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News
Bangkok Airways cancels order for an ATR, delays A319 delivery
Bangkok Airways has cancelled an order for an ATR 72-500 and has delayed the delivery of its Airbus aircraft on order.
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NewsSAA to recommit to A320 acquisition
South African Airways (SAA) is close to finalising a new deal with Airbus that will recommit the carrier to 15 A320s originally ordered in 2002, and could...
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Airbus and Boeing see orders collapse as deliveries hit record levels
Orders slump as output hits new high Big Two's slow sales exacerbated by large number of cancellations during...
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Yemenia accident creates diplomatic disquiet
Since the 30 June crash of a Yemenia Airbus A310-300 offshore from the Comoros Islands, European Commission regulators have demanded that Yemenia presents...
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Canada's Enerjet further postpones plans for leisure flights
Canadian start-up Enerjet has indefinitely deferred plans to launch leisure flights and will focus exclusively on workforce transportation. The Calgary-based...
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NewsAustrian regional division to axe CRJ fleet and cut 400 jobs
Austrian Airlines Group is to axe its entire Bombardier CRJ200 fleet early next year as part of a restructuring that will cut 14 aircraft from the 55 in...
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UPDATE: Embraer's 1H deliveries nearly reach year-earlier tally
Embraer during the second quarter delivered to customers a total 56 aircraft, four more than in the same...
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NewsVIDEO: Boeing conducts first 787 Dreamliner taxi tests
FlightBlogger has video and photos from today’s first Boeing 787 taxi tests in Everett, Washington.
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Air Jamaica negotiates more early lease returns
Planned fleet reductions at Air Jamaica continue to fluctuate as ownership of the loss making carrier remains under review by the Jamaican government.
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FAA issues new $13 million rulemaking for 737 operators
The US FAA is set to release a final airworthiness directive tomorrow requiring operators of more than 500 legacy Boeing 737 models (-100 though -500) to...
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NewsAustrian Arrows to axe CRJ fleet and cut 400 jobs
Austrian Airlines Group is to axe its entire Bombardier CRJ200 fleet early next year, part of a restructuring which will cut 14 aircraft from the 55 in its...
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BA pushes back A380 deliveries by up to two years
British Airways has pushed back its Airbus A380 delivery schedule, with some later aircraft being postponed by at least two years.
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AirAsia share sale may go to single investor
Tony Fernandes, CEO of Malaysia low cost carrier AirAsia, says the 20% share issue the airline plans could go to a single investor.
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DARPA funds high-power satellite system demonstration
Full-scale system tests for a satellite high-power generation system (HPGS) is planned under a $13 million programme of work funded by the US Defense Advanced...
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Airbus considers flight-data downlink to aid investigations
Airbus is to study downlinking of flight-critical data and other possible techniques to explore whether vital information could be more easily retrieved
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Air France A330 struck ocean belly first and did not break up in mid-air
The Air France Airbus A330 that crashed into the South Atlantic last month is thought to have hit the sea belly first with a high rate of acceleration, but...
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Indonesian Merpati 737 loses wheel while taking off
A wheel on the landing-gear of a Merpati Nusantara Boeing 737-400 fell off yesterday as it was taking off from an airport in eastern Indonesia.
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GE's optimal approach
GE Aviation believes tests it has already conducted with SAS in Stockholm in optimal trajectory descent management are easily adaptable to carriers that...
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Opinion
Comment: open season for political posturing
European transport commissioner Antonio Tajani and several French politicians have been pronouncing on the Yemenia Airbus A310 accident in a way that reflects...