Europe – Page 573
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NewsLufthansa Technik completes first BBJ split scimitar winglet modification
German maintenance, repair and overhaul provider Lufthansa Technik has become the first European company to install Aviation Partner’s new split scimitar winglets on a Boeing Business Jet.
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ROUTES: Mahan Air to launch Copenhagen service
Iranian carrier Mahan Air is to launch flights from Tehran to the Danish capital Copenhagen next March.
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Iberia to boost UK network with Madrid-Birmingham link
Iberia Express is to start a four-times-weekly service from Madrid to UK city Birmingham on 27 March.
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ROUTES: Dublin growth key part of IAG-Aer Lingus tie up
he IAG merger with Irish carrier Aer Lingus was “as much about Dublin airport as it was about Aer Lingus” the gateway’s managing director Vincent Harrison believes.
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Finnair names the date for first A350 delivery
Finnair has confirmed that a ceremony marking handover of its first Airbus A350 will take place on 7 October.
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Litening 5 integration to keep Eurofighter on target
Airbus Defence & Space is installing the Rafael Litening 5 targeting pod on one of its Eurofighter combat aircraft, and will offer the payload option to future clients.
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NewsPICTURE: SAS takes higher-weight A330-300
Scandinavian Airlines has taken delivery of its first 242t Airbus A330-300.
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NewsAirbus developing short-field enhancement for A320neo
Airbus is developing a modification for the A320neo which will increase the performance of the type on short runways.
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Alitalia chief steps down
Alitalia's chief executive Silvano Cassano has stepped down with immediate effect.
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NewsAirbus confirms ongoing A320 cost reduction effort
Airbus confirms the company is in the midst of a campaign to slash supply chain costs on the A320 programme that one supplier compares to Boeing’s “partnership for success” (PFS) effort.
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ANALYSIS: Aeroflot-Transaero's overlapping routes
Preliminary network analysis indicates that Aeroflot and Transaero are the only competitors on about a dozen city pairs from their Moscow bases.
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NewsPICTURE: First Finnair A350 conducts maiden flight
Finnair’s first Airbus A350-900 has carried out its maiden flight, just a few weeks before the carrier becomes the first European customer to introduce the twinjet.
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Avation delivers first ATR 72 leased to Flybe
Lessor Avation has delivered the first of five new ATR 72-600s leased to UK operator Flybe.
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NewsZenith Aviation prepares for delivery of UK's first Avanti Evo
Zenith Aviation, the UK launch customer and distributor for the Piaggio Avanti Evo, is preparing to take delivery of its first aircraft in early December and hopes to begin exercising its options for the twin-engined turboprop by the end of September.
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NewsFirst Global 7000 test aircraft comes together
Bombardier’s first Global 7000 flight-test aircraft, FTV1, is taking shape at the company’s facility in Toronto, Ontario. A pair of GE Passport engines were mounted on the ultra-long range prototype, Bombardier announced on 14 September, adding that the aircraft is now structurally complete and functional test procedures have begun.
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NewsMubadala takes full ownership of Piaggio Aerospace
Seventeen years after heading a consortium that rescued Piaggio Aerospace from bankruptcy, Piero Ferrari has ended his financial links with the Italian aircraft maker.
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NewsAirbus details dimensions of A330-based Beluga
Airbus's new Beluga XL transport will be some 4.3m longer than the A330-200 on which the aircraft will be based.
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NewsCessna Citation Latitude begins European tour
Cessna has begun a three-week European demonstration tour of its new Citation Latitude with the annual Business and General Aviation day (BGAD), held on 15 September at London Biggin Hill airport – the first stop on its multi-city itinerary.
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NewsBell 505 Jet Ranger X makes Polish debut
Bell Helicopter has continued its sales push for the developmental 505 Jet Ranger X, displaying a mock-up of the light single-engined rotorcraft at the MSPO defence show held in Kielce, Poland between the 1 and 4 September.
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Wow chief sees buyers' market for aircraft
Declining fuel prices, China's economic woes and global instability have created a "buyers' market" for new aircraft, Wow Air chief executive Skuli Mogensen believes.