Europe – Page 654
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IATA: NDC still a work in progress
After more than two years of fierce discussion, debate and dispute, the airline and travel industries appear to have reached a base agreement on the principles of IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC).
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Europe’s legacy airlines fight for short-haul share
CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry examines the convergence playing out within Europe’s short-haul market
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NewsIATA: Outgoing chairman hails progress on climate change
Climate change was at the centre of Richard Anderson’s year as chairman of IATA’s board of governors.
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NewsLatest Voyager arrival completes 'core' fleet for RAF
The ninth Airbus A330 Voyager from the UK’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme touched down at the Royal Air Force’s Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire on 29 May, completing the service’s “core” fleet of the type.
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NewsNew deal to protect UK helicopters
BAE Systems has been awarded a £16.7 million ($28 million) contract to produce its third-generation common missile warning system (CMWS) equipment for a range of UK military helicopters.
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Air Arabia contracts Turkish Technic for component support
Sharjah-based carrier Air Arabia has selected Turkish Technic as component MRO provider for its Airbus A320 fleet.
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NewsUK Rivet Joint flight restores key RAF capability
Personnel from the UK Royal Air Force’s 51 Sqn have begun performing training flights using the unit’s first RC-135W Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft, following the receipt of initial release to service approval.
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OpinionOPINION: Is the industry facing a pilot shortage?
Japanese airlines are having to cancel schedules because they have too few flightcrew. American carriers, especially regionals, have the same problem. Ryanair is having to migrate crew around its network to patch up holes in local rosters.
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NewsPICTURE: Air New Zealand 787-9 makes first flight
The first Boeing 787-9 for launch customer Air New Zealand completed its first flight from Paine Field on 28 May.
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IATA optimistic on mature markets after April traffic rises
Airlines have registered a “healthy” increase in demand in April, says the International Air Transport Association.
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NewsPICTURES: A350 subjected to extreme hot and cold
An Airbus A350-900 test aircraft has undergone two and half weeks of extreme weather tests at a laboratory in Florida.
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Belgian air force introduces A321 transport
The Belgian air force's new Airbus A321 was officially presented on 20 May, as a replacement for an A330-300 which had been in use since late 2009. The asset will be used to transport troops and to conduct the emergency evacuation of people and cargo, if required.
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Airbus details weight variants for A320neo family
Airbus has detailed eight weight variants for the A320neo in the first update to its airport planning documentation to feature the re-engined type.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The biggest LCCs by traffic, revenue and profit
Traffic and profitability among the fast-developing low-fares sector continued to grow apace in 2013, as the latest annual Airline Business/Flightglobal low-cost carrier survey shows passengers for the 75 biggest players topping 800 million and profits among leading operators jumping 50%.
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NewsIndia poised to recover €278 million from VVIP helicopter deal
New Delhi will take steps to recover €278 million ($380 million) in bank guarantees and performance bonds related to its cancelled acquisition of 12 AgustaWestland AW101 VVIP helicopters.
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NewsFAA should re-evaluate risk on lithium ion batteries: NTSB
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should re-evaluate the risk of internal short circuits within permanently installed lithium-ion batteries on commercial aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says in new recommendations released on 22 May.
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AV Cargo selects SR Technics for engine MRO
Zimbabwe-based AV Cargo Airlines has contracted SR Technics as engine maintenance provider.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: All-business bounces back
Question marks have hung over the viability of all-premium long-haul services since Eos, Maxjet and Silverjet all collapsed in the latter half of last decade. But Qatar Airways’ deployment from 15 May of a 40-seat Airbus A319 on its of its six Doha-London Heathrow frequencies is a sign of renewed ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Europe’s LCCs are getting down to business
The lines between low-cost carriers and their network rivals have blurred so much over recent years as to make segmenting operators by type almost academic.
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Norwegian opens Gatwick links to Warsaw and Berlin
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to open new routes to Warsaw and Berlin Schonefeld from London Gatwick.