All Fleets articles – Page 660
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NewsAirbus battles to complete A380 testing by year end to fulfil SIA delivery pledge
Airbus has a battle on its hands if it is to complete certification of the A380 in time to deliver the first aircraft to Singapore Airlines (SIA) before the end of the year.
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Boeing expects China to reallocate Xiamen's cancelled Boeing 787 orders, take six more 737-800s
Boeing expects the three 787 orders dropped by Xiamen Airlines in favour of six Boeing 737-800s to be reallocated to another Chinese carrier, effectively adding six aircraft to China’s standing narrow- and widebody order with the US manufacturer.
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NewsBombardier to choose between stalled CSeries and stretched CRJ900X with larger wings and more power
Canadian airframer Bombardier will decide by the end of the year either to restore its CSeries mainline airliner programme or direct resources to developing a uprated version of the CRJ900 regional jet.
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NewsChinese carrier Xiamen Airlines becomes first operator to cancel a firm Boeing 787 order
Chinese carrier Xiamen Airlines has become the first operator to cancel a firm 787 order. The cancellation was booked as an unspecified drop of three 787s on Boeing’s latest online net order report.
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NewsLaunch customers 'unhappy' with Airbus A380 delay, EADS warns of €2bn lost earnings
EADS issued a warning saying that its revision to the A380 production schedule will cost the company at least €2 billion as launch customers have expressed concern over delivery delays of up to seven months.
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Singapore Airlines to order 20 Boeing 787-9s in latest blow to Airbus's A350 campaign
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is preparing to announce a major order for Boeing 787s, Flight has exclusively learnt.
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NewsAirbus A380 hit by new programme delay
The Airbus A380 is facing another serious programme delay, but first delivery to launch operator Singapore Airlines (SIA) is still expected by the end of the year.
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OpinionAirbus's A350 rethink splits customer opinion, with delays concerning Yemenia as Finnair takes a relaxed view
Airlines with Airbus A350s on order have given a mixed response to the proposal to relaunch the aircraft with a raft of major improvements that will delay its entry into service by several years.
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SR Technics favourite for 787 deal
Boeing expected to appoint Swiss company as European partner for twinjet’s GoldCare maintenance package
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NewsOrderbook reveals Boeing booked single undisclosed launch order for passenger 747-8 Intercontinental last month
Boeing yesterday booked its first order passenger version of its 747-8 aircraft, although the manufacturer is remaining silent on which client has placed the launch order.
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Indonesia's Merpati places largest order for Chinese Xian Aircraft MA60 turboprops, taking 15
Indonesian state-owned carrier Merpati Nusantara has signed an order for 15 Xian Aircraft MA60s, the biggest export order yet for the Chinese-built turboprop.
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NewsPictures: Varig Brazilian World Cup player transport MD-11 joins growing football-liveried fleet
Brazilian national carrier Varig has been parading the aircraft it used to transport its national football team to Switzerland last month around its long haul network ahead of the global soccer championship this week.
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Continental confirms order with Boeing for 10 additional 787s plus 24 737s
US mainline carrier Continental Airlines has confirmed it is ordering 10 more Boeing 787s, adding to the 10 orders it announced in December 2004.