All Fleets articles – Page 397
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Air Lease inks new lease deals for nearly a dozen widebodies
US lessor Air Lease has signed lease agreements for 11 additional twin-aisle aircraft, comprising Airbus A330-200s, A330-300s and Boeing 777-300ERs. The...
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Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 awarded FAA ETOPS approval
Rolls-Royce's Trent 1000 turbofan has been awarded 330min extended twin engine operations approval by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
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Virtual airline start-up HiAir plans Doncaster-Amsterdam flights
A new virtual airline called HiAir plans to begin Jetstream 32 operations in September between Doncaster Sheffield in northern England and Amsterdam Schiphol.
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NewsChina's Xiamen orders six 787s
China's Xiamen Airlines has placed an order with Boeing for six 787 aircraft. Xiamen will take delivery of the aircraft "in stages" between 2014 and...
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Emirates works with Boeing to get connectivity linefit to widebodies
Emirates is working with Boeing to ensure AeroMobile's in-flight mobile phone connectivity solution is line-fitted to its new widebodies as soon as possible.
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Interview
Interview: Qatar Airways' CEO Akbar Al Baker
MASTER AND COMMANDER Akbar Al Baker's single-minded vision has powered Qatar Airways into a leading global network carrier. And rivals be warned, the...
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NewsBoeing to hold 747-8 assembly line for a month
Boeing will hold the 747-8 line in place from 6 May until 7 June, to allow it to catch up on design changes as it introduces the new -8I passenger model...
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Boeing confirms final 787 electrical software installation completion
Boeing has confirmed it has completed development and installation of revised 787 electrical systems software on its test fleet, modified after an electrical...
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NewsAir Canada's chief aware of pitfalls in launching a new LCC
Air Canada's management is using lessons learned from previous industry attempts in launching a low cost carrier within its legacy structure. The...
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Virgin signs A330 support deal with Air France-KLM MRO arm
Virgin Atlantic has inked a 12-year component support contract for its Airbus A330 fleet with Air France KLM Engineering & Maintenance. The power-by-the-hour...
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Failure to redistribute passengers caused serious A320 tailstrike
Failure to redistribute passengers on an Airbus A320 led the aircraft to strike its tail on take-off from Verona, Italian investigation agency the ANSV has found.
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E-190 production delays will not impact 2011 delivery forecast: Embraer
Embraer is incurring delays to its E-190 production schedule due to a supply chain constraint with a Japanese provider of engine electronics for the twinjet's...
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NewsPICTURES: Korean A380 begins final flight tests
Korean Air's first Airbus A380 (MSN35) has started final flight tests from the airframer's Hamburg Finkenwerder plant, ahead of delivery to Toulouse in preparation...
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NewsGulfstream holds to 12 green G650s this year
General Dynamics chief executive Jay Johnson says the company's Gulfstream Aerospace unit is moving forward with all "non-flying" aspects of G650 certification while an US National Transportation Safety Board continues its investigation of the 2 April fatal crash of a flight test aircraft, one of five in the nascent fleet.
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Republic alludes to A320neo place holder deposit
Frontier Airlines parent Republic Airways Holdings has placed an aircraft place holder deposit with Airbus for the re-engined A320neo, according to a company...
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NewsTu-204SM begins airworthiness certification programme
Tupolev has begun an airworthiness certification programme for its modernised Tu-204SM twin-jet after completing its post-assembly trials. On 28 April,...
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Korean Air orders five A330-200s and two 777-300ERs
Korean Air has placed a firm order with Airbus for five additional A330-200s, and plans to order two Boeing 777-300ERs.
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US regionals look to supersize
Large regional aircraft - jets, mainly, but turboprops too - are the next big thing, with interest from airlines likely to centre on aircraft with 90 seats or more
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US carriers seize acquisitions to survive
US regional carriers are pursuing acquisitions as a means of survival but how the industry will change is open to question
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Royal Jordanian 787 delivery pushed nearly four years
Amman-based Royal Jordanian Airlines says it will receive its first of 11 Boeing 787s in 2014, almost four years after it initially intended.