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Air Baltic A220 to conduct demo tour for Airbus
Airbus has embarked on a demonstration tour with an A220-300 to promote the twinjet following its acquisition of the programme earlier this year.
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VIDEO: A330-800 set for maiden flight
Airbus is set to conduct the maiden flight of the A330-800 from its Toulouse headquarters on 6 November.
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BA A350-1000s to have three-class cabin
British Airways will cut the first-class cabin from its Airbus A350-1000 fleet, although the type will feature a similar level of accommodation as the carrier’s higher-density Boeing 747-400s.
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IAG yet to determine a quarter of projected 2023 fleet
Almost a quarter of the fleet IAG will operate in five years’ time has yet to be determined, according to the company’s latest capacity plan.
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Germania establishes Pristina base with new routes
Leisure carrier Germania has teamed with Balkan carrier Air Prishtina to open three new German connections from the Kosovan capital Pristina next summer.
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Alitalia lands in Washington in 2019
Alitalia will add service to Washington Dulles International airport next year, its first new US destination in nearly a decade.
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Icelandair Group to take over budget rival Wow Air
Icelandair Group has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of its budget rival Wow Air.
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United Aircraft concentrating on customer service: chief
Russia’s United Aircraft plans to enhance its customer service capabilities for the Superjet 100, and make customer service a priority for the Irkut MC-21 and CRAIC CR929 programmes.
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LHT partially automates component coating procedure
Lufthansa Technik has started using a partly automated process to apply Interfill epoxy coatings to components in an effort to reduce the time required for the procedure.
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Cobalt returns Heathrow slot to Virgin Atlantic
Cobalt Air has returned its leased London Heathrow slot to Virgin Atlantic.
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IAG to preserve Qatar ties if carrier quits Oneworld
IAG expects to maintain its co-operation with Qatar Airways, even as it predicts that the Middle Eastern carrier will drop out of the Oneworld alliance.
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Cabin supplier ACM accelerates expansion plans
German interiors equipment specialist Aircraft Cabin Modification will expand operations ahead of a planned move to a purpose-built site.
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Aer Lingus signals more A330s and studies 'A321XLR'
Aer Lingus has outlined a five-year long-haul fleet plan which increases its net number of twin-aisle aircraft by three – from 13 to 16 Airbus A330s – by 2023.
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IAG business 'unaffected' as UK's EU withdrawal nears
Uncertainty over the UK’s planned withdrawal from the European Union has not had any impact on IAG’s business, its chairman has told a capital markets event.
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Omitted pin led MD-11F to shed nose-wheel at Buenos Aires
Argentinean investigators have concluded that omission of a pin following a Boeing MD-11F nose-wheel replacement led the aircraft to shed the wheel upon landing at Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza airport.
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VIDEO: Booster separation malfunction caused Soyuz rocket launch abort
Dramatic video released by the Russian commission investing last month’s failure of a Soyuz during launch from Baikonur shows one of the boosters colliding with the rocket as its separation sequence misfired.
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Spirit AeroSystems confident in closing Asco purchase
Spirit AeroSystems remains confident it will close a proposed acquisition of European aerospace company Asco despite concerns from European regulators.
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Airbus battles A321neo complexity and automation hitches
Customisation complexity on the A321neo as well as a shift to new automation are among the industrial internal difficulties facing Airbus as it battles to reach ambitious full-year delivery targets.
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Airbus absorbs A220s to maintain 800-jet delivery target
Airbus has rejigged its A330neo delivery schedule after Rolls-Royce admitted it would fall short on Trent 7000 engine deliveries, but the airframer is still maintaining a target of 800 aircraft deliveries.
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Tecnam wraps up P2012 Traveller certification testing
Italian airframer Tecnam has completed the flight-test campaign for its P2012 Traveller and expects to secure European and US type certification for the all-metal piston-twin before year-end.