All MRO articles – Page 351
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Renamed Gamesa Aeronautica to help design Boeing 747-8
Aernnova, the new name for Spain’s Gamesa Aeronautica, is to help design fuselage and wing sections for Boeing’s 747-8, under a contract scheduled to expire in the middle of 2008.
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Executive changes fail to sway Airbus customers
Delay and indecision continue to tarnish airframer’s badly damaged credibility
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UK AAIB urges action to improve wiring safety
Watchdog wants EASA and FAA to move quickly to expedite circuit breaker upgrade
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NewsPilot unions link across EU borders with pan-European support for Easyjet crews
The European Cockpit Association (ECA) has set up a system for representing pilots’ interests across multiple-base pan-European airlines. This has already been arranged for EasyJet crews, says the British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA), and the organisation has set its sights on doing the same for Ryanair pilots.
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China crisis
China’s well-documented pilot shortage has sparked a huge demand for training. But can the schools fill the cockpits of the country’s rapidly expanding jet fleet?
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Airliners to auto-taxi through fog
European group bids to improve ground traffic flow with technology that steers airliners safely to airport terminal
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Tu-154 production could restart
Tupolev assembly facility may be reopened as trade embargoes push Tehran to consider major trijet order
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NewsWeather expected to delay Space Shuttle Discovery
NASA is set to delay Discovery's launch because of storm clouds that represent a threat due to the potential for lightening strikes to the Orbiter during ascent
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NewsSpace Shuttle Discovery countdown is held at 9 minutes as Orbiter systems and weather checks are made
Discovery has 9min left to launch window from 1944GMT to 1953
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Aviakor ends Tupolev Tu-154M production after fulfilling last order
Russian aviation plant Aviakor has ceased the production of Tupolev Tu-154Ms after fulfilling last orders for building three of the type
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Fatal October 2004 Boeing 747 freighter crash prompted Ghana's MK Airlines to overhaul aviation safety process
Canadian investigators have acknowledged strong efforts by freight operator MK Airlines to improve safety, after criticising oversight and operational discipline within the carrier at the time of its fatal Boeing 747-200F crash in Halifax.
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Australia cancels ADS-B equipment plan for general aviation, reconsiders system's use under 30,000ft
Airservices Australia has cancelled the request for proposals (RFP) process for the purchase and installation of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) avionics for general aviation aircraft as it reconsiders plans to extend its ADS-B programme below flight level 300.
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Safran CEO Béchat: Airbus A380 delay ‘a relief’ to suppliers
Delays on Airbus programmes may come as a “relief” to suppliers struggling to meet accelerating airliner production rates, says Safran president and chief executive Jean-Paul Béchat.
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Algorithms hold key to help engines stay in good shape
TATEM forum highlights possibility of reducing aircraft maintenance costs by 50%