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Volaris accelerates US launch plans, selects Fort Lauderdale
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris has selected Fort Lauderdale as its first US destination and has accelerated the launch of transborder services by about...
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NewsP&W rules out any early move to offer GTF architecture for widebody powerplant
Pratt & Whitney has ruled out any near-term development of a high-thrust development of its GTF...
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China Eastern outlines plans to cancel and delay aircraft
The president of loss-making China Eastern Airlines says the airline is to delay or cancel about half of the 29 aircraft it is due to receive from Airbus...
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Mexicana closes in on 717s and evaluates CSeries
Mexicana is close to finalising a deal to lease 25 Boeing 717s and is looking at acquiring the Bombardier CSeries as a potential replacement for the 717s...
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Boeing considers "modest' delivery cuts in 2010
Boeing Commercial Airplanes has considered making production cuts in 2010 depending on how the market responds to worsening economic and financing trends.
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Porter eyes more Bombardier Q400s
Canadian startup carrier Porter Airlines may order additional Bombardier Q400 turboprops.
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Bombardier keeps the faith on CSeries
Bombardier's self-imposed deadline to ink firm orders for its geared turbofan (GTF)-powered CSeries airliner passed unceremoniously on 31 January with no...
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P&W must wait for Airbus nod before releasing full GTF flight-test results
Pratt & Whitney will not go public with the definitive data on the fuel burn and noise performance of its GTF...
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Lessors’ calls for production cuts 'self-serving': Boeing
Boeing's leasing arm insists that calls by operating lessors for single-aisle production to be slashed in the wake of the economic crisis are "self-serving",...
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P&W pushes back detail design start on GTF
Pratt & Whitney has extended the preliminary design phase of its PW1000G GTF...
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Passenger desire for plug-and-play keeps IFE giants on their toes
Thales and Panasonic have moved aggressively to ensure their in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware can support and enable different media applications and...
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Porter's growth plans eye US, Ontario cities, more frequencies
This airline may have a raccoon for its mascot, but Porter Airlines is very much a different animal among start-ups...
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NewsJet2 and Oxford Aviation seal five-year training deal
UK budget carrier Jet2 and Oxford Aviation Academy have signed a five-year deal covering simulator and ab initio pilot training.
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NewsP&W to begin testing 'advanced GTF' demonstrator by 2013
Pratt & Whitney aims to begin testing a demonstrator...
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OAK to cease Tu-204 production ahead of starting MS-21
Russia's United Aircraft (OAK) plans to cease producing the Tupolev Tu-204 twinjet ahead of launching manufacture of the all-new MS-21 next-generation airliner...
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NewsBoeing links Heathrow, Atlanta Trent 895 engine rollbacks
Boeing says "similar factors" were likely at play in two Trent 895 thrust rollback incidents on Boeing 777-200ER aircraft last year.
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Opinion
Comment: EASA must stay clear of politics to meet its mandate
The European Aviation Safety Agency believes in its mandate to improve standards in aviation. It knows it does not operate in a political vacuum, but it should stay clear of politics
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EASA under fire over pilot flight time limitations
Pilot organisation the European Cockpit Association (ECA) has criticised the European Aviation Safety Agency for its proposal to transcribe existing "hard...