All Fleets articles – Page 653
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From our reporter in Beirut: Most Israeli airport bomb damage to be repaired in days, fuel shortages remain
Flight reporter David Kaminski-Morrow was among the first correspondents to visit Beirut yesterday, with British Airways franchise partner BMed - he toured the airport ahead of a resumption of flights planned for today.
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NewsQantas to receive A$100m compensation for Airbus A380 delays, will add more A330s
Australia’s Qantas Airways is to receive more than A$100 million in damages from Airbus for delays in deliveries of its 12 firm-ordered A380-800s. It has meanwhile confirmed orders for four more Airbus A330 twinjets, two of which will be leased.
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NewsBoeing: 737-900ER performance set to beat predictions
Boeing is optimistic that imminent flight tests of the newly rolled out 737-900ER will demonstrate better than guaranteed performance, allowing operators to use the aircraft year-round on longer-range flights including the most demanding transcontinental US routes.
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Russian air taxi starter flags PC-12 intentions
Russian start-up air taxi company Dexter is in talks with Swiss manufacturer Pilatus to acquire PC-12 single-engine turboprops to complement its fleet of Myasischev M101Ts
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NewsFirst figures of flight disruption show Heathrow suffered 50% traffic loss due to foiled terror plot
Europe’s air traffic co-ordination authority has disclosed that UK airport traffic was 16% down overall as a result of the disruption prompted by yesterday’s national security alert.
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Russia completes next generation Tu-204-120CE certification tests
Tupolev design bureau has completed the certification programme for the Westernised version of the Tupolev Tu-204-120CE aircraft, a batch of which are bound for delivery to Chinese carriers.
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NewsAirbus adds 1,200 staff to A380 assembly line
Holidays cancelled on Toulouse A380 line as Airbus battles to fix problems
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Thai steps up A350 and 787 evaluations
A350-900 and 787-9 seen as candidates for US and European services
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NewsEtihad weighs up options for new widebody types
Abu Dhabi carrier poised for big order for Airbus A350 or Boeing 787 early next year
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SilkAir issues RFP and drops regional jet plan
Carrier seeks offers for A320s or 737s as it decides not to introduce smaller aircraft
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NewsPrecision Air of Tanzania to take six new ATR aircraft
Deal for both ATR models with Kenya Airways unit continues strong year in turborprop sector