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Emirates and Air France-KLM declare war on costs
Cost-cutting is back at the top of the boardroom agenda as airlines battle to deal with the sustained high price of oil combined with the continuing sluggishness...
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NewsEmirates among carriers affected as AeroMobile leaky feeders fail tests
Some leaky feeder cables installed on aircraft fitted with the eXPhone mobile connectivity solution will require replacement following the discovery that...
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NewsBoeing plans mission-control centre to monitor its early 787s
Boeing plans a dedicated mission-control centre to monitor its early 787s in service by harnessing live data streamed from the aircraft.
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NewsUnited Technologies to buy Goodrich for $18.4bn
United Technologies (UTC) has agreed to buy Goodrich for $18.4 billion, subject to regulatory approvals.
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NewsGol gets go-ahead for Webjet takeover
Brazilian airline Gol has been given the green light for its purchase of low-cost carrier Webjet by the country's civil aviation administration ANAC. Shortly...
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AirAsia to launch loyalty programme
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia is taking the first steps towards starting its own loyalty programme.
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NewsAirbus takes initial look at producing 50 A320s a month
Airbus is taking an initial look at the requirements for increasing A320 production to an extraordinary 50 aircraft per month, as it forecasts a strong increase in demand for single-aisle jets over the next 20 years.
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NewsAirbus new-build freighter outlook consistent with Boeing's
Airbus concentrated heavily on the demand for passenger aircraft in its 2011-30 market forecast, but insisted that this did not indicate a lack of interest in the freighter market.
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Cathay “satisfied” with 747-8F, sticks to October delivery target
Cathay Pacific Airways says that it is "satisfied" with the Boeing 747-8 freighters and remains on track to take delivery of its first aircraft in October. Cargolux,...
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Udvar-Hazy outlines Air Lease concerns over A350-1000 revamp
Air Lease Corporation chief executive Steven Udvar-Hazy has echoed concerns expressed by Gulf carriers Emirates and Qatar Airways over the performance of...
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NewsLufthansa cuts 2011 earnings guidance, reduces capacity
Lufthansa has cut back its 2011 earnings forecast and will consequently slow down its capacity expansion programme further than previously announced.
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Europe's MRO sector braces for turbulence
Changing service patterns and continuous cost-pressure are everyday challenges for Europe's maintenance companies, but the more fundamental question is: How can third-party MRO providers cope with growing OEM influence?
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Air Baltic CEO Flick to stand down: Latvian govt
Financial turmoil surrounding Latvian low-cost carrier Air Baltic may be resolved today with the apparent departure of chief executive Bertolt Flick. The...
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NewsCargolux 747-8F delivery becomes "highly unlikely" this week
The 747-8 freighter contract dispute has made delivery this week of the new jumbo to Cargolux "highly unlikely" as the parties continue to negotiate, said...
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Airbus unfazed by threat from 737 Max and 777 successor
Airbus has played down the potential threat from Boeing's new 737 Max and its proposed 777 successor project. Speaking in London today at the unveiling...
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NewsCargolux 747-8F dispute linked to late Qatar 787 deliveries
Cargolux's refusal to accept delivery of the first Boeing 747-8F, ostensibly due to a performance shortfall, is linked to an ongoing dispute between Qatar...
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Airbus raises 20-year forecast to almost 28,000 aircraft
Airbus is forecasting a demand for 27,848 new aircraft over the next 20 years, a rise of more than 2,000 airframes against its figure of 25,844 last year.
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Indonesia's Lion Air applies for full service subsidiary
Indonesian low-cost carrier Lion Air has applied to the country's transport ministry set up a full service subsidiary.
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MRO: Iberian maintenance providers plan for growth
The latest major change in the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry on the Iberian Peninsula was the merger between Iberia Maintenance and British Airways' technical arm, BA Engineering, when their parent carriers formed International Airlines Group (IAG) at the end of last year.
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Opinion
Comment: A high-profile tragedy yields opportunities
Maybe the Paris air show distracted attention from the Tupolev Tu-134 crash at Petrozavodsk in June. Maybe there was a collective weary shrug, a resigned attitude of "this is Russia", or perhaps the loss of 40-odd people on a chartered Soviet jet did not meet some notional threshold for a ...