News from FlightGlobal – Page 740
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PICTURE: First Finnair A350 conducts maiden flight
Finnair’s first Airbus A350-900 has carried out its maiden flight, just a few weeks before the carrier becomes the first European customer to introduce the twinjet.
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Avation delivers first ATR 72 leased to Flybe
Lessor Avation has delivered the first of five new ATR 72-600s leased to UK operator Flybe.
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PICTURES: TAM's first A350 emerges from paint shop
TAM's first Airbus A350-900 has rolled out of the paint shop in Toulouse, ahead of the aircraft's delivery to the Brazilian carrier in December.
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ANA takes two 777-300ERs from GECAS
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has taken delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs under a sale and leaseback deal with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).
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Thailand's City Airways signs for 10 C919s, 10 ARJ21s
Thailand’s City Airways has signed a tripartite agreement with Comac and ICBC Leasing to take 10 C919 narrowbodies and 10 ARJ21 regional jets.
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Wow chief sees buyers' market for aircraft
Declining fuel prices, China's economic woes and global instability have created a "buyers' market" for new aircraft, Wow Air chief executive Skuli Mogensen believes.
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Cebu Pacific to start three international services
Cebu Pacific will start three international services on 17 December.
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Virgin America eyes more growth in California
Virgin America believes it still has plenty of growth opportunities out of San Francisco and Los Angeles, cities where it already has the bulk of its capacity.
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Air Canada Rouge to add Africa and four European cities
Air Canada Rouge will begin seasonal service to five new destinations in mid-2016, including Air Canada's first route to Africa.
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GE stops short of confirming BA 777 engine failure
GE Aviation is not yet confirming initial reports that a British Airways 777-200ER suffered a “catastrophic" engine failure on 8 September.
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Deliveries trending upwards as portion of installed fleet: Ascend
Aircraft deliveries will equate to around 7.2% of the installed fleet this year and the figure will continue to trend upwards through 2018, Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy predicts.
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Weather data suggests crosswind at time of BA 777 fire
Meteorological data from Las Vegas at the time of the British Airways Boeing 777-200 fire indicates a crosswind from the left at the time of the departure.
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Austrian to restore services to Shanghai
Star Alliance carrier Austrian Airlines is restoring long-haul services to the Chinese city of Shanghai next year, after an absence of nine years.
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United chief Smisek resigns amidst federal probe
United Airlines chief executive Jeff Smisek has resigned, following investigations into the airline's interactions with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).
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Air Transat to add Pisa and Zagreb
Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat will add two additional destinations to its European network.
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PICTURE: Air China to take China’s first 242t A330
Air China will be the first Chinese carrier to take delivery of the increased 242t maximum take-off-weight Airbus A330.
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Missing BAe 125 inquiry considers possible 737 collision
Senegalese investigators are looking into the possibility that a missing British Aerospace 125 executive jet collided with a Boeing 737-800 before disappearing over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Heathrow urges UK government to back expansion
Heathrow airport’s director of strategy, Andrew Macmillan, has urged the government to support the construction of a third runway at the facility, stating it can “either support Heathrow or do nothing”.
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Regulator acknowledges power of Aeroflot-Transaero tie-up
Russia’s competition regulator is to examine the impact of an Aeroflot acquisition of Transaero, after the flag-carrier’s board approved plans to take control of the struggling private airline.
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Reunion debris came from MH370: French justice ministry
French authorities have confirmed that aircraft wreckage recovered in July from the island of Reunion is from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.