News from FlightGlobal – Page 960
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American launches inflight streaming video on 767s
American Airlines has launched inflight streaming video entertainment on its fleet of 15 Boeing 767-200 aircraft, and plans to offer the product on all of...
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Contour supplying Mercury suites for Air China 777-300ERs
UK manufacturer Contour Aerospace says it supplied first class seats for Air China's new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which will enter service later this month.
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General Dynamics: 2012 for Jet Aviation recovery
Gulfstream parent company General Dynamics said new management being put in place at its Jet Aviation completions subsidiary in Basel, Switzerland, will solve throughput issues, as the demand for completions begins to recover in 2012.
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AAPA urges EU to rethink emissions trading scheme
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines says the European Union (EU) has "over-reached its authority and must now fundamentally rethink" its plans to implement...
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NewsBoeing completes 787 ETOPS trials
Boeing has completed the extended operations (ETOPS) test points portion of its 300h certification systems functionality and reliability (F&R) testing for...
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Atlas Air to receive first 747-8F in October
Atlas Air expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 747-8F in October, followed by two more in November.
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Fujairah airline targets early 2012 launch
Details of a new Arabian feeder airline are due to be announced imminently - possibly later this week - as it targets a start to operations early in 2012....
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NewsAirTran to end service to four cities
AirTran Airways, now a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, plans to cease operations at four airports in the first quarter next year. The last day of...
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Safi seeks to work round EU Afghan ban
Several solutions to the European Union's blanket ban on Afghan carriers are being investigated by Afghan airline Safi Airways in order to resume its suspended...
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Fraud probe at collapsed Russian carrier
Russia's federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia has released details surrounding the bankruptcy of operator Continent Air Company, which it grounded...
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NewsBombardier nets Gulf Air order
Bahrain's governmental tender board has revealed an agreement to supply Bombardier regional jets, likely to be CSeries aircraft, to flag-carrier Gulf Air.
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Tiger Airways Australia hearing adjourned to 3 August
Tiger Airways Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (CASA) have jointly applied to the Federal Court of Australia to adjourn a hearing,...
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Star Alliance, Air India agree to suspend integration
The Star Alliance network and Air India have decided to suspend the carrier's integration with the global airline alliance as India has not met the minimum...
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NewsFirst flight of Air India's 787 cut short by failed sensor
Air India's first 787 made its maiden flight 31 July, though the sortie was cut short by a declared emergency traced to a failed sensor. Operating...
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US NTSB aids in Caribbean overrun investigation
Members from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are travelling to Guyana to investigate a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 that overran...
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No fatalities as Caribbean Boeing 737-800 crashes in Guyana
Investigations are underway after a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash landed at Guyana's Cheddi Jagan airport at 1.32am local time on 30 July.
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Embraer sticks to year-end target on new commercial jet decision
Embraer still plans to reach a decision by year-end on its strategy to address the evolving narrowbody market now that Boeing has declared its intent to...
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NewsTAP Portugal set to defect to A350-900
TAP Portugal is poised to defect to the larger Airbus A350-900, becoming the latest in a series of customers to shift away from the shrunk -800 variant. Airbus...
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NewsKAL places firm order for 10 Bombardier CS300s
Bombardier has landed its first firm order for its CSeries aircraft in Asia, with Korean Air converting a letter of intent into an order for ten CS300 aircraft,...
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NewsAirbus orders to exceed 1,000 this year: EADS
Airbus will end the year with gross orders for more than 1,000 aircraft, parent company EADS has forecast. But it is maintaining its delivery estimate...