News from FlightGlobal – Page 1567
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Search teams battle to raise Armavia A320 recorders from Black Sea crash
Search teams are still assessing the Black Sea site of last week’s Armavia Airbus A320 crash in a bid to ascertain the location of the aircraft’s flight recorders and whether further assistance will be needed to retrieve them.
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Pictures: Airbus begins flight testing first Singapore Airlines' A380
The first Airbus A380 for launch operator Singapore Airlines (SIA) completed its maiden flight from Toulouse yesterday.
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Airbus CEO Gustav Humbert in last-ditch bid to save Singapore Airlines order for A350s
Airbus will be watching the results of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) board meeting carefully this week, hoping the carrier will again delay ordering new twinjets and instead await more details of the radically revised A350 offering.
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When to let go? Why Airbus must avoid paying the price for A350 indecision
Airbus is proposing an all-new widebody family, but has it made the age-old blunder of waiting too long to let go of its existing products?
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Airline criticism of Airbus A350 forces airframer to make radical changes to fuselage, wing and engines
Airbus is working on a dramatic redesign of its planned A350 long-range widebody twin that is aimed at an all-new aircraft family capable of leapfrogging the rival Boeing 787 as well as the 777.
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JetBlue slashes A320 capacity growth to offset mounting fuel cost burden
Turnaround plan will see 12 deliveries deferred and up to five twinjets removed from fleet after first quarter loss
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Emirates pushes Airbus to integrate A350 technology on A340-600
Dubai carrier wants airframer to migrate technology from A350 to improve -600 or face losing its deferred order
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Picture: Airbus to transfer first SIA A380 to Hamburg for interiors and painting
The first Airbus A380 customer aircraft is due to be positioned to the manufacturer’s Finkenwerder plant near Hamburg soon to undergo cabin furnishing and painting.
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Bombardier places first African CRJ900s with Nigerian startup Arik
Bombardier has placed its first African CRJ900 order with today’s announcement that Nigerian startup Arik Air will take two of the type. The deal is valued at about $69 million, at list price.
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Cult rocker John Otway offers fans seats on private World Tour Airbus A340
UK cult rock artist John Otway has confirmed he is to launch Ot Air, chartering an Airbus A340-400 to accommodate his travelling band of fans following his world tour.
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Lufthansa Technik teams with Moscow airport for VIP support
Leading European maintenance, repair and overhaul and completions provider Lufthansa Technik (booth 744) has signed a letter of intent with Moscow Vnukovo covering the provision of support for Western-type VIP and executive aircraft transiting the airport’s Vnukovo 3 general aviation facility.
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Boeing: Latin America requires 1,700 new aircraft in next 15 years
Boeing says that the latest order figures from Latin America confirm its forecast that the region will purchase 1,700 new jet aircraft over the next 15 years
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Airbus confirms history of Black Sea crash Armavia A320, fatalies reach 113
Airbus has confirmed details of the A320 operated by Armenian national carrier Armavia that crashed this morning on Russia’s Black Sea coast.