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NewsRe-inspections ordered for 737 elevator tabs
The US FAA has ordered a second round of inspections on elevator tabs for Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft after a second in-flight vibration incident....
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MRO Americas: Monarch to maintain TUI 787s as Boeing drops SR Technics from GoldCare team
London Luton airport-based Monarch Aircraft Engineering looks to have stolen SR Technics' thunder with its selection by Boeing as the airframe maintenance supplier for 787 GoldCare programme launch customer TUI Travel.
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Business: Good week - Bad week
DELTA AIR LINES The carrier only lost $246 million before taxes in the first quarter, which is rather better than the $794 million it dumped in the period a year ago.
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NewsAirbus devises plan to compress A350 flight-testing by three months
Airbus aims to meet the A350's mid-2013 service-entry target by compressing the flight-test programme into 12 months, after revealing that it has burnt up some of the development programme's " buffer".
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Frontier to fit E-Jets with Gogo, eyes connectivity for A320s
Frontier Airlines is to equip its Embraer E-Jets fleet with Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet system, but says it will continue to research connectivity...
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Continental mum on merger talks, posts $146 million loss
Continental Airlines posted a $146 million losss for the first quarter attributed to a weak economy, poor weather and a $10 million charge related to severance...
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NewsA350 launch customer Qatar Airways unconcerned by three-month first flight slip
Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways is unconcerned about the three-month slip in the twinjet's first flight schedule, believing that the buffer built...
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Southwest to inspect tugs for safety switch fault
Southwest Airlines is performing a fleet-wide check of its baggage tugs after a runaway vehicle damaged the engines and fuselage of an aircraft leaving the...
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NewsProduction problems delay Korean Air's first A380 by four to six months
Korean Air has become the latest A380 victim of Airbus's ongoing production line problems, with the confirmation that its first super-jumbo will arrive four to six months late in the second quarter of 2011.
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MRO USA: Engine diagnostics: GE opens the envelope
GE Aviation's prognostics health management tools are improving safety as well as cutting costs, shop visit time and disruptions
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Avianca-TACA eyes new regional aircraft
Avianca-TACA plans to select at least two new regional aircraft types by year-end.
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MRO USA: Honeywell extends maintenance pact with GoJet
Honeywell has extended an aftermarket support deal with US regional operator GoJet to include 25 Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft. The deal, which Honeywell...
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Boeing 747-8F tests move to Palmdale
Boeing has brought its second 747-8 Freighter, RC521, to Palmdale, California for the next phase of tests.
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Business: Good week - Bad week
The US airframer has at last landed a launch customer for its 787 GoldCare power-by-the-hour life-cycle management service, with TUI Travel signing...
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NewsCebu Pacific orders seven A320s
Cebu Pacific has placed an order for seven more Airbus A320s, taking its order backlog to 22 aircraft. The new aircraft, to be powered by CFM International...
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NewsMRO USA: Operational gains from connectivity hindered by choke point on the ground
As airlines across the globe move to equip their aircraft with passenger connectivity systems, the discussion is heating up about how to achieve operational gains from these higher-bandwidth pipes.
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Airbus and Boeing enjoy better start to year, accumulating 139 net orders
Performance outshines early 2009 as output holds steady and Airbus and Boeing amass almost 140 orders in first quarter
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NewsGerman carriers lead backlash over volcanic ash closures
German carriers Lufthansa and Air Berlin have expressed scepticism over the volcanic ash risk
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Business briefs
The board of Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways intends to raise the share capital of the company...
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Aeroflot branches into in-flight mobile with Russian firm
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot is to equip four of its aircraft with in-flight mobile communications capability developed by a domestic company.Moscow-based...