Networks – Page 317
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NewsBombardier successfully mates CSeries composite wing, box
Bombardier has mated a portion of the CSeries composite wing to the airliner's composite wing box, and conducted a series of successful tests to mitigate...
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Australian Senate opens safety inquiry
The Australian Senate has launched an inquiry into the country's pilot training and airline safety amid concerns that standards are falling.
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Sydney Airport backs AirAsia X's bid to begin Sydney flights
Sydney Airport has publicly backed Malaysia's AirAsia X in its bid for government approval to begin flights to Sydney.
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Working Week - Ben Jacques
Ben Jacques joined London Gatwick-based aviation consultancy IBA as commercial manager earlier this year after a decade working for an airline, a ground-handler and a leasing company
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787 suppliers in South Korea, Japan pushing towards full-rate output
The 787 is now an aircraft well into its early production run at Boeing's first and second tier supplier sites throughout Japan and South Korea after the airframer struggled for years to get its global supply chain fully operational.
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China Southern plans Guangzhou-Urumqi-Moscow flight
China Southern Airlines plans to launch a service between Guangzhou and Moscow Sheremetyevo via Urumqi. The SkyTeam carrier will operate daily on the...
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NewsAirBaltic readies to introduce Apple iPad as IFE
Latvian carrier airBaltic is laying claim to the distinction of becoming the first airline in Europe to introduce Apple iPads for in-flight entertainment...
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Jazz Air to convert to corporate structure by year-end
Jazz Air Income Fund has announced details of proposed conversion from an income trust to a corporate structure. Under the conversion plan, units of...
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Low-cost carriers: an evolving story
The battleground among low-cost carriers has never been so stretched. Where once it was easy to split the market into either low-cost or network carrier camps, the lines have long since been blurred. Now even among the low-cost carriers themselves, the proposition can differ widely
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Superjet kicks off Alitalia regional jet contest
Superjet International this week kicked off a three-contender regional jet contest at Rome Fiumicino airport for Alitalia, which is expected to choose within weeks between the Sukhoi Superjet 100, Bombardier CRJ900/1000 and Embraer 190.
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Middle East carriers plot low-cost expansion
Efforts to develop the low-cost carrier market in the Middle East continue with two of the region’s players, UAE carriers Air Arabia and FlyDubai, mapping further growth.
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NewsUAL-CO merger questions US Airways' future
Standard & Poor's Betsy Snyder says the US Airways long-term future remains uncertain in the light of the recent United Airlines and Continental Airlines...
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Thai to decide on widebodies order by year-end
Thai Airways International plans to decide on an order for new widebodies by the end of the year, and is likely to go with a mix of Boeing 787s and Airbus...
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Gol plans to launch Aeroparque services by year-end
Brazil's Gol expects to finally launch services to Buenos Aires' Aeroparque airport by the end of this year.
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Aero Republica rebrands as Copa Colombia
Colombia's Aero Republica is rebranding to Copa Airlines Colombia in a move to strengthen Copa's critical mass and brand recognition as consolidation intensifies...
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NewsAmerican and BA finally live transatlantic JV dream
Fourteen years in the making, oneworld partners British Airways and American Airlines today formally unveiled their long-sought transatlantic joint venture in London. The co-operation began at the start of the month and is part of a three-way business joint venture also including BA’s European merger partner Iberia.
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Air Transat selects IFE Services as new content service provider
Canadian scheduled and charter operator Air Transat has selected IFE Services as its new in-flight entertainment content service provider.
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US regulators aim to grant Pacific anti-trust to Oneworld and Star partners
Officials from the US Department of Transportation have proposed to grant anti-trust immunity for Oneworld and Star carriers covering services between the...
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Boeing and US airlines spar over Ex-Im financing
Boeing and its US domestic airline customers have opened a war of words over claims by US airlines that they are being disadvantaged by US government loan guarantees - through the US Export-Import Bank
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NewsEvektor closer to deal with Ulyanovsk on EV-55 production
Czech aircraft manufacturer Evektor is closer to a joint venture deal with Russia's Ulyanovsk Region for production of its EV-55 Outback twin-engined turboprop, after the city's mayor held talks with the firm and the Czech energy minister on 21 September.