All Europe news – Page 390
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INTERVIEW: BOAC captain who had great success racing sportscars
Hugh Dibley joined BOAC during its heyday in the 1950s and enjoyed a colourful life balancing his career as an airline pilot along while also being a very successful amateur racing driver
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Air Berlin administrator seeks up to €2bn in damages from Etihad
A German insolvency court will consider a move by administrators of collapsed carrier Air Berlin to seek damages of up to €2 billion ($2.3 billion) from the carrier's former shareholder Etihad Airways.
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Uncle Roger's Festive Quiz 2018
Long-time readers of Flight International will know that while our dear friend Uncle Roger gives the impression of having retired to a life of leisure, this is just a cover – he actually spends all of his time hard at work preparing a fiendishly difficult quiz challenge for this annual ...
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Mitsubishi to take minority stake in carbon recycler ELG
Mitsubishi is to acquire a 25% shareholding in UK composite recycling company ELG Carbon Fibre from its German parent, the metals-reprocessing specialist ELG Haniel.
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IATA hopeful of minimal disruption from Brexit cutover
Airline body IATA is optimistic that the relevant governments will take the necessary steps to ensure continuity of air services after the UK's scheduled departure from the European Union on 29 March 2019.
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European MALE RPAS clear to begin development phase
Programme partners Airbus Defence & Space, Dassault Aviation and Leonardo have completed the system preliminary design review for a planned European medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS).
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ATR wins aftermarket support deal from Bahamasair
ATR has been contracted to provide component and propeller maintenance for Bahamasair's turboprops.
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TAP seals maintenance pact for Leap engines
TAP Portugal has joined a maintenance network for CFM International Leap-1A engines, having started its own operations with the powerplant.
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United expands San Francisco with four new international points
United Airlines continues to respond to strong demand at its San Francisco hub with international growth, planning four new routes in 2019.
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MEA signs A330neo engine support deal with Rolls-Royce
Middle East Airlines has signed with Rolls-Royce a long-term maintenance agreement for Trent 7000 engines powering a fleet of Airbus A330neo jets that the Lebanese carrier intends to order.
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OpinionOPINION: Air France's naming of female chief must set a new trend
The appointment of Anne Rigail as the new chief executive of Air France is a positive end to a year in which gender diversity among airline leaders was thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
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Airbus taps successor for retiring military aircraft chief Alonso
Airbus has appointed Alberto Gutierrez to replace Fernando Alonso as head of military aircraft at the airframer's defence and space division in January 2019.
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PICTURES: Lufthansa A380 arrives in new colour scheme
Lufthansa has revealed the first Airbus A380 to carry the German airline’s recently-revamped aircraft livery.
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AMAC readies Basel facility for ACJ320neo arrival
AMAC Aerospace is readying its completion centre in Basel, Switzerland, for the handover in early January of the first Airbus ACJ320neo.
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Rolls-Royce admits Trent 1000 disruption still 'high'
Rolls-Royce admits that the number of Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s remaining on the ground as a result of regulatory maintenance demands is still “high”, in spite of its rectification efforts.
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Bell 407GXi wins European certification
European regulators have approved the Bell 407GXi, the latest iteration of the Canada-built light single-engined helicopter.
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Diamond wins 60-unit order from Saudi training school SNCA
Diamond has secured an order from Saudi National Company of Aviation (SNCA) for up to 60 single-engined DA40 NGs and twin-engined DA42-VIs, with the first examples scheduled to arrive at a new training facility in February 2019.
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Airbus partners with Royole to explore flexible cabin displays
Airbus is co-operating with flexible-screen specialist Royole Technologies to develop aircraft-cabin applications.
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EASA permits Trent 1000 waiver over blade issues
European safety regulators have permitted Rolls-Royce a temporary deviation from requirements to comply fully with certification criteria, while it continues investigating blade cracking on the Trent 1000.