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NewsBritish Airways orders 11 Embraer 170/190s for CityFlyer
British Airways has ordered 11 Embraer regional jets for use by its BA CityFlyer subsidiary. Embraer says in a statement that the deal comprises...
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Air cargo faces bleak prospects
Things are not looking good for the air cargo industry, with IATA predicting a 5% fall in freight traffic in 2009. But there is hope among some cargo executives that demand could start to stabilise in the second or third quarter of the year
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Shanghai pact boosts Dallas Fort Worth service hopes
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, host of the Airline Business Network USA event in 2009, has been working with Shanghai Airport Authority to try and forge nonstop...
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NewsContinental 737 badly damaged, 38 injured in Denver take-off accident
Nearly 40 people on board a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 have been injured after the aircraft left the runway at Denver and caught fire yesterday...
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China's ARJ21 faces further six-month delay in first delivery
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has disclosed that first delivery of its ARJ21-700 regional jet is to be delayed by a further six months. Comac...
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VLM, Cityjet take first co-operation steps
Moves to consolidate the operations of KLM Cityhopper and VLM on the London City-Amsterdam route mark the first integration under the acquisition of VLM through Air France-KLM Irish subsidiary CityJet.
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Southwest to launch RNP operations in 4Q '09
Southwest Airlines plans to begin required navigation performance (RNP) operations on certain routes in the fourth quarter of 2009, ramping up system-wide...
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NewsSAS agrees to sell Spanair and Air Baltic shareholdings
SAS Group has agreed to sell a majority of Spanish operation Spanair to a group of Catalonian investors, and its minority stake in Air Baltic...
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ATR achieves power-on for first 72-600
ATR has started ground-testing the new -600 variant of its regional turboprop line, with power-on of its cockpit avionics. The first example, an ATR...
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India's Kingfisher returns 10 A320s to four leasing firms
Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines has reached agreements with leasing companies for the early return of 10 Airbus A320s, mostly ex-Deccan aircraft. Kingfisher...
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NewsPICTURES: A320 begins flight tests with Aviation Partners winglets
Airbus's A320 flying testbed (F-WWBA) began another round of winglet flight-trials from Toulouse today, this time equipped...
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Gear problems vex Bombardier CRJs
US officials are investigating left main landing gear failures on two types of Bombardier regional jets on two separate occasions this week, incidents that...
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JAL latest to commit to biofuel test flight
Japan Airlines (JAL) has become the latest carrier to commit to carrying out a demonstration flight with an aircraft powered in part by biofuel.
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Qantas A380s to serve Singapore & London from 16 Jan
Australia's Qantas Airways is to start using the Airbus A380 on services to London Heathrow via Singapore from the middle of January after taking delivery...
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NewsNeeleman's Azul takes flight in Brazil
Brazilian domestic carrier Azul today inaugurated Embraer E-Jet service from Viracopos airport in Campinas to Salvador de Bahia. The event marks founder...