the carrier's existing network.
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SkyWest to operate five ex-Horizon CRJ700s for Alaska
SkyWest Airlines has reached an agreement with Alaska Airlines to operate five of the Bombardier CRJ700s exiting the fleet of Alaska's regional unit Horizon...
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Thomas Cook firms order for 12 A321s
Thomas Cook Group has firmed up a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for 12 A321s.
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Eurofighter faces pivotal year for Typhoon programme, says chief executive
This year will be pivotal for the Eurofighter programme if production lines are not to stop in 2015, says chief executive Enzo Casolini ...
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PICTURE: Horizon adopts “Eskimo” logo on Q400s
Horizon Air is retiring its public brand and will adopt the trademark Eskimo of its sister company, Alaska Airlines, on its fleet.
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Opinion
Comment: Super-sized ambition
Sukhoi's regional jet order from a Mexican budget airline has been touted as an international breakthrough - but making inroads in the USA requires heroic effort from its marketing team
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The trouble with money
For Airbus parent EADS, success has bred a novel problem - too much cash
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Qantas 737-400 in depressurisation incident
A Qantas Airways 737-400 aircraft was involved in a depressurisation incident this morning, but landed safely at its destination.
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GECAS orders 12 A330-300s
GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) has signed a firm order for 12 additional Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
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Eurocopter X3 development carries on at speed
As Eurocopter presses ahead with development of its X3 technology demonstrator with a view to introducing the radical high-speed technology commercially in six years, the key challenge is not technical development, but finding an agency to certificate the machine.
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Thrust-reverser suspected in Sudanese 707 crash
Investigators are refining simulations of a Sudanese Boeing 707-330 freighter crash in order to determine whether a serious fault affecting the outboard...
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Senegal Airlines to launch operations tomorrow
Start-up carrier Senegal Airlines will launch operations tomorrow to destinations in West Africa.