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Southwest plans to keep AirTran’s Boeing 717 fleet
Southwest executives have confirmed that it plans to operate AirTran's 86 Boeing 717s once its acquisition of AirTran closes and the Atlanta-hubbed carrier...
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Caribbean orders nine ATR 72-600s with Armonia cabins
Trinidad and Tobago's Caribbean Airlines has ordered nine ATR 72-600 turboprops from the European airframer.
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NewsSouthwest to acquire AirTran Airways
Southwest is to further consolidation in the US industry through the acquisition of fellow low-fare carrier AirTran Airways. In a definitive agreement...
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NewsAeromexico hands 737 component support to Lufthansa
Aeromexico has reached a maintenance agreement with Lufthansa Technik covering component support for Boeing 737 aircraft.
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Korean Air studies regional jet order
Korean Air (KAL) is mulling over an order for regional jets in the next two years to operate on short-haul services to China and Japan.
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NewsUAE's RAK Airways to relaunch services on 10 October
Ras Al Khaimah's latest attempt to establish its own airline will culminate with the commencement of flights in two weeks' time. The emirate will restart...
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Iraq offered new F-16s with older missiles
Iraq could receive 18 Lockheed Martin F-16s worth up to $4.2 billion and equipped with previous generation missiles and radar ...
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Cause of 787 engine test failure remains unclear
As Boeing's lead 787 returned to flight operations on 17 September following an engine surge, uncertainty continues to surrounds the investigation into the 2 August uncontained failure in ground testing of a Package A Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine.
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NewsBombardier indicates more CSeries orders to come soon
Bombardier insists more orders for its CSeries twin-jet programme are set to be disclosed shortly. In a programme update during the European Regions...
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More CSeries orders in the pipeline: Bombardier
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Gary Scott says more CSeries orders will be announced in the "not too distant future". Giving a programme...
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Jet Airways to launch New Delhi-Milan service in December
Jet Airways is to start a daily nonstop service between New Delhi and Milan from 5 December. This is its first service into Italy, and the Indian carrier...
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Boeing adds 10 777s to backlog
Boeing has added orders for 10 777s, including four from an undisclosed customer.
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Martinair to axe passenger operation next year
Air France-KLM's holiday carrier Martinair is to axe its passenger business late next year in order to focus completely on its air freight operations.
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NewsKoito's falsification of seat test data results in proposed ADs
Seven months after Koito Industries made the stunning revelation that it falsified test data on some 150,000 aircraft seats in the world fleet, EASA and...
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NTSB investigates Minneapolis near-miss
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says a US Airways A320 departing the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in clouds the morning of 16 September...
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Alitalia seals MRO pool pact with Air France and Embraer
Alitalia has sealed a maintenance agreement with Air France's servicing division, covering the Italian airline's six Embraer 170 aircraft. The five-year...
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NewsA318 to be available with sharklets from 2013
Airbus has confirmed that A318s will be offered from 2013 with fuel-saving sharklets wing tips.
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Air Nostrum picks Lufthansa division for engine MRO
Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum has selected Lufthansa Technik's Aero Alzey division to conduct maintenance and overhaul on several engines in its fleet. The...
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Virgin Blue gets nod for Etihad Alliance
Virgin Blue has received an interim approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to form an alliance with Etihad Airways.
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Air France picks business seat; eyeing premium economy for A380
Air France will introduce a new business-class seat to its fleet by the end of this year, and says it also still plans to offer a premium economy product...