Fleets – Page 549
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Portable IFE providers rise in prominence
Increased pressure on airlines to offer some form of in-flight entertainment is driving significant interest in portable players as manufacturers of such...
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Gol to focus future fleet on short-field 737-800
Brazilian airline group Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes is undergoing a radical and fast-paced fleet transition that will see the 737-800 short field performance...
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NewsAlaska equipping entire fleet with Honeywell anti-incursion tool
Alaska Airlines by the end of September says it will become the first US passenger carrier to install a Honeywell-built runway incursion preventative system...
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WAEA2008: Alaska to trial Row 44 within weeks
Alaska Airlines will become the first carrier to offer Row 44's Ku band-based connectivity solution when it begins testing the service within weeks.
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Sukhoi plans to offer export credit financing for Superjet
Sukhoi aims to develop an export financing package for the Superjet 100 regional jet that mirrors the government-backed financing offered by Bombardier...
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Superjet pushes back first delivery for Western launch customer
Sukhoi has pushed back delivery of the first Superjet 100 to Western launch customer ItAli Airlines by at least one year due to delays in the new regional...
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Sri Lanka's grounded Mihin hopes for October re-launch
Grounded Sri Lankan low-cost carrier Mihin Lanka is hoping to re-launch services as early as next month and is now considering leasing Boeing 737-800s in...
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NewsBoeing strike delays Ryanair's Edinburgh base
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to postpone opening its Edinburgh base until it can shuffle additional capacity to the Scottish city, after new aircraft...
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Superjet pushes back first delivery for Western launch customer
Sukhoi has pushed back delivery of the first Superjet 100 to Western launch customer ItAli Airlines by at least one year due to delays in the new regional...
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Tough enough for Wi-Fi
AP Labs is making the leap from rugged military computing to in-flight entertainment
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Will P&W, GE or R-R win battle to provide next-generation engines to power new narrowbodies?
Engine manufacturers are preparing to gamble on which technologies will win out as Airbus and Boeing edge ever closer to launching their new 150-seater families
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Business briefs
FARNBOROUGH CHIEF HEADS FOR MUBADALA COMPOSITES Farnborough Aerospace Consortium chief executive Ross Bradley is leaving the UK trade body in mid-October...
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Bombardier still studying Q400X
Bombardier aims to beat rival ATR by several years in the so far slow-moving race to offer regional carriers a turboprop in the 90-seat category. Bombardier...
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This Week briefings
BOMBARDIER SEES CSERIES ORDERS THIS YEAR DEVELOPMENT Bombardier is confident it will secure firm orders for the 110/130-seat CSeries...
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WAEA2008: Panasonic reveals antenna provider for eXConnect
Panasonic Avionics has selected EMS Technologies to supply the antenna for its new Ku band-based connectivity service, eXConnect, and a new global television...
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Mexico's Interjet plans to accelerate expansion
Mexico's Interjet has dropped a radical downsizing plan and instead is looking to accelerate expansion of its Airbus A320 fleet to take advantage of new...
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Fuji Heavy mulls over involvement in MRJ programme
Fuji Heavy Industries could assist with designing the wings of the Mitsubishi MRJ regional jet, using its experience with the Boeing 787. "We have...