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Zodiac's SiT in talks with Boeing over seat-centric IFE for 787
Zodiac's SiT business has entered talks with Boeing in hopes of gaining linefit offerability for its seat-centric in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on...
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Skywest to expand fleet with A320 and Fokker 100
Western Australian regional carrier Skywest has acquired an option from Avation Plc to lease an Airbus A320. This will be on an operating lease for...
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2020 too late for Southwest 737 replacement
The end of the decade is "too long to wait" for an all-new aircraft to replace its ageing 737 Classics, according to Southwest Airlines.
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SIA posts strong full-year result, plans to retire 747-400s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reported a S$1.09 billion ($876 million) fiscal full-year net profit, compared with the previous year's S$216 million net profit...
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Qantas reinstates flights after engineers call off strike
Qantas Airways has reinstated dozens of flights it had planned to cancel on 13 May, after its engineers decided to hold off on industrial action.
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Qantas to scrap 31 flights tomorrow due to engineers' strike
Qantas Airways plans to cancel 31 flights tomorrow morning and delay several others as a result of a planned strike by its engineers.
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Delta and Virgin Australia finally receive antitrust nod from the US
Nearly two years after they first applied for antitrust approval for a transpacific joint venture, US regulators have proposed to approve the tie-up between...
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Boeing ups 787-9 weights again
Boeing again has increased the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of the 787-9 as it further refines the performance of the larger variant due in late 2013.
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Passenger traffic in China to hit 450m in 2015
Chinese airlines are expected to carry 450 million passengers in 2015, with passenger traffic growing at an annual rate of 11% from now until 2015. The...
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Strategic gets nod for services between USA and Australia
Australia's International Air Services Commission (IASC) has approved Strategic Airlines' application for the allocation of unlimited passenger and cargo...
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Fuel and taxes double EasyJet's first-half losses
UK budget carrier EasyJet's first-half pre-tax loss has doubled to £153 million ($250 million). The airline says the figure is "in line with expectations"...
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Emirates Group posts 43% surge in net full-year profit
Middle Eastern air transport company Emirates Group has posted a group net profit of Dhs5.9 billion ($1.6 billion) for the full year 2010-11, an increase...
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Indonesia moves to address airline crash problem
Indonesia, which has consistently had one of the world's worst airline accident records, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Netherlands-based European Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) to set up a major training centre to produce aviation safety management skills for its own needs and those of ...
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PICTURE: One of AF447's engines retrieved from sea bed
One of the two General Electric CF6 engines of the crashed Air France Airbus A330, lost in the South Atlantic two years ago, has been raised from the sea...
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Virtual airline start-up HiAir plans Doncaster-Amsterdam flights
A new virtual airline called HiAir plans to begin Jetstream 32 operations in September between Doncaster Sheffield in northern England and Amsterdam Schiphol.
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Lufthansa to begin Munich-Jeddah service
Lufthansa is to launch thrice-weekly flights from Munich to Jeddah, via Riyadh, on 31 October. The carrier will operate the route using Airbus A340-300...
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Interview: Qatar Airways' CEO Akbar Al Baker
MASTER AND COMMANDER Akbar Al Baker's single-minded vision has powered Qatar Airways into a leading global network carrier. And rivals be warned, the...
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Boeing to hold 747-8 assembly line for a month
Boeing will hold the 747-8 line in place from 6 May until 7 June, to allow it to catch up on design changes as it introduces the new -8I passenger model...
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South Korea and China open up Seoul Gimpo-Beijing sector
South Korea's Minitsry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China's civil aviation authority...