All air transport news – Page 988
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Opinion
Comment: Perception, reality and the F-35
Lost amid reports of up to a 90% cost overrun for the F-35 programme is the curious fact that Lockheed Martin is so far delivering low-rate initial production...
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NewsAirbus predicts surge for large corporate jets in Asia-Pacific
Airbus forecasts a market for around five "large corporate jets" a year in the Asia-Pacific - the majority of them in greater China.
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Petro Air takes delivery of Embraer 170 jets
Embraer has delivered two 170 jets to Libyan state-owned aviation services provider Petro Air.
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Working Week: Maria Angeles Marti Martinez
Maria Angeles Marti Martinez is head of lean, as in 'lean manufacturing' at Airbus's Illescas composites plant outside Madrid, which designs and builds stabilisers, fuselage sections and skins
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NewsTUI Travel launch customer for Boeing GoldCare
TUI Travel has signed up as the launch customer for Boeing's GoldCare life-cycle management service. The agreement covers the airline's 13 Boeing 787s,...
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Merpati 737-300 breaks up after overshooting runway in Papua
A Merpati Nusantara Boeing 737-300 has broken up after overshooting the runway while landing at Manokwari Airport in West Papua and plunging into a river.
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Malaysia aims to upgrade air force with new fighters, AEW aircraft
Malaysia - about to host Defence Services Asia - is once again looking for military aircraft. Lack of funds has hit previous procurement attempts. Will the latest succeed?
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P&W seals deal to begin design on GTF for Russia's MS-21
Pratt & Whitney has formally inked a deal with Irkut to begin preliminary design activities on the P&W PurePower PW1400G engine that will power the Russian...
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Tecom opens new facility after winning Row 44 antenna deal
Antenna maker Tecom Industries has opened a new facility for the manufacture of commercial satcom antenna systems.
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Benelux special: NG Aircraft plans Fokker 100 revival
A relaunch of Fokker twinjets has long been an ambition ever since the programme's demise. The latest plan is the strongest yet
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MK Airlines returns AOC and ceases operations
UK freight operator MK Airlines has voluntarily handed in its air operator's certificate and ceased operations. A spokeswoman for the UK CAA confirms...
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Russia certifies VIP variant of Tu-204
Russian certification authorities have approved the latest variant of the Tupolev Tu-204, an executive version of the twin-jet. The aircraft - designated...
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ADSE: design for life after Fokker
Formed from the wreckage of Fokker in the late 1990s, engineering consultancy ADSE is an example of a successful entrepreneurial start-up that has mined the former airframer's deep heritage in design and manufacturing.
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Opinion
Comment: clearing the toxic air
Much legal action may follow a landmark court ruling proving the connection between toxic cabin air and illness, but the best way forward would be to solve the contamination problem
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MD's venture adventure
Patriarch Partners, the US capital venture firm that bought MD Helicopters five years ago, is not about to let economic downturn get in the way of its plans for transforming the manufacturer.
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Aero Friedrichshafen in brief
Liberty Aerospace has appointed JB Investments as distributor for its XL2 piston single in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,...
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NewsBoeing inspects 747-8F fleet for defective stringers
As Boeing prepares to begin the 747-8's flutter trials, it has inspected the test fleet for defective machined stringers that were found to be prone to cracking...
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Fractional start-up SmartAir plots expansion and ponders franchising opportunities
European fractional ownership start-up SmartAir is preparing to exercise around half of its 42 Diamond D-Jet options as development of Europe's first single-engined, personal jet-based fractional programme gathers pace.
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EASA certifies A330-200F for 70t payload
Airbus has secured European certification for its A330-200 freighter, with the twin-jet attaining a slightly higher payload capability than originally expected.