All Airframers news – Page 685
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TAP seeks higher margins as space constraints bite
MAINTENANCE Tapping into MRO Brazilian acquisition gives TAP Air Portugal's maintenance arm room to expand as parent airline's growth squeezes...
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E-190 steep approach trials slip but '09 certification still planned
Embraer is maintaining the expectation that the E-190 will secure steep approach certification next year, but is staying mum about a slight slip in the timeline...
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DARPA funds distributed electric fan propulsion study
Distributed electric fan propulsion is the focus of a $475,000 Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) study awarded...
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Boeing Phantom Works races to develop computational fluid dynamics tools with Renault F1
Boeing aims to capitalise on the opening of a new £10 million ($15 million) computational fluid dynamics research centre by...
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PICTURES: Emirates A380 begins Dubai-Heathrow flights
Emirates has commenced Airbus A380 services on the Dubai-London Heathrow route today, with the first flight conducted with the carrier's third example of...
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Nigeria's Arik Air takes delivery of first A340-500
Nigerian carrier Arik Air has formally taken delivery of its first Airbus A340-500 during an event at the airframer's Toulouse headquarters.
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Bahrain Air to open new Gulf and Indian routes
Middle Eastern carrier Bahrain Air is to open two new routes, serving Abu Dhabi and the Indian city of Kozhikode. The airline's network expansion follows...
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NewsSearch teams retrieve crashed A320's cockpit-voice recorder
Recovery teams have retrieved the cockpit-voice recorder of the Airbus A320 which crashed off the eastern coast of France during a check flight. The...
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Race to meet A380 delivery target will be close
Airbus believes it can still meet its revised target of delivering 12 A380s by the end of this year, but admits it will be a close-run exercise. Executive...
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Mesa could resurrect 'Aloha' brand for Go! after settling lawsuit
Mesa Air Group could be set to resurrect the Aloha brand-name for its own Hawaiian inter-island carrier Go! after agreeing a lawsuit settlement with the...
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NewsMisconfigured A330 flight computers led to severe hard landing: EASA
Incorrect configuration of flight-control computers, leading to a severe hard landing by an Airbus A330, has prompted...
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PICTURES: Mexicana unveils new mainline and Click liveries
Mexican operator Grupo Mexicana has unveiled a new corporate identity, a blue-and-white scheme which retains, but revises, the carrier's familiar 'eagle'...
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PICTURE: Malev takes delivery of first Q400
Hungarian flag-carrier Malev has taken delivery of its first Bombardier Q400 turboprop, one of four pre-owned examples being introduced by the airline. The...
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Oman Air in discussions to acquire regional jets
Oman Air is in discussions with Embraer and Bombardier over the possible addition of regional jets to support the development of domestic routes within the...
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Icelandic carriers see incoming lift
DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW rEYKJAVIK Iceland counters the crisis Icelandic carriers are looking to a boost in incoming traffic to help counter the...
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Czech Airlines expects integrated MRO to bring large savings
Czech Airlines is expecting to save at least Kc90 million ($4.6 million) through implementation of a new Swiss-supplied maintenance management system. The...
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NewsPICTURES: China's ARJ21 completes first flight
China's new regional jet aircraft, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China's ARJ21-700, has successfully completed its first flight...