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NewsTransaero to be grounded on 26 October
Russian carrier Transaero is to be grounded next week following an assessment of the airline’s operational situation by the federal aviation regulator Rosaviatsia.
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German probe looks into Eurowings A330 cowl loss
German investigators are looking into the loss of an engine cowl from a Eurowings Airbus A330-200 which had departed Cologne for Palma de Mallorca.
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EASA lays out plan to prevent Germanwings crash recurrence
European safety regulators are to host an aircrew medical fitness workshop by the end of this year, as part of an action plan aimed to prevent a repetition of the Germanwings Airbus crash last March.
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Virgin 747 gear jammed after actuator fitted upside-down
Maintenance personnel installed a Boeing 747-400 main landing-gear actuator upside-down before the aircraft suffered an undercarriage jam while returning to London Gatwick.
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Sky A319 becomes latest to suffer cowl loss
Chilean investigators are looking into an incident involving a Sky Airline Airbus A319 which returned to Santiago after losing an engine cowl.
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NewsEva Air to order up to 24 787-10s, two 777-300ERs
Taiwan's Eva Air plans to purchase up to 24 Boeing 787-10s and two additional 777-300ERs, in a deal worth more than $8 billion at list prices.
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NewsQatar interested in A350 stretch: Al Baker
Qatar Airways would be interested in buying a stretched A350-1000 derivative should Airbus decide to build one, but only if it offers enough of a step over the rival Boeing 777-9X.
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Buk manufacturer blasts Il-86 to support MH17 claims
Defence firm Almaz-Antey has destroyed an Ilyushin Il-86 cockpit in an attempt to prove that a Soviet-era weapon, rather than a modern Russian one, brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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PICTURE: First Singapore A350 breaks cover
Singapore Airlines’ first Airbus A350-900 has broken cover, showing the twinjet in the Asian carrier’s livery.
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NewsMH17: Oxygen mask mystery remains unsolved
Investigators have been unable to explain conclusively why a passenger on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was found wearing an oxygen mask following the Boeing 777’s destruction over Ukraine.
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MH17: Ukraine airspace restriction did not alter airlines' behaviour
Investigators have disclosed that, in the three days before Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down, 61 carriers flew through the same sensitive region of airspace.
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NewsMH17 shot down by Buk missile warhead: inquiry
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-built surface-to-air missile, investigators have formally concluded.
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SIA launches longer-range A350-900ULR
Singapore Airlines has become the launch customer for a longer-range version of the Airbus A350-900.
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Carriers protest as EASA orders faster A320 pitot retrofit
European safety regulators have halved the compliance period for replacing pitot tubes on Airbus A320-family jets, after rejecting complaints about the shorter deadline.
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NewsPICTURES: Frontier welcomes first A321
Denver-based Frontier Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321.
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Comac signs finance deal with China Exim Bank
Comac has signed a financing framework agreement with the China Exim Bank.
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Southwest to harmonise maintenance systems
Southwest Airlines plans to fold its maintenance systems into one to improve operational reliability.
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PICTURE: Airbus delivers Finnair's first A350
Airbus has formally handed over a first A350 to the widebody twinjet type's first European operator, Finnair.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines size up capacity at Gatwick and Heathrow
When Flybe sold its London Gatwick slots to EasyJet in 2013, it marked not only the almost complete departure of UK regional operators from the gateway but also a virtual disappearance of turboprops.
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Air Astana signs with AerCap for one A320neo, three A321neos
Air Astana has signed an agreement to lease three Airbus A321neos and one A320neo from AerCap.