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  • A350-1000 could demand extra assembly capacity

    12:12 14 May 2013Planning Manufacturer Operations Aircraft Orders Supplier contracts New aircraft orders and deliveries Routes opening Manufacturer People Moves People Moves Route and Network Planning Airline Environment Mfr Finance and Business

    EADS is to look into supplementing assembly capacity for the A350 following the increased interest for the A350-1000, the largest member of the family. The...


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  • ANALYSIS: Light at the end of United's fleet redeployment tunnel

    22:00 12 February 2013

    United Airlines faced quite the juggling act during the past year. Network planners at the Chicago-based Star Alliance...


  • ANALYSIS: Will United turn around in 2013?

    15:39 25 January 2013

    United Airlines barely eked out a profit in 2012, while the majority of its US-based brethren posted impressive...


  • United to concentrate 747s at San Francisco

    17:19 20 December 2012

    United Airlines will base the majority of its Boeing 747-400 fleet at its San Francisco hub from April 2013, as it...


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  • ANALYSIS: Leading North American airline markets in June 2013

    News | 10 Jun 2013 12:00 | Edward Russell

    <SPAN> <P dir=ltr align=left>Atlanta is the busiest airport, Delta Air Lines the biggest airline and London Heathrow-New York John F. Kennedy (JFK) the largest international market for the USA in June, Innovata schedules show.</P> <P dir=ltr align=left></P> <P dir=ltr align=left>While none of these are big shockers Atlanta has been the busiest airport in the USA since 1998, Delta and United Airlines have duked it out for the top spot since 2010 and London-New York has been a huge market for decades some things do jump out in statistics this month.</P> <P dir=ltr align=left></P> <P dir=ltr align=left>Los Angeles-Sydney is the second busiest international route from the USA in terms of available seat kilometres (ASKs). This is likely due to a combination of some of the largest aircraft in the world, including the Airbus A380 operated by Qantas Airways and the Boeing 747-400 operated by United Airlines, on the route and its 12,051km (7,488 miles) distance, which pushes ASKs a measure of bhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Leading-North-American-airline-markets-in-June-2013-386549/

  • Biman seeks two aircraft on wet lease for hadj flights

    News | 10 Jun 2013 02:35 | Firdaus Hashim

    <p>Biman Bangladesh Airlines has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for the lease of two aircraft on wet lease for its hadj operations this year.</p><p>The...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Biman-seeks-two-aircraft-on-wet-lease-for-hadj-flights-386873/

  • ANALYSIS: A350 enters critical test phase

    News | 07 Jun 2013 08:59 | David Kaminski-Morrow

    <P>Airbus's roll-out and first flight of the A350-900 prototype will not ease the pressure on the airframer's flagship twinjet programme, but simply give it a different nature.</P> <P>The first aircraft's entry into the flight-test phase marks only the beginning of a phased certification effort which will require completion of another four A350s.</P> <P>Airbus's attention is turning increasingly towards the production ramp-up as well as the development of the A350-1000, after a year in which the largest member of the family has attracted orders from several high-profile customers. </P> <P>But progress on the -900 will not advance the schedule of the -1000, insists A350 programme manager Didier Evrard.</P> <P>"There is no change here," he says. "We are going step by step. The ramp-up of resources will be very high this year."</P> <P>Design and technology insertion for the -1000 has been frozen, he says, and specific design work is in progress. The -1000 is due to enter final assembhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-A350-enters-critical-test-phase-386825/

  • Thai Airways to deploy A380 on Bangkok-London route

    News | 04 Jun 2013 02:48 | Firdaus Hashim

    <p>Thai Airways International has confirmed that it will deploy the Airbus A380 aircraft on one of two daily Bangkok-London Heathrow services starting 1 December.</p><p>It...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Thai-Airways-to-deploy-A380-on-Bangkok-London-route-386649/

  • ANALYSIS: The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft report

    News | 31 May 2013 10:30 | Olivier Bonnassies

    Boeing initially conceived the 777 series as a stretched version of the 767 variants but the manufacturer instead opted for an all new design, which features...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-The-Boeing-777-200ER-aircraft-report-386529/

  • SIA Cargo parks 747-400F amid overcapacity

    News | 28 May 2013 02:22

    <p>Singapore Airlines' Cargo division will park a second freighter as a result of a continuing capacity surplus.</p><p>The carrier will remove the second of...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/SIA-Cargo-parks-747-400F-amid-overcapacity-386371/

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  • Week on the web 23 April

    Blog | 23 Apr 2013 13:12 | Murdo Morrison

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flight-international-editors-blog//2013/04/week-on-the-web-23-april.html

  • BA A380: Thatcher would have (probably) approved

    Blog | 09 Apr 2013 10:42 | David Kaminski-Morrow

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/airline-business//2013/04/ba-a380-thatcher-would-have-pr.html

  • Raised stakes

    Blog | 21 Jan 2013 14:32 | Murdo Morrison

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flight-international-editors-blog//2013/01/raised-stakes.html

  • British Airways 747 departs Heathrow

    Blog | 15 Oct 2012 12:53 | Dominic Perry

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures//2012/10/british-airways-747-departs-he.html

  • One Airborne Laser, gift-wrapped

    Blog | 28 Aug 2012 14:35 | Craig Hoyle

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline//2012/08/one-airborne-laser-gift-wrappe.html

  • A big push for the big puller

    Blog | 24 Jul 2012 05:26 | Arie Egozi

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/ariel-view//2012/07/a-big-push-the-big-pusher-and-puller.html

  • The conversion market - forecasts and preparations

    Blog | 14 Jun 2012 09:58 | Arie Egozi

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/ariel-view//2012/06/the-conversion-market---forecasts-and-preparations.html

  • Routes of The Week 20-26 February 2012

    Blog | 27 Feb 2012 00:36 | Miyuru Sandaruwan

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-networker//2012/02/routes-of-the-week-20-26-february-2012.html

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