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NewsAirbus throws A330-200F straight into flight-test regime during maiden sortie
Airbus put the A330-200 Freighter through an intense test regime during its first flight earlier today, operating the aircraft up to its maximum speed and altitude and testing its revised nose landing gear arrangement.
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EADS weight-saving technology to make F1 debut in 2010
The Force India Formula 1 team will almost certainly race in 2010 using safety-critical components made using an EADS-developed lightweight manufacturing...
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A330-200F touches down after successful maiden flight
The Airbus A330-200F has touched down in Toulouse after completing its maiden flight, marking the start of a 180h, four-month flight-test programme.
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NewsEmirates bucks trends with report of rising profits
Emirates Airline's profits increased 165% in the first half compared with the same period of 2008, says the Dubai-based carrier. A net profit of Dhs752...
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PICTURES & VIDEO:Airbus kicks off A330-200F flight-test campaign
The Airbus A330-200 Freighter has taken off from Toulouse on its maiden flight
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V Australia to start Fiji service in December
Virgin Blue's long-haul arm V Australia will commence daily non-stop services on the Sydney-Nadi route on 18 December.
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Chinese cargo start-up takes Precision-converted 757
China's SF Express has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 757-200PCF converted by Precision Conversions, which will be operated by SF's newly...
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SkyWest partners with AirTran in Milwaukee
US regional operator SkyWest Airlines has forged a deal with low-cost carrier AirTran to fly five SkyWest-branded CRJs from Milwaukee through a marketing...
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NASA to fund Boeing for open rotor noise study
NASA's Langley Research Centre plans to issue a contract to Boeing to perform noise studies of open rotor engine configurations on several types of airframes...
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Lufthansa considering deferrals across broad range of types
Lufthansa is discussing the possible deferral of several aircraft deliveries and hints that these could include Airbus A380s. As part of its "Climb...
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Training to fly a desk
This is the story of five graduates from the airline pilot training system who face a situation familiar to many flightcrew today: plenty of qualifications and no job
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Opinion
Comment: SESAR off the radar?
Air traffic management is usually low on the political horizon unless there is a crisis, but with traffic down, the Single European Sky is in danger of disappearing behind the clouds
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Airlines tell Bombardier it's all about programme execution
After years of accumulated delays by the Boeing 787 and Airbus A380, airlines tell Bombardier that on-time programme execution and supply chain management...
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Finding a new role
Many regional types are discovering a new market in the freight sector as their passenger-carrying days draw to a close
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Slow burners
Although production of the older Russian and Chinese regional types runs at a trickle, upgrades are still being developed
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NewsRyanair pressures Boeing with threat to cancel 737 orders
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is threatening to cancel or defer aircraft orders from Boeing, and temporarily stem its growth, if it fails to secure a fleet-renewal...
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Regional revolution
History will decide whether 2009 will represent one of the watersheds that occurs in civil aviation every decade or so.
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Qantas joins sustainable fuel development effort
Australia's Qantas Airways has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an industry effort to develop commercially successful sustainable jet fuel.
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Business: Good week - Bad Week
Swiss charter operator Belair will phase out its Boeing aircraft over the winter as it moves to an all-Airbus fleet. Belair's single 767-300ER, leased...