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China's ARJ21 faces further six-month delay in first delivery
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has disclosed that first delivery of its ARJ21-700 regional jet is to be delayed by a further six months. Comac...
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VLM, Cityjet take first co-operation steps
Moves to consolidate the operations of KLM Cityhopper and VLM on the London City-Amsterdam route mark the first integration under the acquisition of VLM through Air France-KLM Irish subsidiary CityJet.
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NewsSAS agrees to sell Spanair and Air Baltic shareholdings
SAS Group has agreed to sell a majority of Spanish operation Spanair to a group of Catalonian investors, and its minority stake in Air Baltic...
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NewsPICTURES: A320 begins flight tests with Aviation Partners winglets
Airbus's A320 flying testbed (F-WWBA) began another round of winglet flight-trials from Toulouse today, this time equipped...
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Delta to launch Gogo tomorrow; details equipage plan for Northwest
Delta Air Lines has unveiled plans to launch Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet service tomorrow and laid out a strategy for equipping merger partner Northwest...
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Investor CAI fixes date to relaunch Alitalia
Italian investor group Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI) will relaunch Alitalia formally on 13 January 2009, by which time a foreign partner will have been...
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Pratt, China Eastern to open CFM56 MRO facility in '09
A new engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business being established in Shanghai under a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and China...
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Uncorrected poor technique led trainee to land A320 hard
Inquiries into a serious hard-landing accident by a MyTravel Airways Airbus A320 in Greece have revealed that instructors had repeatedly expressed concerns...
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NewsSky Wings completes Stage 4 hush installation on MD-83
Greek charter operator Sky Wings in partnership with Ukraine-based Khors Aircompany has upgraded the twin Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 turbofan engines on one...
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Boeing unveils leadership changes, restructuring
Boeing has elevated the role of 787 executive Pat Shanahan and restructured supply chain and manufacturing groups into a single organization.
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Embraer reports 'no apparent pressure' from China in ERJ talks
Embraer is still assessing how China's plan to slow airline growth in 2009 will impact the region on a demand-capacity basis, but says talks with Grand China...
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NewsBoeing confirms 787 first flight pushed back to 2Q 2009
Boeing today confirmed a further six-month delay for the 787 programme, blaming the 57-day strike by machinists and an unexpected requirement to replace...
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US manufacturers unfazed by proposed growth cuts in China
US lobbying group Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) does not expect to see significant fallout from China's plan to curb capacity growth in 2009.
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PICTURE: Aeroflot tests first A330 on local route ahead of Asia entry
Russian carrier Aeroflot has put its first Airbus A330-200 into preliminary service on routes between Moscow and St Petersburg, ahead of deploying the type...