Airframers – Page 703
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Airlines and lessors face decreasing pool of capital
Airlines and lessors will have to battle for an ever-decreasing pool of capital in 2009, as the global economic downturn further weakens financiers
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Uruguay's Pluna returns to profitability
Uruguay's transformed flag carrier has turned the corner and expects a profitable 2009
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Teal Group pours doubt on CSeries' prospects
US aerospace consultancy the Teal Group remains sceptical about prospects for Bombardier's CSeries jetliner, despite publicized assurances from Lufthansa...
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ACARE prepares for 2010 overhaul
Rising oil prices, fuel supply problems envisaged in the 2020 timeframe, ongoing security issues and concern over European industry's competitiveness have...
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NewsNo new narrowbody before 2020: Leahy
Airbus believes that any all-new single-aisle replacement is unlikely to arrive before the very end of the next decade, but...
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Gulf Air open to further partnerships
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air is looking to follow the major expansion of its codeshare deal with oneworld...
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Australia's MacAir seeks bailout as creditors try to wind it up
The Australian state of Queensland's government has publicly rejected a request by local carrier MacAir for a A$7 million ($4.6 million) bailout as some...
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Growing pains being felt in Korea
The ambitions of new carriers to challenge incumbents in South Korea have stalled amid cries of protectionism
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NewsAirbus to continue with Tianjin ramp-up plan
Airbus will pursue plans to increase the production rate of its new Chinese A320 assembly line, but the target of four aircraft a month could be revised...
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Virgin Nigeria to launch extended range variant of E-170
Virgin Nigeria has been revealed as the launch customer for the extended range version of the Embraer 170. The Lagos-based carrier holds standing orders...
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Consolidation looms in China
More signs have emerged that a fresh wave of consolidation may hit the Chinese market, with Air China's parent company confirming it is in talks to acquire...
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Lessors face uncertain 2009 as demand drops
The extent to which demand for air travel will decline this year is the big unknown for the aircraft leasing sector, which faces reduced lease rates and a lack of available financing
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Frontier outlines post-bankruptcy hopes
Frontier Airlines has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since last April, but is confident that its reduced fleet and network, as well as its strong...
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Japan's MHI to make parts for A350 engines
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), which is already involved in the Rolls-Royce (R-R) Trent 1000 engine programme for the Boeing 787, will also be...
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Ivan Misetic: Putting Croatia firmly on the tourist map
Croatia Airlines chief executive Ivan Misetic has one key mission...
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NewsHudson crash: A320's engines lost power simultaneously
Initial flight-recorder information from the US Airways Airbus A320 which crashed into New York's Hudson River shows that both engines lost power simultaneously,...
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Airbus prepares for bumpy ride as storm clouds thicken
After big two orders plummet by almost a half in 2008, Toulouse warns that far worse awaits in the year ahead
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Interview
Interview: AirTran chief executive Bob Fornaro
AirTran Airways has had to scale back its growth plans and reposition itself in order to survive first the fuel crisis and now the demand crisis. But chief executive Bob Fornaro is confident the steps taken will ensure the carrier's continued survival