News from FlightGlobal – Page 1042
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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
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How Flight International covered 9/11
The attacks happened two days before Flight International's issue of 18 September 2001 closed for press. Our cover - a chilling, blurred image of United Airlines 175 banking steeply a second before it the second tower - carried the coverline TURNING POINT.
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Aircraft finance costs set to rise
When Washington's summer debt-ceiling brinkmanship spurred ratings agency Standard & Poor's to take the once-unimaginable step of stripping the USA of its top-tier AAA credit rating, financiers started asking whether the theoretical risk of default would hit the cost of borrowing.
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China's Juneyao faces CAAC sanctions after safety breach
Chinese A320 operator sanctioned after crew refuses to surrender landing slot to inbound Qatar 777 with fuel emergency
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Antinori reported to be joining Emirates
Lufthansa's former chief marketing officer, Thierry Antinori, is to become Emirates' new sales chief in October, according to a report in Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
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Enter Air inks TP Aerospace MRO deal
Polish charter carrier Enter Air has signed up for a five-year, full service wheels and brakes maintenance programme with Danish company TP Aerospace for...
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Trans States ERJ-145 involved in Ottawa runway overrun
A Trans States Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 yesterday ran off the runway at Ottawa Airport in Canada.
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NewsPICTURES: First 747-8 in Lufthansa colours rolls out
Boeing has rolled out the first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental sporting the colours of German flag-carrier Lufthansa, the type's airline launch customer. Lufthansa...
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South Sudanese start-up Southern Star launches operations
South Sudan has a new national carrier, following the launch of services by Southern Star Airlines. The airline is operating a single 37-seat De Havilland...
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The big squeeze on aircraft interiors
Strong demand for aircraft seats and galleys has led to a significant backlog in the industry, but manufacturers are wary of boosting capacity too quickly in an uncertain economy. As a result, airlines and leasing companies are facing difficulty in sourcing seats and galleys in the short term.
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Bangladeshi carrier GMG names Sanjiv Kapoor as CEO
Bangladeshi private airline GMG has appointed airline strategy and turnaround expert Sanjiv Kapoor as its new CEO.
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US Airways expands “Choice Seats” programme
US Airways recently broadened offerings under its programme allowing customers to pay for certain seat selections to cover emergency row seating. The...
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Boeing to deliver first 747-8F to Cargolux on 19 Sept
Boeing will deliver the first 747-8 freighter to launch customer Cargolux on 19 September, followed by delivery of the second aircraft to the cargo carrier...
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Scope uncertainty pushes SkyWest to study large turboprops
Bombardier and ATR in contention as United-Continental partner looks at alternatives to ageing CRJ200s and Embraers
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IndiGo launches its first international flight
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has launched its first international flight to Dubai from New Delhi. The flight, which carried 162 passengers, departed from New Delhi eight minutes earlier than its scheduled departure time and landed in Dubai nine minutes before scheduled arrival time.
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NewsBoeing learns lessons for 737 from 787 overruns
That Boeing has learnt its lesson from the overlong development of the 787 and 747-8 can be seen in the proposed timescale for the re-engined narrowbody, named the 737 Max, which the airframer launched on 30 August.
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NewsSIA long-haul budget airline to operate up to 14 777s
More fleet details have emerged from Singapore Airlines' new long-haul low-cost carrier, currently dubbed New Aviation, showing that it will operate a fleet of up to 14 Boeing 777s in its first four years of operations.
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Australia's Strategic Airlines re-brands as Air Australia
Australia's Strategic Airlines is re-branding itself as 'Air Australia' with new livery that will be rolled out across its fleet. The carrier's new...