News from FlightGlobal – Page 763
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NewsAirAsia QZ8501 accident may reflect a trend
Accidents to aircraft cruising through tropical or sub-tropical zones are repeating often enough now for the industry to have cause to refresh its pilots on the risks. There have been three other accidents in similar circumstances during the last ten years.
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Korean Air to launch new China services
Korean Air plans to launch three new services to China in March and May.
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NewsUnited could convert widebody orders to the 777-300ER
United Airlines could convert some of its existing widebody orderbook to the Boeing 777-300ER, amidst reports that it is preparing to order 10 of the widebody aircraft.
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NewsCrashed AirAsia A320 undertook rapid climb: minister
Indonesia’s parliament has been told that the Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 which crashed into the Java Sea last month climbed rapidly before its fatal descent.
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NewsMH17: ICAO to host conflict-zone information portal
ICAO is to host a prototype centralised system intended to provide information on conflict zones, enabling airlines to assess route risks in the wake of the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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CALC delivers third A320 to Qingdao Airlines
China Aircraft Leasing (CALC) has delivered a new Airbus A320 on lease to Qingdao Airlines, taking its portfolio to 45 aircraft.
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NewsAeroflot commits to another 20 Superjets
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot has agreed to take another 20 Sukhoi Superjet 100s, under a tentative agreement with the airframer.
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NewsA350 enters service as Qatar jet heads for Frankfurt
Qatar Airways has commenced the first commercial operation with the Airbus A350, its initial aircraft having departed from Doha for Frankfurt.
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Tianjin Airlines launches Guiyang-Zhanjiang-Sanya service
Tianjin Airlines launched a Guiyang-Zhanjiang-Sanya service on 13 January.
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Divers deployed to recover QZ8501 fuselage
Divers have been deployed to recover the fuselage of the crashed Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 on the seafloor of the Java Sea.
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Aegean moves to fill Cyprus Airways void at Larnaca
Aegean Airlines has unveiled plans to boost its operations from Larnaca, following the collapse of Cyprus Airways, by adding new services to five western European cities.
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Qatar Airways to begin Doha-Sofia flights
Qatar Airways will in March launch nonstop service from its Doha base to Bulgarian capital Sofia.
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Ryanair to trial wireless IFE this summer
Ryanair will this year begin trialling a free-to-access wireless in-flight entertainment service that will stream content from an onboard server to passengers' own electronic devices.
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Spring Airlines offers 100 million shares for subscription
China's Spring Airlines has offered 100 million shares up for subscription, as it gears towards a listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE).
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NewsDelta opens second phase of JFK terminal expansion
Delta Air Lines opened an 11-gate expansion to its facilities at New York John F Kennedy International airport today, allowing it to consolidate the majority of regional flights in terminal 4.
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Allegiant to begin new routes from Tulsa
Allegiant Air will add new routes from Tulsa in Oklahoma beginning in early April.
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NewsAirbus books over 200 undisclosed A320s
Six undisclosed customers accounted for more than 200 Airbus A320-family aircraft in December as the airframer rounded off 2014 with 1,321 net single-aisle orders.
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NewsAir Lease to launch longer-range A321neo
US lessor Air Lease Corporation has become the first customer to sign up for a longer-range variant of the Airbus A321neo, with a tentative deal for 30.
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NewsFourth vessel joins in underwater search for MH370
An additional vessel has been commissioned to carry out the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
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Indonesia recovers QZ8501 cockpit voice recorder
Indonesian navy divers has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the crashed Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501, a day after the aircraft’s flight data recorder (FDR) was retrieved.