News from FlightGlobal – Page 1051
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NewsAirTran to end service to four cities
AirTran Airways, now a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, plans to cease operations at four airports in the first quarter next year. The last day of...
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Safi seeks to work round EU Afghan ban
Several solutions to the European Union's blanket ban on Afghan carriers are being investigated by Afghan airline Safi Airways in order to resume its suspended...
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Fraud probe at collapsed Russian carrier
Russia's federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia has released details surrounding the bankruptcy of operator Continent Air Company, which it grounded...
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NewsBombardier nets Gulf Air order
Bahrain's governmental tender board has revealed an agreement to supply Bombardier regional jets, likely to be CSeries aircraft, to flag-carrier Gulf Air.
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Tiger Airways Australia hearing adjourned to 3 August
Tiger Airways Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (CASA) have jointly applied to the Federal Court of Australia to adjourn a hearing,...
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Star Alliance, Air India agree to suspend integration
The Star Alliance network and Air India have decided to suspend the carrier's integration with the global airline alliance as India has not met the minimum...
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NewsFirst flight of Air India's 787 cut short by failed sensor
Air India's first 787 made its maiden flight 31 July, though the sortie was cut short by a declared emergency traced to a failed sensor. Operating...
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US NTSB aids in Caribbean overrun investigation
Members from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are travelling to Guyana to investigate a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 that overran...
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No fatalities as Caribbean Boeing 737-800 crashes in Guyana
Investigations are underway after a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash landed at Guyana's Cheddi Jagan airport at 1.32am local time on 30 July.
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Embraer sticks to year-end target on new commercial jet decision
Embraer still plans to reach a decision by year-end on its strategy to address the evolving narrowbody market now that Boeing has declared its intent to...
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NewsTAP Portugal set to defect to A350-900
TAP Portugal is poised to defect to the larger Airbus A350-900, becoming the latest in a series of customers to shift away from the shrunk -800 variant. Airbus...
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NewsKAL places firm order for 10 Bombardier CS300s
Bombardier has landed its first firm order for its CSeries aircraft in Asia, with Korean Air converting a letter of intent into an order for ten CS300 aircraft,...
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NewsAirbus orders to exceed 1,000 this year: EADS
Airbus will end the year with gross orders for more than 1,000 aircraft, parent company EADS has forecast. But it is maintaining its delivery estimate...
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Airbus commercial earnings dip in first half
Airbus's commercial aircraft division turned in lower earnings for the half-year, down 7.4% to €223 million ($319 million), even as the airframer raised...
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NewsSafran aims for greater robustness in A320neo gear
Newly-combined undercarriage specialist Messier-Bugatti-Dowty intends to improve the robustness of the Airbus A320neo's landing gear having been selected to supply the assemblies for the twinjet family.
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Ryanair launches complaint over alleged BAA overcharging
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has demanded that BAA revise its current price cap at Stansted in the light of what the carrier believes were monopoly...
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NewsBoeing reaffirms 787-9 EIS
Despite analyst doubts and media reports of a coming production slip and delay in the first delivery of the larger 787-9, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney has affirmed...
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Thomson Airways postpones biofuel flight until September
Thomson Airways has postponed its planned commercial biofuel flight until September due to "unforeseen fuel delivery delays". The carrier had been...
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Lufthansa firms order for 30 A320neos
(Corrects backlog figures, which were mistakenly reported in original article.)
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NewsBoeing revises 2011 delivery guidance as Q2 profits grow
Boeing has revised downward its guidance for its 2011 commercial aircraft deliveries to 485 to 495 aircraft, reducing its anticipated number of combined...