News from FlightGlobal – Page 1604
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Bangkok Airways orders six A350s
Thailand’s Bangkok Airways has placed firm orders for six Airbus A350s, after evaluating the type against the Boeing 787.
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San Antonio bound
A host of North American airlines and airports, as well as others from around the globe, will use the Network 2006 route planning event, to be held in San Antonio in early March, to finalise their operations for 2006 and put in place network strategies for subsequent years
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Ethiopian selects GEnx for 787s
Ethiopian Airlines has selected the General Electric GEnx engine to power its Boeing 787s.
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Air India Express pilots win pay rises
Air India’s international low-cost subsidiary Air India Express is to give its pilots sizeable pay rises in a bid to keep them from resigning to join other airlines.
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Iceland's Avion orders four more 777 freighters
Iceland’s Avion Group has ordered a further four Boeing 777 freighters for its wet-lease division, Air Atlanta Icelandic.
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Hole in fuselage discovered after Alaska emergency landing
A ground inspection of an Alaska Airlines Boeing MD-83 that was forced to return to Seattle Tacoma (SeaTac) due to a loss of cabin pressure has uncovered an approximately 12in long, 6in wide (30.5cm long, 15.2cm wide) hole in the fuselage.
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Air India starts seeking financing for Boeing orders
Air India has begun seeking financing for pre-delivery payments to Boeing for its long-awaited order for new widebodies and narrowbodies.
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Azerbaijan Airlines grounds remaining An-140 after crash
Azerbaijan Airlines has grounded its remaining Antonov An-140-100 turboprop following its fatal 23 December crash involving one of the type.
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India's Air Deccan orders 30 more A320s
Indian low-fare carrier Air Deccan is to order 30 more Airbus A320s for delivery from 2008.
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Virgin America CEO says startup meets ownership laws
Virgin America CEO Fred Reid is extremely confident the startup carrier’s application for US DOT certification will withstand regulatory scrutiny, saying it was arranged “emphatically to address being within the right boundaries of foreign ownership laws”.
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Boeing celebrates as Xiamen deal pushes 737 orders past 6,000
Boeing has confirmed the sale of 10 737-800s to Xiamen Airlines as a historic landmark for the aircraft program, which has now surpassed 6,000 orders.
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Airbus rakes in pre-Christmas orders
Airbus has pulled in three final orders in the run-up to the Christmas break, announcing deals from Easyjet, Brazilian carrier TAM and an undisclosed customer.
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US NTSB finds cracks in wing spar of Chalks' crashed Mallard
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials have found a fatigue crack in the right wing spar of the Chalks Ocean Airways Grumman Mallard that crashed into the sea near Miami Beach December 19.
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JAL orders five more 777-300ERs, one more 767-300ERF
Japan Airlines (JAL) has placed a follow-on order with Boeing for five more 777-300ERs and one more 767-300ER freighter.
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BAE Systems regional aircraft losses wipe out gains from Airbus
UK-based BAE Systems is warning that its regional aircraft division is expecting an increased loss this year, following a review prompted by the bankruptcy of several its US operators.
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NewsHow Boeing's 787 beat the A350 at Qantas
Cost, technology and delivery times were the key factors driving Qantas choice of 787 over Airbus A350
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NewsCR Airways signs MoU for 787s and 737s
Deal remains tentative as Hainan Airlines lurks in the background