All articles by Leithen Francis – Page 30
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NewsBeijing flying school temporarily shuts due to financial woes
Beijing Pan Am International Academy in China has temporarily closed and is seeking new investors because its majority owner, financial giant AIG, is unwilling...
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Airbus may give A350 work to Chinese city of Tianjin
Airbus is looking at having some A350 manufacturing work done in Tianjin, the Chinese port city where it already has an A320-family assembly plant.
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NewsIndia's HAL establishing MRO JV with US firm Timco
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and US maintenance, repair and overhaul firm Timco Aviation Services have signed a joint venture agreement to establish an MRO...
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NewsCathay to delay delivery of aircraft on order
Cathay speaking to Airbus and Boeing about delaying delivery of A330, 777-300ER, 747-8 freighter and 747-400ER freighter aircraft
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NewsChina Southern to delay A380, 777F and 787 deliveries
China Southern Airlines plans to delay the delivery of its Airbus A380s, Boeing 777 freighters and Boeing 787s. A report in China's state-run newspaper...
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Japanese carriers change flightpaths to avoid North Korea missile
Japanese carriers are changing flightpaths to Europe and Hawaii in response to North Korea's planned missile launch later this month. All Nippon Airways...
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Air China gaining full ownership of Air China Cargo
Air China is gaining full ownership of Air China Cargo at a time when the freighter operator is barely making a profit. Capital Airports has agreed...
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India's Hyderabad aims to be centre for aerospace manufacturing
Indian conglomerate GMR Group, which built and is the major owner of Hyderabad's new airport, is speaking to European and US aerospace companies about establishing...
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Australian start-up Strategic to lease Airbus aircraft
Australian company Strategic Aviation is establishing Strategic Airlines, a Brisbane-based start-up that plans to launch later in the year with Airbus A320s...
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Singapore's Temasek exits Jetstar Asia
Qantas Airways' low-cost carrier in Singapore, Jetstar Asia, is undergoing an ownership change with the Singapore Government's investment arm Temasek Holdings...
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Indonesian regulator imposes new law on scheduled airlines
Indonesia's government has introduced a new law requiring scheduled airlines to have at least ten aircraft by early 2012.
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Lufthansa Technik gets more engine work from PAL
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has signed a 12-year contract with Lufthansa Technik to handle repair and overhaul work on the engines used to power its Airbus...
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SIA fails to rule out possibility of deferring A380 deliveries
Singapore Airlines is not ruling out the possibilityof deferring some later Airbus A380 deliveries. The carrier, which has received six of 13 A380s it has...
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ANZ issues RFI for 737-300 replacements
Air New Zealand (ANZ) has issued a request for information (RFI) for narrowbodies to replace its 16 Boeing 737-300s used on domestic routes.
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Japanese investigators look at pilots' handling of crashed MD-11
Japanese investigators are examining how the pilots handled the FedEx Express Boeing MD-11 freighter that crashed on landing at Tokyo Narita airport, and...
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AirAsia establishing four new hubs
AirAsia is planning to establish hubs at Phuket in Thailand, Penang in Malaysia and Medan and Bandung in Indonesia to aid its expansion. The low-cost...
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NewsInvestigators look at wind shear in FedEx MD-11 crash
An aircraft reported wind shear above Narita airport a few minutes before yesterday's fatal crash landing of a FedEx Boeing MD-11 freighter. "About...
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Tokyo Narita runway reopens following FedEx crash
Tokyo's Narita airport reopened its main runway earlier today following yesterday's fatal accident in which a FedEx Boeing MD-11 freighter crashed and burst...
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FedEx MD-11F that crashed at Tokyo Narita identified
The FedEx Boeing MD-11 freighter that crashed on landing this morning at Tokyo's Narita Airport has been identified, as its charred wreckage is still blocking...
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China's ARJ21 completes second test flight
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China's (Comac) ARJ21 regional jet has had its second test flight, about four months after the first flight.