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Runway debris suspected in Colombian DC-3 excursion
Colombian investigators are recommending that civil aviation authorities conduct an immediate inspection of San Felipe airport to ensure that it complies with safety requirements, after landing accident involving a Douglas DC-3.
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Cockpit recorder parts retrieved from Horizon Q400 crash site
Investigators probing the unauthorised departure, and subsequent crash, of a Bombardier Q400 from Seattle have recovered the remaining parts of the turboprop’s cockpit-voice recorder.
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New Delhi issues draft policy for international route subsidies
The Indian government may extend its Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) to international destinations, particularly in Southeast Asia, as it looks to improve international air connectivity.
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Qantas eyes new fleet renewal, bats away capex concerns
Qantas asserts that it can renew its entire fleet and keep within its capital expenditure guidance, and admittied that it is evaluating new narrowbody and regional jets.
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Air NZ commits to taking seven more A321neos
Air New Zealand has committed to add seven more Airbus A321neos to its fleet between 2020 and 2024.
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Air NZ delivers small rise in full-year profit as fuel bites
Air New Zealand reported a 1.9% rise in full-year operating profit of NZ$1.29 billion ($862 million), despite contending with a net NZ$135 million increase in fuel costs.
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Qantas eyes regulatory, labour issues for Project Sunrise
Qantas believes that Airbus and Boeing can deliver an aircraft capable of meeting its ‘Project Sunrise’ requirement for ultra-long-haul routes, with the focus now on required changes to regulations and its agreement with pilots.
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Qantas looks to further international improvement in 2019
Qantas anticipates stronger results from its international network over the next fiscal year, when most of the benefits of its Perth-London flights and the focus on Singapore as a major overseas hub start to flow.
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Qantas full-year profit rises 14% on stronger demand
Qantas’s underlying profit before tax for the 2018 fiscal year grew 14% to A$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) as rising demand helped offset growing fuel costs.
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PICTURE: LC Peru Q400 involved in gear collapse in Lima
An LC Peru Bombardier Q400 landed with its nose down at Lima on 19 August, returning to the airport after cockpit warnings over the aircraft's landing gear.
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Northrop Grumman demonstrates 100Gbps transmission for airborne sensors
Northrop Grumman and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) demonstrated the ability to wirelessly transmit 100 gigabits per second over a distance of 20km, an improvement in two-way data links that could enable powerful airborne sensors to provide on-the-ground military personnel with nearly real time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ...
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ANALYSIS: LATAM cuts capacity and fleet plan after tough Q2
LATAM Airlines Group has trimmed its capacity plan and aircraft commitments for 2018, following a difficult second quarter filled with macroeconomic challenges, higher fuel prices and operation disruptions.
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PICTURES: LATAM to spend $400m on new cabin interiors
LATAM Airlines Group will invest $400 million in upgrading the cabins on more than 200 aircraft, or about two-thirds of its fleet.
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Russian VIP operator introduces A320
Russian specialist operator Meridian has introduced an Airbus A320 to its fleet, and has secured approval to conduct services with the type.
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New Zambia Airways to build 12-aircraft fleet
Newly-created Zambia Airways aims to build a fleet of a dozen aircraft over its first decade of operations.
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Investigators probe evacuation of Tu-204 at Ufa
Russian investigators are probing a serious incident in which a Tupolev Tu-204 was evacuated after an engine fire on take-off.
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Disposal team deals with Brussels wartime bomb
Belgian explosives specialists have safely dealt with a Second World War bomb discovered during work in the cargo zone of Brussels airport.
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Arcing on 777 traced back to manufacturing defect
A short circuit that sparked a fire on-board an Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300ER last October has been traced back to incorrect routing of a wiring bundle during the manufacture of the aircraft four years earlier.
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United plans European growth from Denver
United Airlines is considering adding another destination in Europe from its Denver hub, following the success of the London Heathrow service it began this summer.
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Hawaiian to exit China despite predictions of surging demand
Hawaiian Airlines will suspend service to Beijing this fall, exiting the Chinese market despite repeated insistence by Hawaiian's top executives in recent years that China is key to the carrier's future.