News from FlightGlobal – Page 803
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Delta moving in with Virgin Atlantic at Heathrow
Delta Air Lines will move in with its partner Virgin Atlantic Airways at London Heathrow in September, locating the remainder of its flights to the airport’s terminal three.
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BA seals codeshare with China Eastern
British Airways has agreed a codeshare with China Eastern Airlines
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Aeroflot to take another 10 Superjets
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has committed to acquiring an additional batch of 10 Sukhoi Superjet regional airliners from the leasing arm of state-owned Sberbank.
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BA cabin crew vote to take action over performance management
Trade union Unite is urging British Airways to drop a new performance management system after cabin crew voted for industrial action short of a strike.
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NewsPICTURE: ANA takes delivery of 50th 787
Launch customer All Nippon Airways has taken delivery of its 50th Boeing 787, becoming the first carrier to do so.
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Botched go-around led to extraordinary 737 overrun
Investigators have detailed how a bungled go-around resulted in a Boeing 737-300’s striking the runway as its gear retracted, causing substantial damage before the jet became airborne again.
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Cathay cuts A340s as A350s roll in
Cathay Pacific is moving to retire all its Airbus A340-300s by the end of 2017, as it prepares to take A350-900s in quick succession over the next two years.
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Qatar closes A350 sale-and-leaseback with GECAS
Qatar Airways has closed a sale-and-leaseback for five Airbus A350-900s with GECAS, the lessor says.
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Inmarsat awaits regulatory standards for flight-data streaming
Inmarsat is awaiting regulatory details on the scope of flight-data streaming but believes its new broadband service will easily be able to support such applications.
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Thai pays down $31 million for A350 pair
Thai Airways has paid roughly Bt1.07 billion ($31 million) in pre-delivery payments for its first two Airbus A350-900 jets, the carrier disclosed as it released its second-quarter results.
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PICTURE: Belavia ditches 'Soviet' image on new 737s
Belarussian flag-carrier Belavia has taken delivery of a Boeing 737-800 in the airline’s new colour scheme.
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S7 profit rises sharply in first half
Russia’s S7 Airlines has generated a half-year pre-tax profit of Rb491 million ($7.6 million), an increase of more than 60%.
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EasyJet incident highlights 'open descent' mode risk
UK investigators have reiterated the need to understand aircraft behaviour in various modes after the stall-protection system intervened on an EasyJet Airbus A320 during a visual approach to Paphos.
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EASA backs simplified 737 cold-fuel frost assessment
European safety regulators are advising operators to use a simplified procedure for operating Boeing 737s in cold-soaked fuel frost environments.
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ATSB looks into Jetstar 787 engine shut-down incident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating an engine shut down incident involving a Jetstar Airways Boeing 787-8 on 7 August.
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Xiamen Airlines makes CNY800m loan guarantee for subsidiary
Xiamen Airlines has entered into an agreement with ICBC, to provide CNY800 million ($120.5 million) in loan guarantees for Hebei Airlines’ borrowings.
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Probe details same-day EasyJet flap-retraction slips
Investigators have attributed to unconscious action two incidents, on the same day, in which EasyJet pilots activated flap retraction after take-off instead of raising the landing-gear.
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ATSB probes two aircraft preparation incidents
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating two aircraft preparation incidents that occurred in the first week of August.
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Air Berlin to 'rigorously' pursue restructuring amid volatility
Air Berlin is determined to press on with restructuring in what it terms a "challenging and volatile" market environment.
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Oman Air to open first Iraqi route
Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air is to open services to Iraq with a link to the city of Najaf.