All air transport news – Page 914
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Korean Air A380s enter final assembly
Korean Air's first four Airbus A380 aircraft have entered final assembly at Airbus's Toulouse factory, with the first aircraft scheduled to be delivered...
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Venezuela and Russia progress leasing venture
Venezuela is to establish a joint development bank with Russia as part of a plan to set up a regionally focused aircraft leasing company.
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Vietnam Airlines 777 clears checks after turbulence incident
A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 777-200 aircraft that experienced severe turbulence on a flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle yesterday has been cleared to return...
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United expects no major fleet decisions for several months
The executive in charge of fleet planning for the new United Airlines expects it will take at least several months to make any key fleet plan decisions in...
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StandardAero signs APU maintenance deal with Airnorth
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise subsidiary StandardAero has inked a maintenance agreement with Australia's Airnorth for the airline's Hamilton Sundstrand APS2300...
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American’s chief describes Bombardier’s CSeries as compelling
American Airlines chief executive Gerard Arpey believes the Bombardier CSeries is "definitely worth considering" as the carrier looks at its growth through 2020.
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NBAA: Hawker and Nextant lock horns of 400 retrofit programmes
Hawker Beechcraft Services has thrown down the gauntlet to Nextant Aerospace with a launch at the show of its Hawker 400XP/Beechjet 400A retrofit program to challenge the aircraft modifier's 400XT offering.
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US Airways improves cash pile in 3Q
US Airways ended the third quarter to 30 September with $2.4 billion in total cash and investments, of which $389 million was restricted, up from $2 billion...
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Livingston presumed unsustainable
Italian authorities have suspended the operating licence of carrier Livingston, after determining that the airline is unable to meet European criteria on sustainable business.
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Turbulence incident on Vietnam Airlines 777 injures 21
Twenty-one Vietnam Airlines passengers were injured on a Hanoi-Paris Charles de Gaulle flight today when the Boeing 777-200 aircraft encountered severe turbulence.
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BA CityFlyer firms up two Embraer 190 options
British Airways' CityFlyer subsidiary has firmed options on two Embraer 190s, having taken delivery of the six Embraer 170s and five 98-seat E-190s it ordered in December 2008
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Iberia officially opens Barcelona MRO facility
Spanish carrier Iberia has inaugurated a new MRO facility at Barcelona's El Prat airport, with operations due to begin in November.
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Airbus further delays certification of A320P2F
Airbus has pushed the target certification date of its A320 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme for a second time, to late 2012. Airbus...
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'No deadline' for 737 re-engining
Boeing says it is not holding itself to a deadline for deciding whether to re-engine its 737 narrowbody.
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Bigger 787 variant to boost order share: Boeing
Boeing expects orders for the 787 Dreamliner to settle at an even split between the -8 and -9 variants as airlines lean towards the latter, bigger model.
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NBAA: Learjet 60 gets smart tire pressure sensor system
A tire pressure remote sensor system by Crane Aerospace and Electronics has been awarded a supplemental type certificate for the Bombardier Learjet 60.
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Air services in France severely disrupted by strike action
Air services in France are being severely disrupted today due to a 24h air traffic controller strike, one of a series of national strikes taking place across...
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Boeing expects to secure 777BCF launch customer in early 2011
Boeing is confident of securing a launch customer for its 777 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) programme by mid 2011, and expects the 777-200ERBCF will be...
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London Gatwick gets green light for A380 operations
London's Gatwick airport has been granted permission by its local council to operate the Airbus A380. Gatwick, which has already invested £43 million...
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Interview
Working Week: Pete Lynch Williams
Pete Lynch Williams set up independent charter broker Flaps International seven years ago after a career working for major brokerages. His experiences have prompted him to write his life story