All aerospace news – Page 899
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NewsAir Berlin maintenance chief quits over strategy rift
German carrier Air Berlin's maintenance chief, Wolfgang Kurth, is quitting the company after a disagreement on strategy. Kurth was named as the chief...
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NewsRolls-Royce: Trent modification will 'eliminate' fuel-ice risk
Carriers are on track to complete, within six months, modification of nearly 1,900 Trent engines considered vulnerable to the fuel icing which brought down...
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Spain orders a dozen Eurocopter EC135s
The Spanish government has ordered 12 Eurocopter EC135 P2i helicopters for its two police forces as part of the country's helicopter modernisation...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
UK holiday carrier Thomson Airways has started renting Sony PlayStation portable in-flight entertainment systems to passengers, who can play...
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Business briefs
International Lease Finance has suspended lease rentals for non-revenue Haiti relief flights from...
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Mandarin Airlines signs tyre deal with Dunlop's China unit
Taiwan's Mandarin Airlines has signed a three-year deal with Dunlop Aircraft Tyres' joint venture in China's Fujian province. Under the agreement,...
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Aeromexico slows down expansion of US network
Aeromexico plans to resume service to Atlanta but has dropped Albuquerque and shelved plans to launch Washington Dulles as it continues to realign its North...
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NewsAir France Concorde to taxi again under own power
One of the BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde aircraft formerly operated by Air France is to undergo a restoration programme to enable
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SINGAPORE 2010: Fokker to support Dash 8s in Asia
Fokker has decided to support older models of Bombardier turboprops in Asia.
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SINGAPORE 2010: Eurocopter secures sales in Thailand, Vietnam
Eurocopter has sold four helicopters to Vietnam and one helicopter to Thailand.
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Udvar-Hazy retires from ILFC
Steven Udvar-Hazy, co-founder of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) and one of the most powerful voices in commercial aviation, retired on 5...
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SIA outlines plans for retrofitted 777-200s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has decided to retrofit 11 of its Boeing 777-200s that mostly operate on routes to China and India.
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SINGAPORE 2010: Eurocopter SEA and Thai govt seal EC135 deal
Eurocopter's South-east Asia subsidiary has concluded its first sales contract with Thailand's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) for one...
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AirTran predicts adding up to two Caribbean destinations annually
AirTran Airways plans a measured expansion into the Caribbean as compared with its fellow US low-fare carrier JetBlue.
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First 787 with interiors to fly by month's end
Boeing's first 787 to feature interior components is expected to begin flight tests by the end of February. The aircraft, ZA003, has been fitted with...
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NewsSINGAPORE 2010: Boeing examines extending 737 nosegear to accommodate new engine
Amid increasing industry speculation about the imminent launch of re-engined narrowbodies, Flightglobal has learned how Boeing could engineer the tricky...
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NewsObama's commercial spaceflight incurs political wrath
President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget has ended NASA’s 2020 Moon programme while privatising manned spacecraft, incurring the wrath of politicians even before the agency...