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Meridiana to conclude scheduled MD-80 flights on 31 October
Italian carrier Meridiana is to operate its final scheduled Being MD-80 flight at the end of the month.
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Air Berlin sells maintenance division
German maintenance specialist Nayak and logistics group Zeitfracht will jointly acquire Air Berlin's technical operations.
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Sabena Technics selected for Lufthansa A330 cabin upgrades
French maintenance specialist Sabena Technics has won a deal to upgrade the cabin interiors of seven Lufthansa Airbus A330s.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A330-900 finally embarks on flight-test programme
Airbus's maiden flight of the A330neo is something of an improbable achievement, considering that the airframer originally scrapped its strategy of re-engining the A330 after it failed to gain traction as a Boeing 787 rival.
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PICTURE: First A321neo with revised door layout assembled
The first Airbus A321neo equipped with a modified fuselage and additional cabin exits is nearing the completion on the final assembly line at Hamburg.
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Norwegian ends Spanish flights from Birmingham and Manchester
Low-cost carrier Norwegian will axe its Spanish services from UK airports Birmingham and Manchester this winter – routes that collapsed charter carrier Monarch Airlines had also operated.
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Ryanair delays introduction of stricter carry-on bag policy
Ryanair has postponed until mid-January the introduction of stricter rules regarding carry-on bags, which it argues are necessary to speed up boarding and reduce flight delays.
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Primera adds Toronto to planned transatlantic network
Leisure carrier Primera Air will in May 2018 launch flights to Toronto from Birmingham, London and Paris.
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Istanbul to join Pobeda network
Aeroflot's low-cost subsidiary Pobeda is to start serving Istanbul Ataturk on 1 December.
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Boeing’s NMA buzz targets recruitment of engine partners: Airbus
Airbus vice-president of market strategy Bob Lange is unconvinced by the "magic niches" he considers Boeing to be targeting with its New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) concept.
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Babcock inks 11-aircraft Textron Aviation order
Babcock Scandinavian Air Ambulance (SAA) has signed an order with Textron Aviation for 10 Beechcraft King Air 250 twin-engined turboprops and a Cessna Citation Latitude business jet, all to be configured for air ambulance missions.
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MH17: Investigators seek details over missile-launcher photo
Investigators pursuing a criminal case over the destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine are seeking information about a new image of a mobile missile launcher.
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Boeing to open MRO hangar at Gatwick in 2019
Boeing's plan to build a maintenance hangar at London Gatwick airport has been approved by local district authority.
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NewsVIDEO: Mid-2018 deliveries targeted as A330neo flies
Airbus on 19 October kicked off the A330neo's three-aircraft 1,400h flight-test programme which should lead to certification and first deliveries of the initial -900 variant in the middle of 2018.
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OpinionOPINION: Why new models are good for airline industry
Compiling Flight International’s annual World Airliner Directory – the first part of which appears in our 24-30 October issue – is often a repetitive task.
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ANALYSIS: Airbus big-data initiative targets aftermarket growth
Airbus intends to grow its aftermarket activity by fitting A320-family and A330 jets with equipment to capture more operational and technical data for analysis via its new digital services platform, Skywise.
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Airbus starts opening A330neo flight envelope
Airbus's maiden sortie with the A330neo initiates a flight-test campaign which will primarily involve two instrumented airframes and a third aircraft for cabin and route testing.
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A330neo maiden flight is first for Trent 7000
Airbus's first flight of the A330-900 also marks the initial flight of the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 powerplant, which has only undertaken ground tests so far.
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NewsP&WC foresees new large turboprop by 2025
Pratt & Whitney Canada is targeting 2023-25 as the service-entry window for a new-generation engine that could power a potential future turboprop with at least 90 seats.
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PICTURES: A330neo takes off on maiden flight
Airbus's first A330neo has lifted off from Toulouse on its maiden flight, commencing the airborne test programme for the re-engined twinjet.