All Europe news – Page 663
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ROUTES: Budapest airport lures regional airlines
Budapest airport sees no scope for a homegrown successor to former flag carrier Malev, but believes there is potential for a regional operator to build a route network from the Hungarian capital.
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NewsBond takes delivery of latest S-92
Bond Offshore Helicopters has taken delivery of its second Sikorsky S-92, from a deal for 16 of the rotorcraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Electric aircraft grow in popularity but regulatory issues remain
Electric aircraft are coming. But not as quickly as their backers predicted just a few years ago.
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NewsPICTURES: Airbus unveils first flying A350 cabin
Airbus has unveiled its A350 XWB cabin ahead of the opening of the Aircraft Interiors show in Hamburg.
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NewsAirbus anticipates A330neo decision by mid-2014
Airbus is likely to make a decision on whether to move forward with a re-engined A330 by the middle of 2014, says Airbus Americas president Barry Eccleston.
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ROUTES: Flynas to start US flights in 2015
Flynas is planning to triple its Airbus A330 fleet to 12 aircraft by 2017 as the Saudi Arabian budget carrier aims to expand its new long-haul operations to Africa and North America.
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ROUTES: WestJet edges closer to widebody introduction
WestJet appears poised to build up further long-haul routes after the Canadian budget carrier starts Boeing 737 flights to Dublin in June.
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Poland to keep 18 improved Su-22s
Poland will modify 12 of its Sukhoi Su-22M4 strike aircraft and six UM3K-model trainers, with their airframe and engine lives to be extended to allow another 10 years of use.
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ROUTES: Signs point to European growth chance
Airline and airport network managers come together in Marseille for Routes Europe at a time of renewed optimism for the financial health of the continent's air transport sector.
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NewsCHC boss calls for real-time helicopter data monitoring
Helicopter manufacturers must develop and introduce real-time in-flight data monitoring systems on their aircraft if the industry is to make sustained improvements in safety.
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NATO reopens Kosovo airspace to civilian flights
NATO has re-opened Kosovo’s upper airspace for civilian flights with support from Hungary’s air navigation service provider.
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INTERIORS: LHT rejigs cabin interior departments
Lufthansa Technik is reorganising its interior equipment divisions to boost its cabin refurbishment and VIP completions business.
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Eurolot closing in on sales of last three ATR turboprops
Polish regional carrier Eurolot has nearly completed a project to phase out its ATR 72s as it moves to a single-type fleet based on the rival turboprop, Bombardier’s Q400.
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NAC closes ATR 72 and CRJ1000 deliveries with Garuda
Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital has delivered a new ATR 72-600 and a new Bombardier CRJ1000 to Garuda Indonesia
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NewsDelta targets transpacific markets to power Seattle hub
Delta Air Lines launched its third European route from Seattle last week - to London Heathrow - as part of a concerted drive to establish the Washington state airport as a major US West Coast hub over the next three years.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Direct aisle access key for business class seat design
Direct aisle access for every passenger is a major priority when it comes to designing business class seats. However, for airlines to squeeze as much revenue as possible out of its premium passengers this must be achieved without reducing the seat count.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The values to make 737-800 conversions viable
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has formally launched its freighter conversion programme for the Boeing 737-800 saying the model has now entered the ‘zone of conversion’.
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Paveway IV development spirals on with low-collateral warhead test
Raytheon UK’s spiral development of its Paveway IV guided bomb has passed a milestone, with a full “arena trial” detonation of its SPEAR Cap 1 low collateral damage warhead.
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Illegal drone use successfully prosecuted by UK CAA
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has just brought its first successful prosecution for the "dangerous and illegal flying" of an unmanned air vehicle (UAV).
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NewsUK MAA launches Rivet Joint safety assessment
The UK Military Aviation Authority (MAA) expects to within weeks reach a decision on the airworthiness of the Royal Air Force’s RC-135W Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft, which should be introduced operationally from later this year.