All Airframers news – Page 679
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The accidents that changed the world
Like all initial news stories about aircraft accidents, Flight International's reports provided what little information was available. In the case of these...
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NewsTACA A320 crash: Jet's behaviour 'consistent' with crew action
Preliminary findings from the fatal TACA Airbus A320 landing accident in Honduras last May have not revealed any technical fault with the aircraft. The...
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FAA modifies 'ineffective' directive on CRJ flap problems
US regulators are proposing to expand an airworthiness directive for Bombardier CRJ100/200s to reduce the risk of flap failure, after finding the original...
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NewsGaruda Indonesia plans to double aircraft fleet by 2013
Garuda Indonesia has unveiled plans to launch new services and dramatically increase the size of its fleet beyond what it has already ordered. The...
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Afriqiyah merger would create stronger carrier: Libyan CEO
Libyan Airlines is aiming to complete its long-proposed...
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NewsFlightBlogger: 787's path to first flight detailed
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program has had five first flight dates set, but a timeline for key program milestones has now emerged that outlines a grueling testing gauntlet to first flight in late April, sources tell FlightBlogger.
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Timco error at root of United Air Lines runway excursion
Misrouted and reversed antiskid wiring by US-based Timco Aviation Services technicians led to the runway excursion of a United Air Lines A320 after landing...
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Copa orders four more 737-800s
Panama's Copa Airlines has ordered four more Boeing 737-800s, lifting its outstanding commitments to the aircraft type to 13.
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United expedited engine repairs after Chicago smoke incident
United Air Lines accelerated a program to replace defective bearings on its Pratt & Whitney PW-4090-powered Boeing 777s following a 14 December 2007 incident...
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Row 44 plans commercial trials for January
Row 44 in January expects to begin testing its Ku band-based in-flight connectivity system on commercial aircraft even as the firm continues to face opposition...
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NewsAirbus narrowly meets delivery target of 12 A380s in 2008
Airbus has narrowly met its revised delivery target of 12 A380 aircraft for 2008 following its handover today of a fourth example to Middle Eastern carrier...
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NewsIATA laments shocking drop in freight traffic
IATA figures for November have revealed further evidence of the impact of the economic slowdown on the freight market, after international cargo traffic...
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NewsANZ says biofuel test flight a success
Air New Zealand (ANZ) is reporting a successful first test flight of a Boeing 747-400 powered in part by the biofuel jatropha. The flight was conducted...
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China Eastern aid package more than doubled to $1 billion
China's Government has more than doubled the size of a financial aid package for cash-strapped China Eastern Airlines to 7 billion yuan, or $1 billion.
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David Cush: Evolving Virgin America from embattled start-up to niche carrier
Virgin America CEO David Cush arrived at the carrier roughly a year ago ahead of a period of wildly spiking fuel prices and at the beginning of an equally astounding economic recession
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NewsAlitalia offers 46 mainline and regional aircraft for sale
Italian flag-carrier Alitalia's administrator has formally put 46 of the airline's aircraft up for sale, and is requesting expressions of interest by the...
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NewsPICTURE: Sukhoi flies second Superjet for first time
Sukhoi has carried out the first flight of its second Superjet 100 test aircraft, days after a new phase of airborne trials of its PowerJet SaM146 engines...
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NewsPutting Surinam on the map
Surinam is one of those places you think you know where it is, but can’t quite remember. It’s a quiet country on the north-eastern part of South America, with more affinity with the Caribbean than with its cousins with whom it shares a continent.
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B/E secures STC for A300-600 conversions
US-based B/E Aerospace has secured a supplemental type certificate (STC) from the US FAA allowing it to convert Airbus A300-600 passenger aircraft to freighters.