Airframers – Page 789
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Satair, world's largest independent parts distributor, moves to exploit chinese market
Copenhagen-based Satair, the world's biggest independent distributor of aircraft parts, has gained a foothold in China's rapidly expanding maintenance market - and there is plenty more to come, says chief executive John Staer
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Embraer to start series production of Phenom 100
Embraer is to begin series production of the Phenom 100 next month as the Brazilian airframer advances towards certification and first deliveries of the...
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BMI ownership key to Virgin fleet plans
Virgin Atlantic Airways is holding off on ordering additional Airbus A380s, Boeing 787s, or signing for Boeing 747-8s until it has greater clarity about...
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Fixing the Fixers - study reveals how poor maintenance is causing safety fears
The servicing of airliner escape slides is just one area of concern cited in a study of incidents arising directly out of poor maintenance
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GE identifies 13,000 defective fan blades on CF34-powered CRJ200s
General Electric will sell, at a heavy discount, CF34-3B1 engine fan blades to Bombardier CRJ operators affected by a service bulletin calling for replacements...
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Crew of wing-strike Lufthansa A320 was offered different runway
German investigators have yet to release initial findings about the recent highly public wing-strike incident involving a Lufthansa Airbus A320 at Hamburg,...
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NewsRussia’s S7 to phase out last Soviet-built aircraft by 2013
As it prepares to take delivery of its first new Airbus A320, Russia's S7 Airlines has set deadlines for the phasing out its two remaining Soviet-built aircraft...
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Breakdown in ATC communication led to serious Irish air proximity incident between MD-83 and Boeing 737
Irish investigators are attributing a serious air proximity incident between a Flightline Boeing MD-83 and a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 last September to a breakdown...
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Emirates details initial A380 network
Emirates will operate its inaugural Airbus A380 services on 1 October between Dubai and New York, and will introduce flights to London Heathrow on 1 December....
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Toyota may invest in Mitsubishi Regional Jet
Japanese car manufacturer Toyota is considering investing in Mitsubishi...
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NewsBoeing says simulator test shows 787 software catching up
Boeing has reached a development milestone in the 787 programme's previously troubled flight-control software code, with a simulated flight from Seattle-Tacoma...