News from FlightGlobal – Page 1171
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Signs of recovery start to emerge in Mexico
The Mexican domestic market is finally starting to stabilise but is more consolidation needed for long-term sustainability? By Brendan Sobie/Washington Mexico's...
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Qantas gets earlier delivery slots for eight 787s
Qantas Airways has reached a deal with Boeing to bring forward delivery of eight Boeing 787-8s, so its low-cost carrier Jetstar can start operating the aircraft...
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Mexico's Interjet adds A320s from CIT and ACG
Mexico's Interjet has taken delivery of two additional Airbus A320s which it is using to add capacity in the Mexican domestic market.
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SmartWings offers leisure passengers insurance against rain
Czech carrier SmartWings is offering an ancillary service allowing passengers to insure their leisure trip against poor weather at the destination.
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Business: Good week - Bad week
SEA TURTLES Gulf of Mexico wildlife is not getting many breaks these days, but FedEx Express has come to the aid of efforts to protect sea...
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FARNBOROUGH: A350's race against time
The A350 programme has already suffered a three-month slip, and Airbus is working hard to ensure that no further delays threaten the twinjet's 2013 service-entry schedule
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing presses on with 747-8 certification effort
As its all-new carbonfibre stablemate, the 787, progresses through its certification plan with relative swiftness, Boeing's 747-8F has faced more challenges...
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FARNBOROUGH: Superjet's SaM146 programme back on track
Just an hour before joint venture PowerJet received formal European certification for its SaM146 engine, its Russian manufacturer NPO Saturn explained - with remarkable frankness - why the programme was running two years behind schedule.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing 787: the designer 777?
COCKPITS BOEING 777: THE DESIGNER 777? ALTHOUGH Boeing is currently test-flying its 787 and it will be going into airline service at the end...
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FARNBOROUGH: The cost of cash
THE COST OF CASH Aircraft financing stayed on track last year despite the downturn, but uncertain market conditions and regulatory changes are combining...
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FARNBOROUGH: NextGen flight management system: masterminding the cockpit
Little did Honeywell know in the late 1970s when it introduced the idea of a performance management system for the Boeing 757 and 767 that slightly more...
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Business: briefs
Zodiac Aerospace has agreed to acquire German galley manufacturer Sell for undisclosed terms in a move it says will "reinforce" its position in the cabin interiors market, following the acquisition of C&D Aerospace and Driessen Aerospace
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FARNBOROUGH: Suddenly serious
Bombardier faces an assault on its CSeries airliner after savouring sweet victory with Republic deal
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FARNBOROUGH: Giant steps – has the latest Airbus A380 production revamp worked?
The Airbus A380 arrived to a huge fanfare in 2007 and is earning revenue for five of its launch customers. But frustratingly for the company, the same cannot...
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NewsVIDEO: British Airways takes delivery of four-class 777-300ER
British Airways is to operate its new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with a four-class interior, comprising 297 seats, when it puts the twin-jet into service...
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NewsBoeing plans 787-9 horizontal stabiliser design change, explains -8 issues
With its final configuration for the 787-9 now set, Boeing is to incorporate significant changes in the stretch variant, which include a revised architecture...
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FARNBOROUGH: Trent in full flow
Rolls-Royce is optimistic as it goes to Farnborough, heartened that its XWB programme for the Airbus A350 is on schedule
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This Week Briefing
Airbus delivered 250 aircraft over the first half of 2010, while the recent landmark Emirates deal for 32 A380s took its six-month gross order total to 131
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FARNBOROUGH: Challenges ahead for Boeing's 787
When the Boeing 787 touches down at Farnborough later this month, the US airframer in one fell swoop will seek to erase the memory of the new composite twin's...
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing presses on with 787 flight-testing
The long and arduous road that Boeing has trod to get the 787 into its flight-test campaign has given way to a swift accumulation of accomplishments for...