http://www.flightglobal.comen-gbFri, 03 Jul 2009 14:48:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/03/329223/british-airways-pushes-back-a380-deliveries-by-up-to-two-years.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/03/329223/british-airways-pushes-back-a380-deliveries-by-up-to-two-years.html British Airways is pushing back its Airbus A380 delivery schedule, with some later aircraft being postponed by at least two years. The UK flag-carrier...Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:48:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/03/329191/overview-of-the-global-commercial-fleet.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/03/329191/overview-of-the-global-commercial-fleet.htmlOverview of the global commercial fleet in 2009Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/03/329182/anz-introduces-rnp-technology-on-a320-fleet.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/03/329182/anz-introduces-rnp-technology-on-a320-fleet.html Air New Zealand (ANZ) has installed required navigation performance (RNP) technology on its Airbus A320 fleet, two years after introducing it on its Boeing...Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:38:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329177/unclear-which-crew-members-on-duty-during-a330-loss.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329177/unclear-which-crew-members-on-duty-during-a330-loss.html French investigators have so far been unable to determine the composition of the flight crew on duty when an Air France Airbus A330-200 was lost over the...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:00:37 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329176/alaska-southwest-urge-fcc-to-approve-row-44s-application.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329176/alaska-southwest-urge-fcc-to-approve-row-44s-application.html Hoping to make in-flight broadband service "available to all of their passengers", Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines have urged the US Federal Communications...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:22:40 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329171/airbus-considers-flight-data-downlink-to-aid-investigations.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329171/airbus-considers-flight-data-downlink-to-aid-investigations.html Airbus is to examine downlink of flight-critical data, and other possible techniques, to explore whether vital information could be more easily retrieved...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:22:30 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329159/air-france-a330-did-not-break-up-in-mid-air-investigators.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329159/air-france-a330-did-not-break-up-in-mid-air-investigators.html Investigations into the loss of the Air France Airbus A330 over the South Atlantic have determined that the aircraft did not break up in mid-air, and did...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:56:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329153/rjs-majali-to-head-gulf-air-as-bjorn-naf-steps-down.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329153/rjs-majali-to-head-gulf-air-as-bjorn-naf-steps-down.html Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air's chief executive, Bjorn Naf, is to step down and be replaced by current Royal Jordanian Airlines chief Samer Majali. Gulf...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:29:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329126/chinas-spring-looks-at-standing-only-seats-on-aircraft.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329126/chinas-spring-looks-at-standing-only-seats-on-aircraft.htmlPrivately owned Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines has spoken to Airbus about adding standing seats on its Airbus A320s so it can have 40% more passengers...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:04:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329123/the-perils-of-night-approaches-over-the-sea.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329123/the-perils-of-night-approaches-over-the-sea.htmlSince 2000 there have been two fatal accidents involving low turns over the sea at night. The official reports on both accidents say that the pilots lost...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:04:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329130/air-indias-debt-balloons-to-152-billion-rupees.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329130/air-indias-debt-balloons-to-152-billion-rupees.html National carrier Air India's debt swelled to 152.41 billion Indian rupees ($3.2 billion) in June after paying for new planes from Boeing and Airbus. This...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:38:32 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329137/pictures-vaso-prepares-first-rossiya-an-148-for-delivery.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329137/pictures-vaso-prepares-first-rossiya-an-148-for-delivery.html Russian carrier Rossiya's initial Antonov An-148, the first serially-produced example of the twin-jet, has been painted in the carrier's livery as delivery...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:33:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329124/eus-tajani-to-press-for-global-air-safety-instrument.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329124/eus-tajani-to-press-for-global-air-safety-instrument.htmlEuropean transport commissioner Antonio Tajani has floated a tentative proposal to expand the European Union's safety standards beyond its borders. The...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329127/emirates-still-in-talks-over-slowing-deliveries.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329127/emirates-still-in-talks-over-slowing-deliveries.html Emirates is still discussing timing of aircraft deliveries after admitting that it wants to slow the pace of arrivals from late next year. The Dubai-based...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:04:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329119/qantas-jetstar-looking-to-add-a330s.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329119/qantas-jetstar-looking-to-add-a330s.html Qantas Airways' low-cost carrier Jetstar is looking to add more Airbus A330s now that Qantas group has cancelled some 787 orders and delayed others. A...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:43:42 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329118/indonesias-batavia-adding-a330s-for-jeddah-flights.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329118/indonesias-batavia-adding-a330s-for-jeddah-flights.html Indonesian carrier Batavia Air is adding its first Airbus A330s and will use these for the launch of services to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Batavia Air...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:49:23 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329117/thai-changes-crew-training-after-2007-incident.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/02/329117/thai-changes-crew-training-after-2007-incident.html Australia's safety authority has found that a Thai Airways International Boeing 777 descended below a safe altitude when it made its approach to Melbourne...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:30:31 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/01/329107/colombias-aires-plans-4q-launch-of-us-services.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/01/329107/colombias-aires-plans-4q-launch-of-us-services.html Colombia's Aires aims to launch services to the US in the fourth quarter of this year with newly acquired Boeing 737-700s initially operating from Bogota...Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:16:57 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/01/329102/more-deals-in-the-offing-as-aeromobile-is-certified-on-sixth-aircraft-type.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/01/329102/more-deals-in-the-offing-as-aeromobile-is-certified-on-sixth-aircraft-type.html In-flight mobile communications provider AeroMobile has completed certification of its system on a sixth aircraft type, the Boeing 777-300ER, and says it...Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/01/329061/brazils-trip-to-convert-embraer-options-and-order-atr-72-600s.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/07/01/329061/brazils-trip-to-convert-embraer-options-and-order-atr-72-600s.htmlBrazilian regional carrier TRIP Linhas Aereas is planning to place more orders later this year for Embraer 175s and ATR 72s. TRIP president Jose Mario...Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT