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Alitalia firms up agreement to lease 20 Embraer regional jets
Alitalia has finalised its agreement with Embraer, under which it will take delivery of 15 E-175 and five E-190 regional jets. The Italian carrier...
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Taxing times
Government efforts to find ways to claw back national debts puts the air travel sector even further at risk of more tariffs. But how much impact do the additional...
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Paul Coby column: social change
n the latest of an occasional series of personal columns from Paul Coby, the SITA chairman and former British Airways chief information officer looks at...
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Direct connect: Appetite for disruption
American Airlines' Direct Connect concept has shaken up the distribution industry, but it remains to be seen if the carrier's bold move will be a genuine...
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EgyptAir plots return to normal by summer end
Star Alliance carrier EgyptAir aims to restore normal operations by the end of the summer as it addresses a capacity crisis after the political upheaval in the state.
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Boeing weighs narrowbody options
Boeing is sketching a clean-sheet narrowbody jet for possible launch at the Paris air show, as it ponders how best to take on the Airbus A320neo
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Mitsubishi must build a 100-seat regional jet if it expects to be a serious competitor
Mitsubishi must build a 100-seat regional jet if it expects to be a serious competitor in the market, says leasing giant Steven Udvar-Hazy.
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Israel's Sun D'Or has operating licence withdrawn
Israeli authorities have revoked the operating licence of carrier Sun D'Or, citing non-compliance with international standards.
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Business briefs
Fears that Airbus's introduction of a re-engined A320 will hammer residual values of current-generation variants of the single-aisle airliner have been overstated, according to lessors at the annual International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Estonian looks for larger turboprops to replace Saabs
Estonian Air is looking for larger turboprop aircraft after opting to return its Saab 340s to their lessors.
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Two-wheel tour de force is future for aerospace: EADS
British engineers at EADS Innovation Works have been using some of the company's most exotic equipment to build a bicycle, but they will not be accused of diverting valuable resources to a personal hobby.
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News747-8 must prevent inadvertent or malicious interference with flight-critical systems
Boeing must prove that its new 747-8 jumbo will prevent all unintentional or malicious interference to flight-critical domains from passenger systems in...
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Korean Air converts 787-8s to -9s, firms two 747-8Fs
Korean Air (KAL) has converted its entire order of 10 Boeing 787-8s to larger -9s, and will now begin taking delivery of them from 2016 instead of this year. "We've...
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Udvar-Hazy offers family planning advice
Boeing should develop a new family of aircraft, including a replacement for the 757, when it establishes a plan for developing a successor to its 737 series; Mitsubishi must build a 100-seat regional jet if it wants to be a serious competitor in the market.
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Korean Air firms up two additional 747-8F options
Korean Air (KAL) plans to convert two options for Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft to firm orders, taking its total orders of the aircraft type to seven.
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Korean Air converts 10 787-8s to -9s
Korean Air (KAL) has converted its entire order of 10 Boeing 787-8s to larger -9s, and will now begin taking delivery of them from 2016 instead of this year.
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EFB 'sea change' expected with Apple iPad 2: Jeppesen
Apple's iPad 2, a slimmer, lighter, more powerful tablet than its predecessor, is poised to usher in a new era in the world of electronic flight bags (EFBs),...
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Airbus defiant as legal investigation opens over AF447 crash
Airbus is staunchly defending itself after being put under judicial investigation in the wake of the loss of an Air France aircraft over the South Atlantic...
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Quest sets its sights on international markets as investment pours in
Quest Aircraft is stepping up its sales and marketing effort for the Kodiak single-engined turboprop in a bid to penetrate new niches for the high-wing aircraft - including the charter and VIP markets - and stimulate sales of the 10-seat aircraft in potentially lucrative regions across the globe.