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NewsAer Lingus axes three US routes to stem long-haul losses
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus is suspending transatlantic services to three US cities for the winter as part of a 25% capacity cut in its long-haul operations. The...
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JAL drops 787-3 order in favour of longer-range 787-8
Japan Airlines has dropped its 787-3 order in favour of the longer-range 787-8, leaving just one customer for the short- to medium-haul type designed for...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: IAE bullish despite downturn
Engine maker comes to Le Bourget in optimistic mood as it looks to grow in Europe and China
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Skunk Works nears flight for new breed of all-composite aircraft
An experimental aircraft is about to emerge from the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. Is it going to be the most significant since the early 1970s?
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Air France crash inquiry stalls over missing data
Data transmitted from the Air France Airbus A330 that crashed into the South Atlantic has given French accident investigators some insight into a range of...
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Ethiopian gears up for 2010 delivery
Girma Wake, chief executive of African Boeing 787 launch customer Ethiopian Airlines, says the airline is due to take the first of its 10 787s in July 2010. In...
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Midwest unveils first E-190 market
Midwest Airlines plans to resume flights operated with 94-seat Embraer E-190s from Milwaukee to Los Angeles on 1 August.
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Atlas seeks compensation for 747-8F delays
Atlas Air is in talks with Boeing over compensation for delivery delays to the 12 Boeing 747-8Fs it has on order and possible further adjustments in the...
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United has little interest in the Boeing 747-8
As United Airlines prepares to receive responses from Airbus and Boeing in July for a significant aircraft order, the Boeing 747-8 is largely excluded from...
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NewsRolls-Royce: F136 survival is key for major F-35 engine upgrade
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) could be the beneficiary around 2020 of a major engine upgrade if the F136 is not eliminated, a Rolls-Royce executive...
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Air France chief: Early A330 findings are not conclusive
Air France chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon has stressed that no firm connection has been established between last week's loss of an Airbus A330 and...
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Wind tunnel tests set for open rotor engine technology
General Electric and NASA today announced details for a pending series of the first wind tunnel tests for open rotor technology since the late 1980s. The...
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Air Caraibes Atlantique memo details pitot icing incidents
The most detailed account of previous pitot icing incidents on the A330 comes in a memo...
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Continental cites LTV3 as key to ancillary revenue plan
LiveTV's new live television system LTV3 was recognized today by a top Continental Airlines executive as playing a key role in the carrier's ancillary revenue...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Boeing forecasts lower demand
Boeing has taken the almost unprecedented move of forecasting lower long-term airliner demand than before, after adjusting its outlook for the current economic...
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Boeing gears up to produce 787 orders
While the type's flight-test programme is under way, Boeing will begin 787 production to begin filling the huge 866-aircraft, 56-customer backlog already...
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NewsBoeing slashes forecast for large aircraft by 25%
Boeing has slashed its forecast for large aircraft by 25% in its latest market outlook, covering the 20-year period to 2028. The airframer sees demand...
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This Week briefings
Bombardier is holding discussions with additional customers about potential 70-seat Q400 turboprop deferrals...
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NewsPARIS AIR SHOW: Your complete guide to the aircraft, technologies and themes at Le Bourget this year
If ever there was a bellwether for the state of the industry it is the Paris air show. This year's centenary salon takes place at possibly the bottom of the deepest, steepest economic downturn in decades.