All aerospace news – Page 918
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Libyan Airlines to create leisure operation
Libyan Airlines is planning to create a separate leisure brand which it will use to boost its passenger numbers and load factors. Tripoli-based Libyan...
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Cathay Pacific's Airbus aircraft plagued by toilet woes
Cathay Pacific Airways engineers and Airbus are examining the toilets on the carrier's Airbus A330s and Airbus A340s, after blocked lavatories forced a Hong...
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New Chinese cargo carrier Shunfeng applies for AOC
A new Chinese cargo start-up is set to begin operations soon from Shenzhen International Airport.
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Magnetic heat shield test could use Russian launcher
European researchers developing a magnetic heat shield that could augment or replace the traditional ablative materials hope to make a test flight in the...
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Turning the tide at Thai Airways
New president Piyasvasti Amranand is fashioning astrategy aimed at stabilising and regenerating the national carrier
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US DOT levies fines in ExpressJet tarmac delay incident
Officials from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) have levied a $100,000 civil penalty against ExpressJet and partner Continental Airlines for a highly-publicised...
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US Airways defers 54 Airbus deliveries and secures new financing commitments
US Airways is the latest US carrier to secure financing to weather economic uncertainty while also deferring 54 Airbus narrowbody and widebody deliveries...
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HiFire partners plot hypersonic course
March 2010 could see the second suborbital ballistic flight to test materials survivability, sensors and avionics for the Hypersonic International Flight...
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EASA mandates PC-12 NG Apex fix
The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued an airworthiness directive that will remove flight attitude restrictions for Honeywell Primus Apex-equipped...
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NewsFlightglobal launches 2nd annual Webbies 2009 with two new categories
Flightglobal has launched the Webbies 2009 - Flightglobal Aviation Web Awards - now in its second year, with two brand new categories. The Flightglobal Aviation Web Awards follows ...
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Working Week: Fast track on the dream path
Pam Melroy was a USAF pilot and instructor and Space Shuttle commander who helped investigate the Columbia disaster. Since August, she has been deputy space programme manager at Lockheed Martin
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Emirates to open Tokyo service
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to open non-stop services to Tokyo Narita, complementing its Japanese operation to Osaka.
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Continental temporarily deactivates LiveTV systems
Continental Airlines temporarily deactivated all of its LiveTV in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems on 20 November after discovering that a small part of...
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GE acquires performance-based navigation firm, Naverus
GE Aviation has acquired Washington-based Naverus, a 60-employee company that develops required navigation performance (RNP) and other performance-based...
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Eurocopter lightning test results verify finite element analysis
Lightning strike tests at Eurocopter's Donauwörth facility have verified finite element analysis accuracy for carbonfibre structure current flow simulation,...
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Market Outlook: Load factor limitations
Chris Tarry stresses that load factors are only a measure of capacity utilisation.
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US airline 3Q analysis: Skating along the bottom
US carrier 3Q results offer faint signs they could be crawling out from one of the strongest revenue troughs in history
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General aviation in brief
Forward Vision Systems and One Sky Aviation has received supplemental type certification...
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NewsGulf Air restructuring to concentrate on regional operations
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air is to focus on regional operations, build up its short-haul fleet, and realign its network towards strong connections through...



















