All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 338
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Airbus overbooks on current A320 production
Airbus is beginning to see overbooking on the baseline A320, leaving the airframer confident that it will be able to maintain its monthly production rate of 42 aircraft as it transitions to the A320neo.
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EADS puts full-year Airbus deliveries at 620
Airbus will deliver up to 620 commercial jets this year, under the latest outlook from parent EADS, while the airframer has already exceeded a revised net order forecast of 1,200 aircraft.
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Fatigue failure suspected in F-27 blade-off accident
French investigators have revealed evidence of fatigue on a retaining bolt from the Fokker F-27 that sustained serious damage when a propeller blade passed completely through the fuselage.
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Aerolineas tentatively signs for four A330s
Aerolineas Argentinas has tentatively agreed to order four Airbus A330-200s to reinforce the South American carrier's long-haul fleet.
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Collision alert overridden in serious Swiss airprox
Pilots of a business jet obeyed an air traffic control instruction to descend, despite a contradictory collision-avoidance warning, aggravating a serious airprox incident in Swiss airspace.
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Airbus backlog reveals conversions to A320neo
Two customers for the baseline Airbus A320 family appear to have converted their orders to the A320neo, despite previous insistence from the airframer that such swaps would not be entertained.
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Qatar CSeries order hinges on popularity
Qatar Airways is encouraged by the Bombardier CSeries' commencing its test-flight programme but an order will depend on the aircraft's popularity.
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Assembly begins on final A350 test aircraft
Airbus has started final assembly of the final airframe in the A350 test fleet, MSN5, following delivery of the three fuselage sections to Toulouse.
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MD-83 struck wing after unstable Afghan approach
Pilots of a Boeing MD-83 conducted an unauthorised approach to Kandahar, and failed to stabilise the aircraft, before it sustained serious damage in a runway wing-strike.
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Airbus wing station plan hints at A330 Beluga
Schematic diagrams of a planned development at Airbus’s UK wing facility further indicate that the A330 is the candidate for a high-capacity transport to succeed the A300-600ST Beluga.
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Airbus and Boeing spar over seat-width benefits
Airbus is promoting comfort benefits from a broader seat width in a campaign which appears to be a pre-emptive strike on the impending launch of Boeing’s 777X.
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Airbus revives sharklet retrofit for older A320s
Airbus has restarted its sharklet retrofit programme for older members of the A320 family, having secured commitments for about 200 sets from customers.
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JetBlue orders larger Airbuses as it defers Embraers
JetBlue Airways is to order another 35 Airbus jets but defer delivery of 24 Embraer 190s under a fleet restructuring plan which shifts the balance of the fleet towards larger aircraft types.
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Air Seychelles to acquire new Twin Otter fleet
Air Seychelles is to renew its domestic fleet with three Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otters, all Series 400 variants, which will be delivered in mid-2015.
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C-130 crash crew had no terrain warning
Terrain-warning settings on a Norwegian air force C-130J were not adequate to detect the presence of Sweden’s Kebnekaise mountain before a crash in March 2012.
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Russia to revive Yak-242 name for Irkut MC-21
Russia’s government has indicated that the Irkut MC-21 will be redesignated as the Yak-242 once the twinjet type goes into serial production.
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Air Niugini ATR failed to rotate before overrun
Initial inquiries into the Air Niugini ATR 42-300 overrun accident in Papua New Guinea indicate that the crew aborted the take-off after the aircraft did not rotate on command.
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Iraqi government approves CS300 acquisition
Iraq's government has approved an agreement under which it will acquire five Bombardier CSeries jets rather than additional CRJ900s.
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Pilots forgot to shut down engines before jet-blast incident
French investigators have cautioned against ground-handling procedures which assume that an arriving aircraft is safe to approach after the anti-collision beacon is switched off.
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747 airprox crews' mix-up baffles UK probe
Investigators have been unable to explain why the crews of two Boeing 747s each apparently followed instructions meant for the other aircraft, resulting in an airprox event over Scotland.