All United States articles – Page 110
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US airline boom 'won't last': Embraer commercial chief
Some executives at US airlines insist that the industry has fundamentally turned a corner into profitability, but the head of Embraer's commercial aviation unit appears unconvinced.
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Official defends openness of US skies
The USA remains wide open to foreign airlines seeking entry into the US market, despite the lengthy approval delays suffered by Norwegian Air International, a top official at the US Department of Transportation has indicated.
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US travel ban affected outbound passengers: IATA
Some airlines have seen a dip in passengers travelling outbound from the United States following travel restrictions implemented in January by the administration of President Donald Trump.
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Industry pushes US air traffic control overhaul
Aviation executives at the Routes Americas conference in Las Vegas continued to push for privatisation of US air traffic control (ATC), suggesting that the effort could come to fruition under the administration of president Donald Trump.
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Boeing confirms 737 Max 10 spec's amidst frenetic activity
As the 737 Max 8 approaches the airworthiness certification milestone, Boeing’s narrowbody hub in Renton, Washington, enters a frenetic period of activity, with the first 737 Max 9 test aircraft nearing first flight in early March, a proposed 737 Max 10 wrestling with a key design decision, a multi-airline entry ...
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Newly-found debris from 1985 Eastern crash gives no clues: NTSB
Debris recently recovered from the site where an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed in 1985 have provided investigators no additional clues as to the cause of the accident, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Hawaiian and pilots' union reach tentative contract deal
Hawaiian Airlines and the union representing its pilots have tentatively agreed on the terms of a new 63-month employment contract, the Honolulu-based airline announces.
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DVB to remarket Alaska Airlines 737-400s
Alaska Airlines has appointed DVB Bank Aviation Asset Management to remarket nine Boeing 737-400s.
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OpinionOPINION: Is A380 nearing the end?
Not long ago it was the future. Now the A380 is officially a museum piece. Two flight test examples of the world’s biggest airliner are set to spend the rest of their lives in heritage centres in Paris and Toulouse.
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Monthly Boeing Commercial job cuts hit eight-year peak
Boeing Commercial Airplanes in January notched its largest one-month employment drop since the depths of the 2009 financial crisis, as the division’s total workforce shrank by 1,659 jobs between 28 December and 28 January, show statistics released by the company.
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Boeing Capital makes up for lack of US Ex-Im guarantees
Boeing Capital’s financing and investment portfolio more than doubled year-on-year ending with a total value of $4.1 billion in 2016.
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AW609 prepares for icing trials as flight tests resume
Icing trials will soon begin on Leonardo helicopter division’s AW609 tiltrotor as the programme recovers from a nearly year-long flight test hiatus caused by a fatal crash of the second prototype in October 2015.
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Lockheed Martin rolls-out first LM-100J
Lockheed Martin ceremonially rolled out the first LM-100J commercial freighter off the assembly line in Marietta, Georgia, completing a key milestone ahead of a scheduled first flight in the spring.
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F-35 cost target impossible without block buy, Lockheed says
A hand-shake agreement with US government negotiators slashes the cost of each F-35A ordered in the latest annual lot to $94.6 million, but the Lockheed Martin programme’s goal to drop the price to $85 million in three years is in jeopardy unless the Defense department invokes a package of special ...
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NewsDelta, United, Southwest chiefs to meet with Trump
The chief executives of Delta Air Lines and United Airlines will meet with President Donald Trump tomorrow, joining a group of airline chiefs due to meet with the new president.
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USAF to test Israeli runway monitoring system
The US Air Force is evaluating technology developed by Israeli company Xsight Systems to rapidly detect damage to runways at air bases outside the USA.
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ANALYSIS: The future of nuclear weapons will be networked
When the US Air Force’s Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber talks to the long-range standoff (LRSO) weapon, it will mark the first time a nuclear cruise missile communicates digitally with its delivery aircraft.
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Boeing supplier in talks on early 747 wind-up
A major Boeing supplier says discussions have opened over possibly ending 747 production as early as the first half of 2019, but Boeing says there are no plans to close the 50-year-old production line.
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US Marines set 2019 target for Osprey tanker fit
The US Marine Corps expects to declare initial operational capability for the Bell Boeing V-22 Aerial Refuelling System (VARS) in late 2019, with the milestone to represent the availability of an initial four mission-equipped aircraft.
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AAR to maintain SkyWest's CRJ landing gears
MRO provider AAR has signed an agreement to overhaul landing gears on SkyWest Inc's Bombardier CRJ aircraft, AAR announces.