All Safety News – Page 857
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NewsPictures: Airbus A380 GP7200 test aircraft performs rejected take-off today ahead of Friday first flight
Airbus is understood to be preparing the Engine Alliance GP7200-powered Airbus A380 test aircraft to perform a rejected take-off today ahead of a first flight this week.
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NewsAirbus A380 test aircraft MSN009 will be workhorse to bear brunt of Engine Alliance GP7200 certification programme
MSN009 is set to perform around 95% of the GP7200-powered A380 certification testing, which is expected to last around nine months in all, with flying scheduled for completion at the end of June 2007
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Eurocontrol study reveals Europe paying €3.4bn too much for air traffic management
Europe's air traffic management suffers from so much inefficiency that it costs €3.4bn more than necessary to run, according to a Eurocontrol-commissioned study by the SESAR consortium
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NewsEclipse to replace its 500 VLJ's composite wingtip tanks with aluminium after certification tests fail, delaying approval
Eclipse Aviation planned to begin testing late last week of aluminium wingtip fuel tanks for the Eclipse 500 very light jet after it failed to secure certification of the original composite tanks. The need to replace the tanks is one reason the Eclipse obtained only provisional US type certification in ...
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Air Berlin ups its game with DBA buy
In an unexpected move, Air Berlin has bought fellow German carrier DBA, further consolidating its position as Europe's third largest low-fare player and creating a stronger competitor to Lufthansa.
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New bill spells pension funding relief
US carriers have finally won the pensions-funding relief they have long sought.
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Terror alert: the aftermath
Flight schedules have been restored and the chaos which erupted at UK and US airport following the sudden introduction of new security rules on 10 August has waned.
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Managing demand
How will the recent UK terror attacks and the potential for environmental taxes affect traffic demand, asks Chris Tarry of CTAIRA, with analyses from Fabrice Tacoun