News from FlightGlobal – Page 1041
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KLM to launch Luanda flights
KLM on 14 November will launch nonstop service between Amsterdam Schiphol and Angola's Luanda International Airport. The carrier will operate twice-weekly...
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LOT reports improved results on turnaround strategy
Polish flag carrier LOT has credited its turnaround strategy with posting a Pzl140.3 million ($46.6 million) net profit for the first seven months of 2011,...
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Seven consortia bid for Madrid and Barcelona airports
The new Spanish airport holding company Aena Airports is set to disclose this week which competing groups have advanced to the next stage in the battle to take over the country's two main hubs.
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Boeing sees Chinese demand for 5,000 aircraft by 2030
Boeing has projected that China will require 5,000 new commercial aircrafts, at a value of $600 billion, over the next 20 years. "We expect China will...
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NewsDelta launches first WiFi-enabled regional flight
Delta Air Lines has launched in-flight Internet service on its regional aircraft, with the first flight of a WiFi-enabled Bombardier CRJ700 today. The...
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Charter carrier Yak Service operated crashed Yak-42: MAK
Russian investigators believe the Yakovlev Yak-42 aircraft involved in an accident at Yaroslavl was an airframe operated by charter specialist Yak Service.
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ADAT, SR Technics ink inventory deal with Sanad
Mubadala Aerospace's maintenance subsidiaries, Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies and SR Technics, have arranged the sale-and-leaseback of auxiliary power units...
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Red Wings chief calls for Kremlin intervention on Tu-204SM programme
Aleksander Lebedev, the owner of Russian carrier Red Wings, has written to Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin urging him to take personal control over...
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China Southern first to use A380 on domestic services
China Southern Airlines will start domestic services using its new Airbus A380s on 18 October.
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NewsUK's Monarch Airlines cancels entire 787 order
UK holiday carrier Monarch Airlines has emerged as the latest customer to cancel its Boeing 787 order, confirming it was the carrier behind last week's axing of six aircraft from the twinjet's backlog.
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NewsMore attractive pricing among drivers for renewed interest in SBB
Airlines are taking a second look at using Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband (SBB) aeronautical service to support in-flight internet for passengers, following the...
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Southwest to add two new destinations from Atlanta
Southwest Airlines plans to begin non-stop flights to Las Vegas and Phoenix from Atlanta from 10 March 2012. The carrier, which has an all Boeing 737...
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9/11 10 years on: Airport security still not as good as it could be
Airport security procedures were shaken awake, slapped round the face and forced to undergo a rigorous transformation in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
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Signal failures: Efforts to ensure that avionics are immune to electromagnetic interference intensify
Efforts to ensure that avionics are immune to electromagnetic interference are intensifying, as the proliferation of personal electronic devices in the cabin - and the cockpit - continues unabated
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EasyGroup calls for removal of Doganis from EasyJet board
UK budget carrier EasyJet has received another letter from shareholder EasyGroup, this time requesting a meeting to vote on the removal of aviation consultant Rigas Doganis from its board.
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NewsBangkok Airways appears to cancel A350-800 order
Asian carrier Bangkok Airways appears to have cancelled its order for A350s, axing its deal for four -800 aircraft.
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Known Crewmember programme to change pilot security checks
Pilots have long complained about the impact on their daily working lives of being subjected to enhanced security checks at the airport, something that could start to change following the introduction of a new programme in the USA called Known Crewmember.
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How 9/11 changed air travel
The 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon was unprecedented in scale and ingenuity. But the global commercial airline community was first truly shaken by international terrorism in December 1988, when Pan American flight 103 was blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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Significant unsuccessful aviation-related terrorism events since 2001
Richard Reid, a British citizen who had received training from Al Qaeda, attempted to blow up American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, using explosives hidden in a bulky shoe.
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US Airways takes preliminary look at A321neo
Re-engined twinjet is aimed at 757's replacement market but carrier questions new Airbus's capability to match up