All Safety News – Page 655
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Carter almost ready to fly slowed rotor/compound helicopter
A second slowed rotor/compound helicopter prototype could be flown for the first time in December, according to its developer, Texas based- Carter...
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NewsVIDEO: Emirates A380 expected to confirm improved GP7200 fuel-burn
VIDEO: Emirates A380 expected to confirm improved GP7200 fuel-burn
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TOP 100: Airbus boom helps propel Diehl into Top 100
Diehl Aerospace is the result of a 2006 merger of Diehl's avionics unit and its electronics unit. As part of the deal, France's Thales Aerospace transformed...
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NewsQantas grounds six 737s to check maintenance paperwork
Qantas is to temporarily ground six Boeing 737-400s while it checks maintenance paperwork relating to aircraft modifications carried out at one of its Australian...
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Third Delhi airport runway trials to begin next week
Trial operations are due to begin next week on a long-awaited third runway at Delhi airport in India, which airlines and the Government hope will ease congestion. The...
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Interview
Flight Interview: Emirates' Tim Clark
Gulf rivalry not an issue: Clark As Emirates' first A380 arrives, the president is calm about local threats, describing...
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Delta to sell Internet on US flights
Delta Air Lines will launch Internet connectivity onboard its domestic fleet using Aircell’s mobile broadband service Gogo this fall.
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TOP 100: Eaton powers up its aerospace acquisitions
From Aeroquip hoses to Vickers pumps, the long list of brand names under which Eaton trades illustrates how acquiring specialist engineering companies and...
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Jet Aviation opens fixed-base operation at Beijing Capital
Jet Aviation has opened its new fixed-base operation at Beijing Capital International airport as the 2008 Olympic...
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Business briefings
AIRBUS SEALS LAUPHEIM SALE, 'CLOSE' TO FILTON RESTRUCTURING Airbus has finalised the sale of its €240 million ($373 million)...
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Speculators escape the rap
US Congress believes supply and demand is the explanation for rocketing oil prices
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NTSB: no obvious malfunctions in Eclipse 500 crash
US National Transportation Safety Board investigators say the Eclipse 500 that overran a runway when landing at a Pennsylvania general aviation airport on 30 July showed no signs of pre-impact issues with the airframe, mechanical subsystems, engine or braking controls.
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Economic flotsam
Global business slowdown has prompted a traditionally panicky airline reaction as strategy is abandoned and survival becomes the aim. But there is a human price to pay
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Boeing ready to begin assembly of 787 number four
Assembly of the delayed fourth flight-test Boeing 787 is poised to start following delivery to the Everett line near Seattle of the final two outstanding...
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Four execs charged in BA price-fixing case
One current and three former British Airways executives have been charged with cartel offences in connection with the UK...
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NewsDownturn throws MPL pilots on scrapheap
Multi-crew pilot licence pioneer Sterling Airlines has dismissed the world's first nine MPL first officers to have reached line flying as part of cutbacks...
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Australia releases multi-crew pilot licence rule-making proposal as Alteon beta test nears completion
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority has released a notice of proposed rule making for the incorporation of the multi-crew pilot licence (MPL) into...
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ExpressJet deal with Continental could prove an economic challenge
US regional operator ExpressJet admits that achieving profitability in its recently-negotiated deal with long-term partner Continental Airlines could be a challenge without significant cost improvements.