Airframers – Page 645
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News
NTSB issues recommendations on sleep apnea and fatigue
Following the conclusion of its investigation of Go pilots who fell asleep during a February 2008 flight, the US National Transportation Safety Board has...
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RNP proving to be time-consuming for Southwest
Carrier investing $175 million over next six years but bemoans cost and complications of implementation
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Australia's Pacific Wings gets nod for New Caledonia
Australia's Pacific Wings has received approval from the Australian government to fly New Caledonia.
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India's Jet to link Bangkok to Indian Buddhist sites
Indian carrier Jet Airways will launch twice weekly services on the Varanasi-Gaya-Bangkok route.
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Business - briefs
UNITED AIRCRAFT TO FUND AN-148 PRODUCTION AIRLINERS Russia's United Aircraft is to invest Rb5 billion ($160 million) in affiliated...
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Business - quote of the week
Quote of the week "Cutting costs has no negative collateral" Embraer chief Frederico Fleury Curado explains why the company has opted for an...
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Business - bad week
NEWFREIGHTERSNippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has been forced to put two nearlynew Boeing 747-400 Freighters into desert storage after failing to find a lessee....
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Opinion
Comment: Europe should have a common, higher transition altitude
Europe needs to drop disparate national transition altitudes and standardise. Ideally it should be done throughout, but regional change would be a start,...
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Opinion
Comment: Russian revolution
The Superjet 100 and MS-21 all-new single aisle will play crucial roles in the re-invention of a once mighty aerospace nation looking to again be a major player in the airliner industry
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Southwest eager to keep Lynx feed in Denver
Southwest Airlines appears keen to retain the feed currently supplied by Frontier Airlines' subsidiary Lynx if the Dallas-based carrier is successful in...
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NewsSouthwest increases and finalizes Frontier bid
Southwest Airlines submitted today a binding cash offer of more than $170 million for rival Frontier Airlines ahead of the Denver-based carrier being auctioned...
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Bombardier quiet on China CSeries talks
Bombardier is refraining comment on Hong Kong Aviation Company's announcement it is in talks to purchase Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan-powered CSeries...
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Round-the-world solar aircraft prototype to be unveiled this month
Researchers are preparing to unveil the prototype of a solar-powered aircraft which is intended eventually to conduct a transatlantic and round-the-world...
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PICTURE: Mozambique's LAM takes first Embraer 190
Linhas Aereas Mocambique has taken delivery of the first of up to four Embraer 190s. The Mozambique flag carrier, whose fleet is based on Boeing 737-200s,...
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NewsA320 successor to be assembled entirely in Hamburg
Airbus' successor to the A320 will be assembled entirely in Hamburg, as part of an arrangement to distribute workshare more fairly between the airframer's...
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NewsWizz Air firms 50 A320s, takes Airbus orders to 118
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has firmed its order for 50 Airbus A320 aircraft. The agreement, sealed on 1 July, was the only order placed...
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US Navy approves ground surveillance role for P-8 Poseidon
The US Navy is to equip its P-8A Poseidons for overland surveillance tasks, expanding from the primary maritime patrol mission ...