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Credit crisis hampers Mitsubishi's MRJ sales effort
The ongoing global credit crisis is hindering Mitsubishi Aircraft's attempts to market its new regional aircraft, with the company possibly having to reconsider...
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Avianca inks A330 sale/leaseback deal with ACG
Leasing firm Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has acquired new Airbus A330s under a sale/leaseback agreement brokered with Colombia's Avianca.
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GE voices concerns on CFM56 spare engine availibility
The spare engine ratio on the CFM International CFM56-5B and -7 engine is "below where it needs to be", GE Aviation's vice-president services Tom Gentile...
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Viking prepares for first Twin Otter flight after power-on
Canada's Viking Air is expecting to conduct the first flight of its DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 demonstrator next month after achieving power-on for the...
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Arik Air confirms to take three A340-500s
Airbus has confirmed Nigerian carrier Arik Air is to take three Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered Airbus A340-500s, originally destined for Indian carrier Kingfisher...
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Business Briefings
GREEN TAXES 'SHOULD FAVOUR TURBOPROPS' EMISSIONS VLM Airlines chief executive Johan Vanneste is calling for the green credentials...
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P&W prepares to launch second engine PMA parts programme
Pratt & Whitney is confident that it will next year launch a second programme to provide spare parts for a competitor's engine following the successful launch...
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Second phase of SaM146 testing to start in November
Franco-Russian joint venture PowerJet is planning to begin a second phase of flight tests of the SaM146 turbofan in November, The SaM146 has undergone...
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NewsPICTURE: Icaro F28 overruns at Quito
All 66 occupants of an Ecuadorian Fokker F28 have escaped uninjured after the aircraft overran the runway at Quito, apparently during departure on a domestic...
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Tahoma Convair 580 crashed on first flight after cable-rigging check
US investigators have disclosed that the Air Tahoma Convair 580 freighter which crashed in Ohio earlier this month was conducting its first flight following...
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R-R details three-shaft RB285 study for 150-seat market
Rolls-Royce is studying an advanced three-shaft engine that could rival the CFM...
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No evidence of engine fire in Aeroflot-Nord 737 crash
Investigators examining the Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500 crash have found no evidence of engine fire, and say both powerplants were operating before the...
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NewsPICTURE: Bad fuel-line coupling suspected after fire wrecks Air Atlanta 747-300
Icelandic investigators have discovered an incorrectly-fitted fuel-line coupling on an Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-300 severely damaged by an engine...
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Sukhoi makes new corrections to Superjet 100 schedule
The latest slip to Sukhoi Superjet 100 deliveries to launch customer Aeroflot has prompted the carrier to push for the government to allow the interim acquisition...
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EASA orders casing fit on A330/A340s to contain APU failure
European safety regulators are ordering carriers to fit secondary casings to Airbus A330 and A340 auxiliary power units to prevent possible damage from uncontained...
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NewsInquiry timeline details Spanair MD-82 crash sequence
Preliminary information from Spanish investigators details for the first time the sequence of events prior to the Spanair Boeing MD-82 crash...