All MRO articles – Page 246
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Engine change - what next for the single-aisle builders?
Re-engined Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies could challenge Bombardier's CSeries, but will upgrading current single-aisle aircraft be that simple?
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LH Aviation bids to break the mould with Ellipse
It has never been easy rewriting the rulebook when it comes to designing light aircraft. Many new concepts have been tried in the past few decades and -...
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NewsPanasonic building 'central control' for real-time aircraft monitoring
Panasonic Avionics is building a network operations center that will serve as "central control" for real-time data collection and monitoring of in-flight...
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Lufthansa Technik to repair 737 struck by car: Arik
Arik Air will ferry a Boeing 737-700 to Germany for inspection and repairs after a car slammed into the aircraft on a tarmac in Nigeria. The incident...
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United and Ameco Beijing confirm 777 and 747 MRO deal
United Airlines has signed a five-year contract with Ameco Beijing to provide airframe heavy maintenance for its fleet of Boeing 747s and 777s. Ameco...
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Flightglobal's MRO is going Pro at MRO Americas
Flightglobal's MRO is going Pro at MRO Americas this April. Find out how you can get a free trial at the show and how to sign-up to receive a FREE interactive magazine
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PW close to deciding on GTF fan blade material
Pratt & Whitney says it will decide by the third quarter whether to use traditional hollow titanium fan blades or a newly developed hybrid metallic design...
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NewsChina Airlines rules out large widebody order
Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines (CAL) is unlikely to commit to either the Airbus A380 or Boeing 747-8I for the near future. "Our financial situation...
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Business people
PEOPLE moves Airbus, AWAS, Hawker Beechcraft, Rolls-Royce, NWAA McCall: EasyJet's guardian At EasyJet, Carolyn McCall, head of the UK's...
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Qatar Airways pushes Airbus to launch cargo conversion for A330-200
FREIGHTER max kingsley-jones london Qatar Airways is in talks with Airbus about sanctioning a cargo conversion for the A330-200 as the carrier looks...
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Panasonic signs new deal with Deutsche Telekom
Panasonic Avionics has entered into a strategic agreement with Deutsche Telekom to feature T-Mobile as the preferred wireless internet provider for the Panasonic...
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Esterline and Navaero get nod for class 2 EFB fit on A320
Two third-party vendors have begun installations of their class 2 electronic flight bag systems on the Airbus A320 family following European approval.
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Maintenance oversight grounds Air France premium A319s
Air France has admitted temporarily grounding seven of its premium service Airbus A319ERs after realising wheel-brake systems had exceeded the number of...
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Opinion
Comment: Missed the boat
Europe faces a slow and painful recovery from the economic crisis. For network carriers the onus to change has been colossal, but the tide is already turning. If restructuring plans are not sufficiently advanced, it may be too late
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Comp Air prepares to secure funding for certificated turboprop family
Comp Air Aviation is hoping to secure funding in the second quarter that should pave the way for the start-up manufacturer to accelerate development of its Comp Air 12
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Opinion
Comment: Powering on
New engines for Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies may not be a silver bullet solution to environmental, competitive and economic challenges - but they're still the way to go
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NewsAircell weeks away from monetizing Gogo web portal
In-flight Internet service provider Aircell is poised to launch brand new functionality to its Gogo web portal, as a means of "monetizing" the links page...
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Air China and Cathay stake claim on Chinese cargo market
New Shanghai freight joint venture aimed at countering stiff competition in the cargo market
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Filling the Gulf
Chief executive Samer Majali is wasting no time in implementing Gulf Air's new strategy
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Internal business drives growth at Lufthansa Technik
Increase in custom from Lufthansa's airline affiliates helped its maintenance arm, Lufthansa Technik, to grow its revenues and profit in 2009. Revenues...