All air transport news – Page 853
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NewsHairline cracks ground Air New Zealand’s ATR 72-500s
Air New Zealand grounded its entire fleet of ATR 72-500 turboprops on 18 March after discovering hairline cracks around the cockpit windows of one aircraft. Two...
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NewsREDjet ceases operations blaming subsidised rivals
Caribbean carrier REDjet has grounded its fleet, blaming state-subsidised rivals for slashing prices to such a degree that it was unable to compete. The...
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NewsAir Berlin outlines plans for €200m earnings improvement
Germany's Air Berlin is aiming for more than €200 million ($261 million) in earnings improvements during 2012, after posting huge losses for last year. The...
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NewsIndia needs 1,043 aircraft over next 20 years: Airbus
Airbus forecasts that India will need 1,043 new aircraft over the next 20 years. Despite the current climate in India's aviation industry, the airframer...
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NewsUTC announces spin-off plan for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
United Technologies will spin-off Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and the non-aerospace businesses of Hamilton Sundstrand to partly finance a $16.5 billion acquisition...
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NewsBoeing gets four-sat order for 'small platform' bus as Falcon 9 gets launches
Boeing has announced orders for a total of satellites for its new Boeing 702SP "small platform" bus design.
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ANALYSIS: Airbus 'more exposed to trade sanctions' than Boeing
With appeals of the US and European Union complaints against illegal subsidies to Airbus and Boeing now settled,...
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NewsNorthrop receives F-16 radar contract
Northrop Grumman has won an $87.8 million contract to provide 43 APG-68(V)9 pulse-Doppler radar sets for Iraq, Oman and Thailand.
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Boeing to send 113 aircraft to Indian carriers within six years
Boeing has 113 aircraft in its order book from Indian carriers, most of which are for narrowbodies. Jet Airways is the airframer's largest Indian client,...
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NewsBoeing in 'advanced discussions' over 777s for China
Boeing says it is in "advanced discussions for a significant number of 777s in greater China", elaborating on commercial airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh's comments...
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Boeing commercial chief refutes Air India settlement reports
Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief executive Jim Albaugh refuted a report of a lump sum $500 million settlement with Air India on its order for 27 significantly-delayed...
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Boeing re-affirms 787 delivery guidance
Maintaining its goal of 35 to 42 787 deliveries in 2012, Boeing's Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh says the company is considering ramping up production...
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NewsHonduran L-410 crash pilots failed to follow procedures
Pilots of a Central American Airways Let L-410 failed to follow the correct instrument procedure for landing at Tegucigalpa before the aircraft struck terrain in poor weather while attempting a second approach.
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Air India to receive seven 787s by March 2013
State-owned carrier Air India will take delivery of seven Boeing 787s by March 2013. The carrier expects to receive the first aircraft in May and the...
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NewsAirbus mates first A350 rear fuselage sections
Airbus has mated the rear fuselage sections of the first flight-test A350-900 prototype, ahead of the airframe's arrival on the final assembly line this...
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NewsKingfisher curtails ‘bleeding’ overseas widebody operations
India's Kingfisher Airlines has reduced its overseas widebody operations, returning an Airbus A330-200 aircraft to a lessor, and has called on India to...
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NewsBrazil’s GOL submits request to operate US services
Brazilian low-cost carrier GOL Linhas Aereas has applied to the country's national civil aviation agency ANAC to operate regular services to the US. GOL's...
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Boeing 787 awarded 2011 Collier Trophy
Boeing's 787 has been named the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Collier Trophy, joining past Boeing commercial honourees the 747, 757, 767 and 777.