All articles by Mary Kirby – Page 64
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Boeing takes direct action on 787 supply chain bottleneck, with company engineers on visits to production partners in Japan and Italy
Boeing is taking direct action to address potential slips in the 787 production effort by sending engineering and manufacturing assistance to Italy's Alenia Aeronautica and the three Japanese partners on the programme, to aid their structural work for the aircraft.
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Exclusive interview with Intrepid Aviation, the US lessor that emerged from obscurity to launch the Airbus A330-200F
A US lessor that resurfaced yesterday to sign a letter of intent for 20 Airbus A330-200 freighters after spending a couple of years in relative obscurity is actively looking to acquire used A330s, A340s and Boeing 767-300ERs with plans to eventually convert the aircraft to freighters.
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Pilot union blames American's decision to route Beijing service via O'Hare for failure to win China air services rights
American Airlines’ decision last month to amend its application to serve Beijing from Dallas/Fort Forth is being blamed by the carrier’s pilot union as the reason for its failure to win the crucial US-China rights from government regulators.
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December 2005 Southwest Chicago blizzard accident leads US NTSB to urge for revised landing margin policy on contaminated runways
US airlines are being urged by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to voluntarily adopt changes in the way they calculate stopping distances on contaminated runways to avoid a repeat of the December 2005 Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 accident at Chicago Midway during a snowstorm.
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NewsNTSB recommends restart tests be performed on some Bombardier aircraft as CF34 engine 'core lock' suspected in Pinnacle accident
New procedures and tests could be mandated for certain General Electric CF34-powered Bombardier aircraft as a result of the ongoing investigation into the October 2004 crash of a Pinnacle Airlines CRJ200. An engine "core lock" has been cited as a likely factor.
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Paint chip problem led American to temporarily ground 22 Boeing MD-80s
American Airlines earlier this month temporarily grounded 22 of its Boeing MD-80s – returning the final aircraft to revenue service last weekend - after finding paint chips in the fuel filters of the aircraft, ATI can exclusively reveal.