News from FlightGlobal – Page 1254
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Aer Lingus chairman: US operation under scrutiny in review
Aer Lingus is undergoing a review of its business as the airline looks to reverse last year's losses and improve on its poor outlook for 2009.
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Boeing to see lower 777 rate after June 2010
Boeing will slash production of the 777 next year due to weakening demand. The monthly production rate for the 777 will decline from seven to five...
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RAA cautiously optimistic about Obama team's EAS stance
US trade group the Regional Airline Association (RAA) is expressing cautious optimism that the country's essential air service (EAS) programme will be strengthened...
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Working Week: A sustainable future at Thomson
Patrick Haller is a fuel manager at Thomson Airways. He is managing the implementation of the emission trading scheme at the airline and is closely involved with performance monitoring at the UK carrier
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Lufthansa Group turns in dismal first-quarter traffic figures
Lufthansa Group has posted quarterly traffic and cargo figures which reflect the challenging industry outlook. Group passenger traffic for the first...
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Airlines keep pressure on Airbus and Boeing for narrowbody successors
The gloom surrounding the airline industry has not relieved the pressure on Airbus and Boeing to progress their narrowbody succession plans. KLM chief executive...
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Airbus researches weight-shift control system
Airbus has designed a backup flight control system that provides transport aircraft control by transferring fuel between separate tanks in the left and right...
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Air traffic management stakeholders sign up to a peformance-based navigation future
The world's aviation community has struck a global deal to speed the roll-out of next-generation satellite-based air navigation to help drive efficiency...
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First quarter data confirms 2009 orders collapse
Cancellations almost outweigh orders at Airbus and Boeing amid collapse in new deals, but output remains high
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Blacklist: One-Two-Go and Motor-Sich among those banned
Six Kazakh operators along with Thailand's One-Two-Go and Ukrainian carrier Motor-Sich Airlines are among those being formally banned from European Union...
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Russia's Polet in talks to lease 25 Saab 340s
Russian carrier Polet is understood to be in talks with American Eagle to lease 25 Saab 340 turboprops. Its aim is to become a fully fledged provider of...
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Argentina's Sol plans Uruguayan long-haul A340 operation
Argentine regional carrier Sol Lineas Aereas is considering setting up a Uruguayan subsidiary to operate long haul flights using Airbus A340s. The...
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Indonesia's Lion wins US Ex-Im financing for up to 30 737-900ERs
Indonesia's Lion Air has secured $1 billion in financing commitments from the US Export-Import Bank to support its planned purchase of 30 Boeing 737-900ERs. Ex-Im...
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Saudi Arabian picks Trent 700EP to power A330s
Saudi Arabian Airlines has selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine to power Airbus A330s that it has on order.
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DOT requires virtually no carve-outs in tentative Star approval
US regulators in their tentative approval of anti-trust for the establishment of a joint venture among four Star Alliance members are requiring virtually...
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Finmeccanica officially acquires stake in Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company
Aerospace industries in Russia and China have deepened their ties as Finmeccania subsidiary Alenia Aeronautica finalized its 25%-plus one share in Sukhoi...
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Credit crunch may thwart Midway privatization
The consortium set to privatize Chicago Midway airport failed to meet its financing deadline on 6 April, stalling plans to modernize the facility.
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Southwest picks up additional LaGuardia slot from FAA
Southwest Airlines says it negotiated an additional slot with FAA to support its eighth daily flight at LaGuardia airport it plans to launch in June.
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Southwest unveils Baltimore and Chicago as LaGuardia markets
After recently securing a single gate at New York LaGuardia airport Southwest Airlines in June plans to launch flights to Chicago Midway and Baltimore Washington...