All Safety News – Page 451
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News
Trent 900 shortage keeps Qantas A380s grounded
A lack of spare Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines is preventing Qantas Airways from returning two more Airbus A380 aircraft to service, the carrier says.
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MEBA: Fujairah prepares to select operator for FBO
Fujairah International airport is close to picking an operator for its executive aviation terminal in January as part of efforts to promote itself as a regional business jet centre.
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Three more Trent 900s found with manufacturing defect
Inspections on Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines have found three additional powerplants with a fault in the oil pipe tube, indicating that the manufacturing...
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NewsRolls denies that it knew about Trent 900 weakness
Clarifying details about the oil feed problem that caused the uncontained Rolls-Royce Trent 900 failure on a Qantas Airbus A380 in November, the engine manufacturer says: "It is not true that we knew about a problem in the A and B versions of the engine and went on to correct ...
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NewsMEBA: Embraer prepares to add spoilers to Phenom 100
Embraer has completed a flight-test programme to add spoilers to the Phenom 100 entry-level business jet to help pilots in getting the aircraft stopped on...
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MEBA: Signature at the show to say thanks to and better understand Middle East market
Signature Flight Support (stand E200) is at MEBA for the first time to "say thank you" to its growing base of Middle Eastern customers who use its facilities in Europe and North America and "better understand the market".
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Opinion
Comment: End of a stand-off
In taking the bold step of avoiding a new-product strategy, Airbus sets in train a long-postponed game-theory exercise of which indefinite status quo is the only impossible result
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Interview
Working Week: Frank Brenner
Frank Brenner, director of the business unit control centre of air navigation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, traces his choice of career to the tower of Stuttgart airport after growing up in its shadow.
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News
Airbus outlines expected market impact of A320NEO
Airbus's long-awaited re-engined narrowbody programme, the A320 New Engine Option, or NEO, will mean there is "virtually no business case left" for Bombardier's CSeries, according to the European airframer's chief salesman John Leahy.
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Etihad lays out plan for 150-strong fleet
Etihad Airways will see conservative growth over the next two years as the Middle East carrier plans to take delivery of 11 new aircraft.
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Qantas unhappy with Rolls-Royce reaction
Qantas has made clear that it is not happy with Rolls-Royce's handling of the Airbus A380 engine failure crisis, and has prepared the way for court action against the engine manufacturer.
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Larger CSeries CS500 would be "ideal" for Southwest: AirInsight
Bombardier should add a 150-seat, single-class CS500 with 32in pitch to its CSeries family, as such an aircraft would be "highly competitive" and provide...
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NewsVIDEO: Images reveal battle to set down crippled Dagestan Tu-154
Extraordinary video images have emerged of the emergency landing by a crippled Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 which illustrates the crew's battle to put...
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Volaris plans to add four to five US gateways in 2011
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris is planning to boost capacity to California this month and add four to five new US gateways next year, including Fort Lauderdale...
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NewsContinental to appeal 'absurd' verdict in Concorde trial
Continental Airlines will appeal today's verdict by a French court that holds both the airline and a mechanic guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the July...
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NewsTwo engines on Tu-154 failed after 'instability' in fuel supply
Instruments on board the crashed Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 had indicated fluctuations in the supply of fuel to the engines before two of them shut...
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NewsFuel in crashed Dagestan Tu-154 met required standard: airport
Checks at Moscow Vnukovo Airport show no evidence of problems with the fuel used to supply the Tupolev Tu-154 which
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Investigators analyse data recorders from crashed Tu-154
Investigators have retrieved two of the three flight recorders from the Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M which crashed at Moscow Domodedovo yesterday.
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NewsCrashed Dagestan Tu-154 had serial engine failure: MAK
Russian investigators have identified the Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft which broke up...