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NewsUK's Monarch Airlines cancels entire 787 order
UK holiday carrier Monarch Airlines has emerged as the latest customer to cancel its Boeing 787 order, confirming it was the carrier behind last week's axing of six aircraft from the twinjet's backlog.
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EasyGroup calls for removal of Doganis from EasyJet board
UK budget carrier EasyJet has received another letter from shareholder EasyGroup, this time requesting a meeting to vote on the removal of aviation consultant Rigas Doganis from its board.
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NewsBangkok Airways appears to cancel A350-800 order
Asian carrier Bangkok Airways appears to have cancelled its order for A350s, axing its deal for four -800 aircraft.
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US Airways takes preliminary look at A321neo
Re-engined twinjet is aimed at 757's replacement market but carrier questions new Airbus's capability to match up
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Aircraft finance costs set to rise
When Washington's summer debt-ceiling brinkmanship spurred ratings agency Standard & Poor's to take the once-unimaginable step of stripping the USA of its top-tier AAA credit rating, financiers started asking whether the theoretical risk of default would hit the cost of borrowing.
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China's Juneyao faces CAAC sanctions after safety breach
Chinese A320 operator sanctioned after crew refuses to surrender landing slot to inbound Qatar 777 with fuel emergency
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NewsPICTURES: First 747-8 in Lufthansa colours rolls out
Boeing has rolled out the first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental sporting the colours of German flag-carrier Lufthansa, the type's airline launch customer. Lufthansa...
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The big squeeze on aircraft interiors
Strong demand for aircraft seats and galleys has led to a significant backlog in the industry, but manufacturers are wary of boosting capacity too quickly in an uncertain economy. As a result, airlines and leasing companies are facing difficulty in sourcing seats and galleys in the short term.
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Boeing to deliver first 747-8F to Cargolux on 19 Sept
Boeing will deliver the first 747-8 freighter to launch customer Cargolux on 19 September, followed by delivery of the second aircraft to the cargo carrier...
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NewsBoeing learns lessons for 737 from 787 overruns
That Boeing has learnt its lesson from the overlong development of the 787 and 747-8 can be seen in the proposed timescale for the re-engined narrowbody, named the 737 Max, which the airframer launched on 30 August.
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NewsSIA long-haul budget airline to operate up to 14 777s
More fleet details have emerged from Singapore Airlines' new long-haul low-cost carrier, currently dubbed New Aviation, showing that it will operate a fleet of up to 14 Boeing 777s in its first four years of operations.
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NewsVIDEO: Boeing completes first flights of Cargolux 747-8F and ANA's 787
Boeing has completed first flights of the 787 and 747-8F scheduled for delivery this year, readying the two new types for handover later this month. The...
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Delta order indicative of urgent fleet needs
The recent order of 100 Boeing 737-900ERs by Delta Air Lines reflects an urgency by legacy carriers to replace ageing aircraft, but the airline's decision to go with the -900ER does not preclude it from being an operator of the re-engined 737 Max.
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NewsCRJ production cut in the offing in absence of sales
Bombardier is working aggressively to avoid slashing production rates of its CRJ regional jets, but concedes "it will be a much more difficult year for the regional segment" overall if a number of sales campaigns for the aircraft fail to bear fruit.
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NewsJapan Civil Aviation Bureau approves Boeing's 787
The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has validated the US Federal Avation Administration's (FAA) award of a type certificate for Boeing's 787, which uses...
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NewsContinental submits plan to FAA to re-certify Koito seats
United-Continental is looking to re-certify all Koito-manufactured seats on the Continental portion of its fleet, and has begun testing its Boeing 757s,...
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NTSB: Emirates 777 continued flight after loud bang, messages
The US National Transportation Safety Board revealed in a...
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NewsBoeing aims to minimise 737 Max changes
With the development of its re-engined 737 Max, Boeing aims to limit the scope of work to changes directly related to the integration of the CFM International...
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China's Juneyao faces CAAC sanctions after safety breach
China's aviation authorities have imposed temporary restrictions on Juneyao Airlines' operations after one of its pilots ignored air traffic control (ATC)...
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NewsBoeing designates 737 MAX family
Boeing has designated its re-engined 737, the 737 MAX, re-launching its narrowbody family as the 737 MAX 7,...