All Airframers news – Page 487
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NewsFAA investigates Allegiant Air close call
An Allegiant Air Boeing MD-82 carrying a college football team to a game in Missouri struck runway end lights and appears to have overran the runway before...
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INTERIORS: Rockwell Collins unveils two customers for next generation of dPAVES
China Eastern is the first customer to sign up for the second-generation Rockwell Collins drop down dPAVES in-flight entertainment system offered on Boeing's...
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Northrop raises concerns with USAF acquisition process on JSTARS
Northrop Grumman officials are seeking ways to revitalise the E-8C JSTARS ground surveillance fleet now in competition with multi-mission surveillance aircraft, but have raised new concerns about the US Air Force's acquisition process.
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PICTURE: Airbus test-flies A350 fuselage panel on A340
Airbus has started test-flying a carbon-fibre reinforced plastic fuselage panel intended to become a standard structural component of the A350.
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Business: Good week - Bad week
Good week - British Airways' and Iberia's new holding company has drawn up a list of a dozen airlines it would like to buy Bad week - BOMBARDIER The airframer gunning to give Airbus and Boeing a run in the narrowbody market says development costs and capital investment for its ...
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This Week Briefing
EADS chief executive Louis Gallois said the European aerospace giant is in talks with a few companies in defense, services and security for potential deals and could comfortably make an acquisition of around €1 billion ($1.3 billion).
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Interview
Working Week Brendan Lodge
Brendan Lodge is business development director for JetBrokers Europe, which focuses on providing the best possible solution for buyers and sellers while broking corporate aircraft transactions at an international level
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Aeromexico confirms evaluation of fleet expansion options
Aeromexico has confirmed it is looking at acquiring additional Boeing aircraft as it plans further expansion of its network in the aftermath of archrival...
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Crashed Conviasa ATR 42 identified
The Conviasa ATR which crashed in Venezuela earlier today has been identified as a 16-year-old ATR 42-300.
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NewsSeveral passengers survive Conviasa ATR 42 crash
Rescuers in Venezuela are heading for the scene of an accident involving an aircraft operated by state-run carrier Conviasa. Twenty-three of the 47...
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Embraer closes $1bn credit facility with 25 banks
Embraer closed a credit loan for $1 billion with a group of 25 international financial institutions. The main objective of the standby agreement is...
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Opinion
Comment: Of steady sales and plunging profits
An aphorism of the corporate world holds that turnover is vanity, margin is sanity. In other words: grow sales all you want, it's profits that count.
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NewsEstonian CRJ900s to arrive in 2011 under new deal
Estonian Air has firmed a contract to acquire three Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, a deal which replaces an earlier fleet-renewal agreement with the...
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NewsVIDEO: Delta 747 shunts tow-tractor at gate
Video images have emerged depicting the moment that a Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 shunted a tow-tractor while preparing to park at an airbridge
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VivaAerobus expands at Mexico City, seeks more 737s
Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus is launching six new routes to Mexico City and is looking to acquire at least six additional Boeing 737-300s to support...
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Air China to order four 777-300ERs
Chinese flag-carrier Air China is ordering four Boeing 777-300ER aircraft for delivery from 2013.
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NewsBoeing, Embraer cool to re-engining prospects
In the face of the costly structural changes required to maximise the benefit of a new powerplant, Boeing and Embraer have cooled to the idea of re-engining their respective workhorse jetliners.
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Business briefs
The Hungarian government is in talks with private investors to sell its 95% stake in flag carrier Malev, following its renationalisation of the airline this year