News from FlightGlobal – Page 700
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Boeing falls short of 2016 commercial orders target
Boeing fell short of its commercial aircraft orders goal for 2016, and booked a hundred fewer than in 2015.
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KLM to introduce A350 in 2020
KLM has confirmed that it is scheduled to receive its first Airbus A350 in 2020.
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UK pilots urge action over increasing drone encounters
Pilots’ representatives in the UK believe the risk of a drone collision with aircraft is increasing, after claiming a doubling of reported encounters.
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MD-90 operators told to fit angle-of-attack sensor heaters
Operators of Boeing MD-90s are being instructed to fit external case heaters on angle-of-attack sensors to prevent improper activation of the stick-shaker.
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Sukhoi to finish Interjet SSJ100 repairs by end-January
Repairs are underway on Interjet’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 fleet, with the 11 grounded aircraft expected to return to revenue service by the end of January.
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Bombardier meets goal of seven CSeries deliveries in 2016
Bombardier made good on its goal to deliver seven CSeries aircraft in 2016, with the company delivering two aircraft in the last two days of the year, Bombardier confirms.
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Fastjet agrees equity partnership with South African lessor
Solenta Aviation is set to acquire a 28% shareholding in Fastjet as the low-cost carrier seeks to raise $28.8 million through a new share placing.
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NewsGECAS orders another 75 737 Max 8s
GE Capital Aviation Services has placed an order for another 75 Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, worth $8.25 billion at list prices.
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FlightStats 2016 Airline On-Time Performance Service Award Winners Announced
January 4, 2017 - FlightStats, Inc., the leader in global flight information services, part of FlightGlobal, has released the winners for the 8th Annual Airline On-Time Performance Service Awards.
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New ruling allows for low visibility commercial landings
A recently updated US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ruling will allow airlines to operate in almost all visibility conditions with the assistance of Elbit Systems’ Clear Vision Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS).
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Aeroflot A321 damaged in Kaliningrad landing accident
One of Russian carrier Aeroflot’s Airbus A321s has been damaged in an accident at Kaliningrad, apparently suffering a nose-gear collapse.
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FORECASTS: What's in store for 2017?
As the old saying goes, anybody who can tell the future should keep quiet about it and quietly get rich on the stock market. Here at Flightglobal, we are naturally quite confident of our forecasting ability but instinctively generous with our opinions. Herewith our best horizon-scanning guestimates for 2017:
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A321 struck tail after pilot falsely perceived bounce
Swiss investigators believe an Airbus A321 sustained a tail-strike at Geneva after a pilot mistakenly believed the aircraft had bounced on landing.
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Air Baltic takes second CS300
Latvian carrier Air Baltic has taken delivery of a second Bombardier CS300.
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Citilink CEO resigns after 'drunk' pilot incident
Two top executives at Indonesian carrier Citilink have tendered their resignations, after a video of one of its pilots allegedly showing up for work drunk went viral.
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Royal Air Maroc to serve second UK city
Royal Air Maroc is planning to open a second UK destination with services to Manchester next year.
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Newark opening hits Southwest at Washington National
Southwest Airlines lost three of its slot pairs at Ronald Reagan Washington National airport in October, following the lifting of restrictions at Newark Liberty International airport.
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REVIEW: A look back at our top 5 CEO interviews of 2016
As the end draws in for 2016, we take a look back at some of our most read CEO interviews of the year
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Tu-154 inquiry obtains video evidence of accident
Investigators probing the military Tupolev Tu-154 crash in the Black Sea are to analyse video recordings of the accident captured as the aircraft departed Sochi.
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Delta cancels legacy Northwest 787 order
Delta Air Lines has cancelled its order for 18 Boeing 787-8 aircraft, a commitment that it assumed from Northwest Airlines when the two merged in 2008.