All Fleets articles – Page 272
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NewsSwiftair speed decay echoes previous MD-80 episodes
While investigators have yet to ascertain the reason for the loss of control of the Swiftair Boeing MD-83 over Mali, the accident shares several parallels with earlier events in which speed decay in early cruise led MD-80s into a high-altitude stall.
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NewsSwiftair MD-83 lost speed before rapid spiral descent
French investigators have determined that a Swiftair Boeing MD-83 lost over Mali entered a rapid spiral descent from which it failed to recover.
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NewsMH17: Ukraine lifts ceasefire as initial wreck search ends
International investigators are to withdraw temporarily from the site of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash in Ukraine, with some areas yet to be examined.
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Czech Airlines confirms A320 fleet sale
Czech Airlines has confirmed it is selling its Airbus A320 fleet as part of its cost-cutting programme.
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NewsICAO conflict zone task force sets first meeting
The International Civil Aviation Organization's recently assembled Task Force on Risks to civil aviation arising from Conflict Zones will meet for the first time on 14-15 August 2014 at the organisation's headquarters in Montréal, Canada, and it is expected to deliver recommendations "within weeks".
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NewsA350 completes Australia and New Zealand visits
Airbus’s A350-900 on 5 August made its first flight across the Tasman Sea, completing a less than 3h flight from Sydney to Auckland.
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PIA selects AWAS A320s
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has accepted bids from operating lessor AWAS and Aircastle to lease a total of four Airbus A320s, an evaluation report reveals.
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NewsNATS hones flight trajectories for efficiency
UK air navigation service provider NATS says it is on track to meet a target of saving 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from aircraft fuel burn in 2014 compared with historic levels, using scores from a flight trajectory efficiency measuring tool.
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NewsPICTURES: Thai formally retires A300 from fleet
Thai Airways has formally retired the Airbus A300-600 aircraft from service on 31 July.
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NewsUnidentified A320 order includes 28 re-engined jets
Airbus’s newly-disclosed order for 45 A320-family aircraft, attributed to unidentified customers, includes 28 re-engined models.
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NewsUnited converts majority of 787-8 orders to -10 variant
United Airlines has converted seven of its eight remaining Boeing 787-8 orders to the larger 787-10, as it prepares to take its first 787-9.
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NewsRussian authority hands Rostov radar data to MH17 probe
Russian authorities have provided radar data from a regional air traffic centre to investigators analysing the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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NewsDobrolet halts flights as EU sanctions block jet lease
Aeroflot’s budget carrier Dobrolet is suspending operations as a result of the sanctions recently imposed on the airline by the European Union.
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NewsDelta retiring four 747s as Pacific restructuring continues
Delta Air Lines will retire four Boeing 747-400s by the end of 2014, as it continues to restructure its Pacific operations around a gateway at Seattle/Tacoma International airport.
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NewsCrashed ATR deviated from non-precision approach
Preliminary information from the investigation into the TransAsia Airways ATR 72 crash in Magong shows that the crew opted for a non-precision approach after initially intending an ILS approach to the airport.
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NewsIAG to firm eight A350s and take eight A330s for Iberia
International Airlines Group is exercising options on eight Airbus A350-900 and will also obtain eight A330-200s for Spanish carrier Iberia.
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NewsBA crew autopsies show organophosphate poisoning
Cabin air contamination and its cumulative effect on flight crew health is once again in the spotlight as the findings of a post-mortem on a 43-year-old British Airways pilot are published.
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NewsANA firms order for 30 A320neo-family jets
Japan's ANA Holdings has firmed its agreement for 30 Airbus A320neo jets, and will become the first operator of the type in the country.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Asia’s magically shrinking superjumbo orderbook
The termination of Skymark Airlines' order for six Airbus A380 aircraft, and the reclassification of 10 A380s due for Hong Kong Airlines, has cut the Asia Pacific region’s orders for very large aircraft by one third.
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NewsANA, Boeing finalise $13 billion widebody order
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has finalised an order with Boeing for 40 widebody aircraft comprising 20 777-9X aircraft, 14 787-9s, and six 777-300ERs.