All Europe articles – Page 514
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NewsGlobeAir posts record turnover for 2016
GlobeAir, the world’s oldest and largest operator of Cessna Citation Mustangs, has posted record turnover and profit for 2016 on the back of strong demand from the charter market for small business jets.
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Second 747F recorder finally retrieved after Bishkek crash
Kyrgyzstan’s government believes both flight recorders have finally been recovered from the crashed Turkish-operated Boeing 747-400F at Bishkek.
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PICTURE: Russian institute studies 'ekranoplan' freighter
Russian researchers are analysing the potential of a heavy freighter design which would rely on ground-effect lift.
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Rolls-Royce penitent in wake of corruption inquiry
Rolls-Royce has detailed further the financial schedule for settling the bribery case against the manufacturer, as it turns its attention towards rebuilding its image.
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NewsEmbraer Executive Jets reports mixed fortunes for 2016
Embraer saw business jet deliveries fall slightly in 2016, to 117 aircraft from 120 the previous year, as a result of prolonged and persistent weakness across the sector.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Is there enough MRO capacity for the A380?
As the Airbus A380 nears its 10th anniversary of service entry, and demand for heavy checks increases, the airframer is building partnerships with selected MRO specialists in an effort to expand maintenance capacity for the ultra-large type's comparatively small fleet.
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Air Baltic picks Magnetic MRO for wheel-and-brake support
Latvian carrier Air Baltic has contracted Magnetic MRO to service landing gear on its Bombardier CS300 jets and Q400 turboprops.
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CS100 'too large' for Wideroe operation
Norwegian regional carrier Wideroe opted for the Embraer 190-E2 after concluding that the Bombardier CS100 would have been too large.
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Flight Ascend Consultancy named Appraiser of the Year for sixth time
Flight Ascend Consultancy, FlightGlobal’s consultancy arm, has once again been crowned appraiser of the year at the Aviation 100 Awards. This is the sixth time in seven years that Flight Ascend Consultancy has been honored with this award.
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Rolls-Royce agrees £671m penalty to settle bribery probe
Rolls-Royce is to seek judicial approval for a proposed agreement under which it would pay £671 million ($808 million) to settle a bribery and corruption investigation.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Air Malta rejoins European airlines seeking partners
News on 13 January that Alitalia had ended talks over a potential 49% investment in Air Malta came as little surprise, but confirmed another European operator in the market for investors.
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ACT highlights 747F crew's experience
ACT Airlines has given figures for the total hours logged by the pilots of a Boeing 747-400F that crashed in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek.
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Flight recorder retrieved from 747 crash debris
Investigators have retrieved the first flight recorder from the wreckage of a Boeing 747-400F which crashed in the vicinity of Bishkek Manas airport.
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Wideroe turns to jets with Embraer 190-E2 order
Scandinavian regional carrier Wideroe is to step up to jet operation, having opted to take up to 15 Embraer 190-E2 re-engined aircraft.
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Climbing EgyptAir A300 involved in serious Belgian airprox
French investigators have detailed a serious airprox incident in which an EgyptAir Airbus A300-600 freighter climbed through its assigned altitude.
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ACT 747F crashes in Kyrgyzstan
Updated: Corrected to reflect correct aircraft registration number, TC-MCL. A previous version of this story erroneously reported the registration as TC-ACJ, and that the aircraft was operated by Turkish Airlines. The aircraft was operated by Turkey's ACT Airlines, which trades under the name MyCargo Airlines.
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EasyJet take-off data incident uncovers software anomaly
Investigations have traced an EasyJet A319 take-off performance incident at Malaga to a software anomaly in a particular electronic flightbag function.
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Opinion
OPINION: Can aviation beat human frailty?
To people who like to fly, perhaps to most people, fear of flying seems such an irrational fear. As our annual report on airline safety shows, accident rates are very low and trending firmly downward.
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Cabin crew's follow-up strike 'bizarre': BA
British Airways cabin crew represented by the Unite union and employed under the airline's "mixed fleet" contract have called another strike for three days from 19 January, a decision the IAG-owned carrier has labelled "bizarre".
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: World airline accident review 2016
Airline fatal accident figures rose significantly in 2016 compared with the previous year, but the comparison is somewhat misleading because 2015 was the safest year in history by a considerable margin.