All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 378
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EasyJet sees possibility of testing ash-detector during eruption
UK budget carrier EasyJet is considering using the Grimsvotn volcanic eruption to test its new ash-detection system. The carrier has been backing development...
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No early European impact from Icelandic eruption
No airspace closures, other than Iceland, are expected in Europe for the next 48h as a result of the Grimsvotn volcanic eruption but airlines are being advised...
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European air traffic braced after new Icelandic eruption
European air traffic centres are bracing for possible operational disruption after an eruption by the Icelandic volcano Grimsvotn. The volcano is the...
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Singapore Airlines' remaining A380s to have 409 seats
Singapore Airlines is to reduce the seating density on its remaining Airbus A380s by 13%, slashing the economy-class cabin in favour of more business-class...
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Bombardier begins installing CSeries wing jigs in Belfast
Installation of wing jigs for the Bombardier CSeries has begun at the airframer's Belfast facility in Northern Ireland. The Belfast plant is responsible...
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Airbus raising monthly A320 production to 42 next year
Airbus is to raise A320-family production rates to 42 aircraft per month from the fourth quarter of next year, in stages from the current monthly rate of...
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Initial AF447 evidence does not require operator action
Airbus has issued an information telex to operators stating that no immediate action is required as a result of preliminary data from the Air France Airbus...
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AF447 flight-data and cockpit-voice recorder data is readable
French investigators have confirmed that the flight recorders from the crashed Air France Airbus A330-200s contain readable data. The Bureau d'Enquetes...
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Airbus more confident it can manage A320 production hike
Airbus could make a decision over increasing its single-aisle production rate within days after gaining confidence that it can manage the ramp-up in the...
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Airbus sticks to A350 schedule as first-quarter earnings rise
Airbus is sticking to its schedule of starting A350 XWB final assembly at the end of this year, with entry into service in the second half of 2013.
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Airbus transporters to be equipped for satellite landings
Airbus's modified A300-600ST transporters are set to become the first large type to be approved for satellite-based approaches using the new European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
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Overweight DC-8's tailstrike influenced Afghan ban
Slack operational oversight allowed an Afghan McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 freighter to take off from a UK runway while nearly 12t above weight limits, resulting...
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Friction data gives false sense of security: Norwegian inquiry
Norwegian investigators believe that winter weather measurements give a false impression of accuracy, and that this misunderstanding contributes to incidents and accidents on slippery runways.
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Fuel and taxes double EasyJet's first-half losses
UK budget carrier EasyJet's first-half pre-tax loss has doubled to £153 million ($250 million). The airline says the figure is "in line with expectations"...
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Emirates Group posts 43% surge in net full-year profit
Middle Eastern air transport company Emirates Group has posted a group net profit of Dhs5.9 billion ($1.6 billion) for the full year 2010-11, an increase...
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PICTURE: One of AF447's engines retrieved from sea bed
One of the two General Electric CF6 engines of the crashed Air France Airbus A330, lost in the South Atlantic two years ago, has been raised from the sea...
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MA60 crash investigators hunt cockpit-voice recorder
Investigators in Indonesia are still trying to recover the cockpit-voice recorder from the Merpati Nusantara Xian MA60 which crashed on approach to Kaimana.
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Crashed Merpati MA60 was trying to land in poor weather
Investigators have detailed the final moments of the Xian Aircraft MA60 which crashed in the sea while attempting to land at Kaimana Utarom airport in...
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Fatalities reported after Merpati MA60 crash
Twenty-seven people are reported to have been on board an Indonesian-operated Xian MA60 turboprop which crashed off the coast of West Papua.
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An-124 in-flight upset after passing A380 led to 747 conflict
German investigators have disclosed preliminary details of a three-way encounter between an Airbus A380, an Antonov An-124 and a Boeing 747-400 near Frankfurt.