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NewsProduction CRJ1000 successfully completes first flight
Bombardier's first production CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft has completed a successful first flight, ATI and Flight Global can exclusively reveal. Aircraft...
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Frontier’s profitability streak continues through June
Denver-based Frontier Airlines marked its third consecutive month of profitability after posting $7.2 million in net income in June following profitable...
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NewsEthiopian to acquire 12 A350s and five 777-200LRs
Ethiopian Airlines is to order 12 Airbus A350-900s and five Boeing 777-200LRs. The carrier has detailed the order in a statement, adding that chief...
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Turkish Airlines orders another seven 777-300ERs
Turkish Airlines has ordered another seven Boeing 777-300ERs, taking its overall agreement to 12 of the type. The Star Alliance carrier disclosed an...
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EU open-rotor blade tests underway
Results of wind tunnel open-rotor blade testing that started in Russia earlier this month for the European project DREAM (valiDation of Radical Engine Architecture...
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NewsThird prototype Superjet 100 begins flight tests
Sukhoi has introduced a third Superjet 100 prototype to the twin-jet's flight-test programme, an airframe which will be the first to be fitted with a passenger...
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Business briefs
BA TO RAISE $600M for LIQUIDITY boost CASHBritish Airways is looking to raise £600 million ($987 million) in cash to increase its liquidity in the...
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Virgin Blue to raise A$231.4m as CEO Godfrey leaves
Australia's Virgin Blue plans to raise A$231.4 million ($190 million) in fresh equity, and says that its CEO Brett Godfrey will quit in 2010 amid a projection...
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OpenSkies to suspend Amsterdam-New York route
British Airways' all-premium transatlantic carrier OpenSkies is to suspend its Amsterdam-New York service next month.
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Sydney Airport Q2 earnings up 2%
Sydney Airport has registered a 2% growth in second quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) from a year before despite...
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Macquarie Airports severs ties with Macquarie Group
Macquarie Airports (MAp) is cutting its ties with its parent, the Macquarie Group, to boost its value and have better control over its strategic direction.
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NewsQatar CEO to meet with Boeing tomorrow to discuss 787 deliveries
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is meeting with Boeing officials tomorrow to discuss the latest delays to the Boeing 787 programme, and possible changes...
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US Airways considers cutting its E-190 fleet
Management at US Airways has launched an evaluation of elimination its fleet of 25 Embraer E-190s through direct sales or subleases.
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Avianca to switch more routes to new A330s and A320s
Avianca has decided to keep an Airbus A330 featuring its new lie-flat business class product on one of its Bogota-New York flights and is planning to next...
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US Airways becomes latest Gogo broadband Internet customer
US Airways has become the latest North American carrier to sign on as a customer for Aircell's Gogo in-flight broadband system.
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Boeing decides on 787 fix but length of delay still unclear
Boeing has identified the design of the structural fix needed to get the 787 into flight test. However, the airframer has not yet determined what impact...
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Boeing evaluates finanicial impact of latest 787 delay
Boeing has begun evaluating the financial impact of two-plus years of delays on the 787 programme, while some in the investment community privately discuss...
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Embraer defers KC-390 partner decisions to Brazilian government
Embraer will select industrial partners for its KC-390 transport based partly on the Brazilian government's economic and political priorities, says the company's...