All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 363
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UPS agrees to acquire TNT Express for €5.2b
Freight giant UPS has agreed in principle to acquire TNT Express through an all-cash offer which values TNT at €5.16 billion ($6.77 billion). UPS will...
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Air Berlin outlines plans for €200m earnings improvement
Germany's Air Berlin is aiming for more than €200 million ($261 million) in earnings improvements during 2012, after posting huge losses for last year. The...
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Lufthansa details financial damage from BMI sale
Germany's Lufthansa Group has outlined the financial damage inflicted by BMI ahead of its planned disposal to International Airlines Group, after posting...
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Honduran L-410 crash pilots failed to follow procedures
Pilots of a Central American Airways Let L-410 failed to follow the correct instrument procedure for landing at Tegucigalpa before the aircraft struck terrain in poor weather while attempting a second approach.
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BA drops codeshare with troubled Kingfisher
Oneworld alliance member British Airways has suspended its codeshare agreement with India's embattled Kingfisher Airlines.
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Airbus mates first A350 rear fuselage sections
Airbus has mated the rear fuselage sections of the first flight-test A350-900 prototype, ahead of the airframe's arrival on the final assembly line this...
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Etihad ties up with Air Berlin on 787 introduction
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways is to combine its Boeing 787 introduction programme with that of new partner Air Berlin in a bid to reduce the costs...
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Inquiry finds crashed An-26's gear was retracted too early
Early retraction of the landing-gear on a Polish-operated Antonov An-26 initiated the accident sequence which badly damaged the freighter on take-off from...
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CRJ700 oscillation traced to radio altimeter short-circuit
French investigators have determined that a short-circuit in a Bombardier CRJ700's radio altimeter antenna cable caused the autopilot to over-correct, and the jet to oscillate near the ground, as it tried to maintain the vertical glideslope profile.
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Airbus cool on A330neo plans
Airbus is not looking to extend its potential A330 improvement measures to new engines, but is keen to broaden the twinjet's appeal and lengthen its production...
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Start of A350 final assembly slips into April
Final assembly of the first Airbus A350 will slip into April, missing the airframer's first-quarter target.
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KLM 747 de-icer shunt echoed fatal Montreal collision
Supervisory inexperience and communication problems resulted in a de-icing worker being badly injured after a KLM Boeing 747-400 toppled an elevating platform at Amsterdam Schiphol.
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EADS rules out approving 90-seat ATR this year
EADS will not reach a board decision on approving a 90-seat turboprop from ATR this year. During its annual results presentation in Paris today, EADS...
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PICTURE: Superjet emerges in SkyTeam alliance colours
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot's latest Sukhoi Superjet 100 has become the first domestically built type to carry the livery of a global alliance, as the airline's sixth example emerged in SkyTeam colours.
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IATA praises audits for improving air accident rates
IATA is citing accident rates for Western-built jets as evidence that its operational audit programme is a valid safety indicator.
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EASA seeks views on common transition altitude
European safety regulators have opened a formal consultation on a common transition altitude for the continent, a need driven in part by the development of functional airspace blocks.
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PICTURE: Diverted ANA 787 pays unexpected Heathrow visit
One of Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways' Boeing 787s has become the first of the type to arrive at London Heathrow after diverting from Frankfurt Main. The...
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BA and Lufthansa carve up BMI Heathrow slots
Newly-released data for London Heathrow show BMI's slot allocation for summer 2012 will fall by 42% compared with last year.
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EuroLOT to take up to 14 Q400s
Polish regional operator EuroLOT is to renew its ATR turboprop fleet with the rival Bombardier Q400 NextGen. EuroLOT said it would take eight aircraft,...
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Inquiry examines ANA A320's late go-around
Japanese investigators are trying to understand why the crew of an All Nippon Airways Airbus A320 executed a go-around after touching down at Sendai, causing a tail-strike which damaged the jet.