All aerospace news – Page 989
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NewsNTSB slams American maintenance, pilot performance in St. Louis engine fire
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says American Airlines of "inappropriate" maintenance procedures to manually start Boeing MD-82 engines...
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Credit crunch may thwart Midway privatization
The consortium set to privatize Chicago Midway airport failed to meet its financing deadline on 6 April, stalling plans to modernize the facility.
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AUDIO: AirTran Boeing 717 engine emergency
An AirTran Boeing 717 will be back in service by tonight after an in-flight engine emergency on Sunday during flight from Baltimore to Atlanta.
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NewsAres and Altair design contracts to be awarded
Design contracts for NASA's Ares V cargo launch vehicle (CaLV) and its Altair lunar lander payload are to be awarded in the next few days and weeks. Both...
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Finnair technical division seals MRO pact for KLM MD-11s
Finnair Technical Services has signed a new maintenance contract with KLM covering work on Boeing MD-11 aircraft during 2009. The Dutch carrier and...
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Investigators recover crashed Super Puma recorders
Investigators have recovered the combined cockpit-voice and flight-data recorder from the Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma which crashed into the North Sea on...
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NewsOpenSkies reveals violet streak as L'Avion 757s are repainted
British Airways' transatlantic business operation OpenSkies has started integrating the Boeing 757-200s of French carrier L'Avion into its fleet
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NewsAstrium: we are committed to space jet
EADS Astrium's suborbital space jet has the company's long term commitment and its technological development will be sustained according to the company's...
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NewsBA premium traffic still falling in March
British Airways has posted March traffic and capacity figures that continue to show sharp falls in premium traffic. Figures for last month reveal...
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Mexicana 717s to have Rolls-Royce engine support
Mexicana has reached a long-term maintenance agreement with Rolls-Royce covering the engines on the 25 Boeing 717 aircraft being leased by the carrier's...
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Downturn forces Cirrus to delay aircraft development
The global economic meltdown has forced Cirrus Design to delay its new aircraft development timetable while it awaits the signs of recovery. Certification...
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Business briefs
Sluggish civil sales growth, a declining value of the Israeli shekel and falling interest...
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India's Hyderabad aims to be centre for aerospace manufacturing
Indian conglomerate GMR Group, which built and is the major owner of Hyderabad's new airport, is speaking to European and US aerospace companies about establishing...
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JetBlue starts examining heavy maintenance options for E-190s
Embraer E-190 launch customer JetBlue Airways is starting to examine its heavy maintenance strategy for the aircraft as the average age of that fleet type...
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NewsInvestigators seek clues to Cougar S-92 final moments
Canadian safety investigators say the Cougar Helicopters S-92 that crashed off the coast of Newfoundland on 12 March hit the water “belly first” in an upright position with a “tail-low” attitude
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Panasonic lines up five customers to launch eXconnect Ku-band in autumn
Panasonic plans to launch its eXconnect Ku-band satellite passenger connectivity service later this year and says it has an initial customer base of five...
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Europe targets 500,000t annual cut in carbon dioxide through continuous descent approaches
Aviation groups have ambitious plans to introduce continuous descent approaches (CDA) across Europe. The plans are part of an effort to reduce commercial...
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ASA expects to complete engine inspections tomorrow
Delta Connection operator Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) expects to complete re-inspections of GE CF34 engines on 60 Bombardier CRJ200s by mid-day 2 April...
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NewsVIDEO & PICTURES: A350 XWB cutaway model shows options for interior design
VIDEO & PICTURES: A350 XWB cutaway model shows options for interior design