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NewsTurkish to order up to 95 737s including Max
Turkish Airlines is to order up to 95 Boeing 737s including 75 of the re-engined Max family, in a surprise narrowbody deal which follows an agreement to...
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INTERIORS: Space is key theme at passenger experience conference
Space and how to use it onboard was one of the key topics up for discussion during yesterday's panel debate on future trends at the Passenger Experience conference in Hamburg.
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INTERIORS: Crystal Cabin Award finalists face judgement day
Tension is building for the finalists in this year's Crystal Cabin Award competition, the winners of which are set to be revealed at a glittering ceremony at the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg tonight.
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INTERIORS: Expliseat reveals weight-saving titanium seat
New kid on the block Expliseat aims to enter the market with a bang - promising to cut seat weight by "at least 50%" and thus shave off up to 5% from airlines' fuel bills.
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Airbus breaks ground in Mobile, JetBlue to receive first A320
Airbus and local officials broke ground on the airframer's new A320 family final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, today, with JetBlue Airways slated to...
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NewsBoeing completes 787 final certification flight with improved battery
Boeing completed a final certification demonstration flight on the 787 Dreamliner with an improved battery design today, and will present data from its tests...
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NewsBoeing dispatches 787 battery fix teams to Japan
Boeing has dispatched maintenance teams to Japan, where they are standing by to retrofit a new battery containment system on the grounded 787 aircraft of...
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Air Transat to add Boeing 737s to fleet
Air Transat will bring its medium-haul operations in-house in 2014 and add Boeing 737s to its fleet, the Montreal-based charter operator says. The...
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Mitsubishi plans transfer of 777 work to Hiroshima
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is planning to transfer some of the production work it does for the Boeing 777 to another facility, in anticipation of...
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NewsIAG firms up 18 787 options for BA; indicates possible Iberia order
International Airlines Group (IAG) plans to convert 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliner options into firm orders for British Airways, which will use the new aircraft...
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NewsChina Eastern to add 56 new aircraft in 2013
China Eastern Airlines will be inducting 56 new aircraft into its fleet this year, the majority of which will be narrowbodies. These include 22 Airbus...
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NewsStorm ice suspected in Etihad A340 cruise incident
Pilots of an Etihad Airways Airbus A340-600 diverted to Singapore after a sudden encounter with turbulent weather during cruise generated unreliable airspeed...
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NewsBoeing looks beyond batteries on latest 787 test flight
Boeing today completed two 787 test flights that was unrelated to the battery failures.
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ANALYSIS: American and US Airways prepare to merge maintenance
Now that American Airlines and US Airways have received a bankruptcy court's approval to go forward with a merger to create the world's largest airline,...
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National Research Council Canada to develop new cabin simulator
The National Research Council Canada (NRC) is working to build a cabin simulator in Ottawa over the next two years, it says. The new facility will...
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American to file reorganisation plan in April
American Airlines will file its reorganisation plan with the bankruptcy court in April, says chief executive Tom Horton. The Fort Worth-based carrier...
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JetBlue aims for first wi-fi flight in mid-2013
New York-based JetBlue aims to conduct its first Ka-band wi-fi equipped revenue flight around mid-2013. "We are hopeful it will be mid-year... during...
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NewsAmerican-US Airways merger receives court approval
The bankruptcy court has approved the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways without a controversial $20 million payout to American chief executive...