News from FlightGlobal – Page 1209
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NewsEmergency datastreaming system may end need to recover crash recorders
Pre-deployment testing has been completed on a new communication system that enables real-time high-density datastreaming from aircraft to ground anywhere...
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Cathay traffic in July down 8%
Cathay Pacific Airways posted an 8.2% fall in passenger traffic in July with traffic from North America the most adversely affected.
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ATA slams FAA crew training rule change
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) says the US FAA's proposal to update airline pilot, flight attendant, flight engineering and flight dispatcher...
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JetBlue intensifies competition with Virgin America in Fort Lauderdale
JetBlue plans to launch competing nonstop flights from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale with Virgin America in November.
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Delta issues request for information to bring portable IFE to 747s
Delta Air Lines has quietly issued a request for information to bring 350-plus non-embedded handheld in-flight entertainment devices on each of the 16 Boeing...
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Bombardier terminates MyAir's 15-strong CRJ1000 order
Less than one month after Italian low-fares carrier MyAir's operations were formally suspended by civil aviation authority ENAC, Bombardier has terminated...
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EASA to allow four months to replace Thales A330/A340 pitots
Operators of Airbus A330s and A340s will have a four-month window to replace Thales Avionics pitot probes once Europe's safety regulator firms up the proposal...
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RNP proving to be time-consuming for Southwest
Carrier investing $175 million over next six years but bemoans cost and complications of implementation
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Germany grants airlines emissions trading scheme extension
Germany has become the second European Union member to postpone airlines' first emissions trading deadline following the UK. Airlines flying into EU...
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Australia's Pacific Wings gets nod for New Caledonia
Australia's Pacific Wings has received approval from the Australian government to fly New Caledonia.
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India's Jet to link Bangkok to Indian Buddhist sites
Indian carrier Jet Airways will launch twice weekly services on the Varanasi-Gaya-Bangkok route.
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EADS and Boeing firm up their Russian links
WESTERN LINKS KIERAN DALY MOSCOW BOEING AND EADS FIRM UP RUSSIA CONNECTIONS Adrian Pingstone AFTER AN energetic drive into Russian industry...
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Southwest eager to keep Lynx feed in Denver
Southwest Airlines appears keen to retain the feed currently supplied by Frontier Airlines' subsidiary Lynx if the Dallas-based carrier is successful in...
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NewsSouthwest increases and finalizes Frontier bid
Southwest Airlines submitted today a binding cash offer of more than $170 million for rival Frontier Airlines ahead of the Denver-based carrier being auctioned...
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Bombardier quiet on China CSeries talks
Bombardier is refraining comment on Hong Kong Aviation Company's announcement it is in talks to purchase Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan-powered CSeries...
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DOT denies second request by US Airways to postpone Beijing flights
A request by US Airways to postpone the launch of flights between Philadelphia and Beijing to March 2011 has been denied by the US Department of Transportation...
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PICTURE: Mozambique's LAM takes first Embraer 190
Linhas Aereas Mocambique has taken delivery of the first of up to four Embraer 190s. The Mozambique flag carrier, whose fleet is based on Boeing 737-200s,...
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Peltola moves to AeroMechancial; reveals FDR data stream demo
In-flight communications industry veteran Bill Peltola has been appointed director of business development for AeroMechanical Services' FLYHT brand.