All air transport news – Page 1193
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Australia's John Holland to maintain Strategic's aircraft
Melbourne-based maintenance, repair and overhaul firm John Holland Aviation Services (JHAS) has won a contract to provide line maintenance to new Australian...
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Cathay traffic in July down 8%
Cathay Pacific Airways posted an 8.2% fall in passenger traffic in July with traffic from North America the most adversely affected.
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AUVSI: JAXA reveals disaster-relief UAV goals
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is developing key technologies for disaster monitoring unmanned air vehicles...
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Delta issues request for information to bring portable IFE to 747s
Delta Air Lines has quietly issued a request for information to bring 350-plus non-embedded handheld in-flight entertainment devices on each of the 16 Boeing...
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Bombardier terminates MyAir's 15-strong CRJ1000 order
Less than one month after Italian low-fares carrier MyAir's operations were formally suspended by civil aviation authority ENAC, Bombardier has terminated...
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EASA to allow four months to replace Thales A330/A340 pitots
Operators of Airbus A330s and A340s will have a four-month window to replace Thales Avionics pitot probes once Europe's safety regulator firms up the proposal...
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NTSB issues recommendations on sleep apnea and fatigue
Following the conclusion of its investigation of Go pilots who fell asleep during a February 2008 flight, the US National Transportation Safety Board has...
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RNP proving to be time-consuming for Southwest
Carrier investing $175 million over next six years but bemoans cost and complications of implementation
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Germany grants airlines emissions trading scheme extension
Germany has become the second European Union member to postpone airlines' first emissions trading deadline following the UK. Airlines flying into EU...
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AUVSI: IAI unveils its most advanced mini UAV payload
Israel Aerospace Industries (booth 418) has unveiled its most advanced payload for small unmanned air vehicles, Shaul Shahar. MiniPop-D is a single...
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Australia's Pacific Wings gets nod for New Caledonia
Australia's Pacific Wings has received approval from the Australian government to fly New Caledonia.
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India's Jet to link Bangkok to Indian Buddhist sites
Indian carrier Jet Airways will launch twice weekly services on the Varanasi-Gaya-Bangkok route.
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Revamped products aid Russia's helicopter rebirth
Russia is renowned around the world for heavy helicopters. Now it is aiming to catch up in the light/medium market
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Business - briefs
UNITED AIRCRAFT TO FUND AN-148 PRODUCTION AIRLINERS Russia's United Aircraft is to invest Rb5 billion ($160 million) in affiliated...
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Business - quote of the week
Quote of the week "Cutting costs has no negative collateral" Embraer chief Frederico Fleury Curado explains why the company has opted for an...
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Business - bad week
NEWFREIGHTERSNippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has been forced to put two nearlynew Boeing 747-400 Freighters into desert storage after failing to find a lessee....
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Business - good week
GKN First-half aerospace sales soared by 64% to $770 million ($1.3 billion) and trading profit jumped 68% to £79 million; underlying sales were up 5%, but...
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Opinion
Comment: Europe should have a common, higher transition altitude
Europe needs to drop disparate national transition altitudes and standardise. Ideally it should be done throughout, but regional change would be a start,...
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Opinion
Comment: Russian revolution
The Superjet 100 and MS-21 all-new single aisle will play crucial roles in the re-invention of a once mighty aerospace nation looking to again be a major player in the airliner industry
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Southwest eager to keep Lynx feed in Denver
Southwest Airlines appears keen to retain the feed currently supplied by Frontier Airlines' subsidiary Lynx if the Dallas-based carrier is successful in...