All aerospace news – Page 1333
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Fare rises limit fuel pain
With the price of crude oil edging towards $70 a barrel, compared with $55 in mid-March, airlines are reliant on fare hikes or surcharges to compensate for the shortfall.
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AnalysisAirline alliance analysis: Collective gains
As the alliances build ever more wide-reaching networks and become truly global, their attention is turning to finding ways to cut costs in new areas, and from some unexpected sources
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Leisure travel: New horizons
Leisure carriers are shifting their attentions to medium- and long- haul destinations as they face a stiff challenge from budget airlines and respond to changing consumer behaviour
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Cargo counts
The techniques that airports need to employ to attract cargo service are very different to those used to woo passenger carriers
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Market outlook:Time to take stock?
Although the performances of many carriers have improved so far this year, there is still a need for a cautious outlook, writes Chris Tarry of CTAIRA, with analyses from Fabrice Tacoun
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France’s BEA begins Helios CVR examination
France’s air accident investigation body, the BEA, is assessing information on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 which crashed in Greece on 14 August.
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Taiwan's Mandarin issues RFP for 11 Fokker replacements
Mandarin Airlines, primarily a domestic carrier owned by Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL), has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for 70-110 seat regional jets and 110-140 seat narrowbody aircraft.
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NASA slammed in Return to Flight report
NASA management has been accused of arrogance and substandard engineering in the final report of the Return to Flight Task Group (RTFTG), which monitored NASA's implementation of the Columbia accident investigation board (CAIB) recommendations.
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Two weeks before next shuttle launch date confirmed
Although March is the new notional target date for the next Space Shuttle mission, STS 121, it could be two weeks before NASA planners decide if that is realistic or not, NASA said on 18 August
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NewsEarlier incidents underline depressurisation hazards
Although the sequence of events in the cockpit of the crashed Helios Airways Boeing 737 remains a mystery, earlier incidents have shown the crucial importance of reacting promptly to airliner depressurisations. In both the incidents below the captain lost consciousness, leaving only the first officer flying the aircraft. And ...
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NewsNo survivors in West Caribbean MD-82 crash
Colombian civil aviation administration Aerocivil has confirmed that there are no survivors from the West Caribbean Airways-operated Boeing MD-82 aircraft which crashed in Venezuela early today.
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EasyJet signs 10-year maintenance deal with SR Technics
UK budget carrier EasyJet has opted to retain the services of maintenance provider SR Technics for its Airbus A319 fleet following an intensely-competitive battle to secure the long-term deal.
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Fake Helios pictures identified
Hoax photographs purporting to be pictures taken from the cockpit a Lockheed Martin F-16 as it intercepted the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 that crashed near Athens on 14 August have been circulated on the internet.
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UK Home Office to consult industry on immigration
Government kicks off consultation process that could make it easier for overseas workers to obtain highly skilled engineering jobs in areas with shortages