All Airframers news – Page 275
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AMES inks heavy maintenance deal with North American Airlines
Wilmington, Ohio-based Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services (AMES) has inked a maintenance agreement with Georgia-based North American Airlines...
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Airbus breaks ground in Mobile, JetBlue to receive first A320
Airbus and local officials broke ground on the airframer's new A320 family final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, today, with JetBlue Airways slated to...
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NewsCathay Pacific A330 damaged after air bridge collapses
A Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A330's forward passenger door was ripped off after a rear air bridge at Hong Kong International Airport collapsed on 7 April. The...
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NewsBoeing completes 787 final certification flight with improved battery
Boeing completed a final certification demonstration flight on the 787 Dreamliner with an improved battery design today, and will present data from its tests...
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NewsPICTURES: British Airways rolls out first painted A380
British Airways' first Airbus A380 has been rolled out of the airframer's paint facility at Hamburg, following the application of its full livery. The...
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NewsBoeing dispatches 787 battery fix teams to Japan
Boeing has dispatched maintenance teams to Japan, where they are standing by to retrofit a new battery containment system on the grounded 787 aircraft of...
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Air Transat to add Boeing 737s to fleet
Air Transat will bring its medium-haul operations in-house in 2014 and add Boeing 737s to its fleet, the Montreal-based charter operator says. The...
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Sukhoi claims nearly 180 firm orders for Superjet
Sukhoi's civil aircraft division is claiming 179 firm orders for its Superjet 100, but points out that its financial performance is being affected by early...
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NewsANA to train pilots for resumption of 787 operations
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is planning to put its Boeing 787 pilots through simulator training in April, to prepare them for the resumption of 787 operations. "We're...
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NewsLion Air takes Airbus first-quarter orders beyond 400
Lion Air's huge deal for Airbus A320-family jets has lifted the airframer's first-quarter net order total to 410 aircraft. The Indonesian carrier's...
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Mitsubishi plans transfer of 777 work to Hiroshima
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is planning to transfer some of the production work it does for the Boeing 777 to another facility, in anticipation of...
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NewsIAG firms up 18 787 options for BA; indicates possible Iberia order
International Airlines Group (IAG) plans to convert 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliner options into firm orders for British Airways, which will use the new aircraft...
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Ethiopian seeks Ex-Im funding for 777s
Ethiopian Airlines is requesting US Export-Import Bank support to help finance its Boeing 777 aircraft deliveries, according to the export credit agency....
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Aeroflot receives Superjet simulator
Aeroflot has taken delivery of a full-flight simulator for the Sukhoi Superjet 100, installed at its Moscow Sheremetyevo base. It is the third Superjet...
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NewsChina Eastern to add 56 new aircraft in 2013
China Eastern Airlines will be inducting 56 new aircraft into its fleet this year, the majority of which will be narrowbodies. These include 22 Airbus...
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NewsGol 737 declares emergency after two go-arounds
The flight crew of a Gol Boeing 737-700 declared emergency following two go-arounds while attempting to land at Imperatriz in an incident on 5 February. The...
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NewsStorm ice suspected in Etihad A340 cruise incident
Pilots of an Etihad Airways Airbus A340-600 diverted to Singapore after a sudden encounter with turbulent weather during cruise generated unreliable airspeed...
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NewsBoeing looks beyond batteries on latest 787 test flight
Boeing today completed two 787 test flights that was unrelated to the battery failures.