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NewsFlightBlogger: 787's path to first flight detailed
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program has had five first flight dates set, but a timeline for key program milestones has now emerged that outlines a grueling testing gauntlet to first flight in late April, sources tell FlightBlogger.
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NewsEmbraer announces completing first Phenom 100 delivery
Embraer today announced making the first delivery of a Phenom 100 jet on Christmas Eve to Jim and Betsy Frost, of Houston, Texas.
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Timco error at root of United Air Lines runway excursion
Misrouted and reversed antiskid wiring by US-based Timco Aviation Services technicians led to the runway excursion of a United Air Lines A320 after landing...
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NewsIcing led to Air France Fokker take-off crash: investigators
French investigators have concluded that icing on the wings of an Air France Regional Fokker 100 contributed to a fatal departure accident at Pau nearly...
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Copa orders four more 737-800s
Panama's Copa Airlines has ordered four more Boeing 737-800s, lifting its outstanding commitments to the aircraft type to 13.
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United expedited engine repairs after Chicago smoke incident
United Air Lines accelerated a program to replace defective bearings on its Pratt & Whitney PW-4090-powered Boeing 777s following a 14 December 2007 incident...
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NewsB-2 radar upgrade enters production
The US Air Force has awarded a notionally $468 million contract to Northrop Grumman to launch low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the B-2 radar modernization programme (RMP).
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Row 44 plans commercial trials for January
Row 44 in January expects to begin testing its Ku band-based in-flight connectivity system on commercial aircraft even as the firm continues to face opposition...
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NewsAirbus narrowly meets delivery target of 12 A380s in 2008
Airbus has narrowly met its revised delivery target of 12 A380 aircraft for 2008 following its handover today of a fourth example to Middle Eastern carrier...
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NewsIATA laments shocking drop in freight traffic
IATA figures for November have revealed further evidence of the impact of the economic slowdown on the freight market, after international cargo traffic...
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NewsANZ says biofuel test flight a success
Air New Zealand (ANZ) is reporting a successful first test flight of a Boeing 747-400 powered in part by the biofuel jatropha. The flight was conducted...
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SIA outlines initial plans for A330s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has outlined initial plans for its new fleet of Airbus A330-300s, which it starts taking delivery of next month to replace older...
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China Eastern aid package more than doubled to $1 billion
China's Government has more than doubled the size of a financial aid package for cash-strapped China Eastern Airlines to 7 billion yuan, or $1 billion.
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NTSB: go! pilot napped regularly in Mesa cockpits
A Mesa Airlines CRJ200 pilot with undiagnosed severe sleep apnea told NTSB investigators that he had intentionally "napped in the cockpit" about once per...
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David Cush: Evolving Virgin America from embattled start-up to niche carrier
Virgin America CEO David Cush arrived at the carrier roughly a year ago ahead of a period of wildly spiking fuel prices and at the beginning of an equally astounding economic recession
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News2008: A year in review - the top 10 images
This year has seen a number of startling images from around the world of aviation. From the BA Boeing 777 Heathrow incident at the start of the year, to Ryanair calendar girls and a MiG-25 stuck in sand, here is a list of the most popular images of the year
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NewsAlitalia offers 46 mainline and regional aircraft for sale
Italian flag-carrier Alitalia's administrator has formally put 46 of the airline's aircraft up for sale, and is requesting expressions of interest by the...