All air transport news – Page 885
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NewsDUBAI: 787 touches down at show
Boeing's 787 prototype ZA003 touched down at the show early on Saturday, sporting a new colour scheme after the airframer replaced the previous largely-white livery with its more familiar blue wave.
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NewsDubai: The great and the good celebrated at the Flightglobal Achievement Awards
Emirates Airline’s president Tim Clark, BEA AF447 investigation team, Sikorsky’s X2 pilot Kevin Bredenbeck and airline pioneer Burt Rutan have been named Leader, Innovator, Aviator and lifetime award winner in the third annual Flightglobal Achievement Awards.
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Oxygen problems, control loss led to UPS 747 crash
United Arab Emirates (UAE) investigators have detailed how a UPS Boeing 747-400 freighter crew struggled with the oxygen supply and battled against a loss...
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DUBAI: Emirates, Qatar could spring order surprises
Emirates and Qatar Airways each appear prepared to spring a surprise during the show and are likely to express initial reactions to Airbus's newly-disclosed delay of the A350.
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DUBAI: Goodrich signs support agreements with Emirates
Goodrich has signed a pair of support agreements with Emirates Airline. The first is a general terms agreement (GTA), which provides the framework for all future maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreements between Emirates and Goodrich
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Embraer’s narrowbody call could be smart move
Embraer's decision to focus on developing a major upgrade for its E-Jet family rather than following its rival Bombardier into a head-to-head fight with...
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DUBAI: ExecuJet shows off latest Bombardiers
ExecuJet (stand E370) has put on static display at the show two Bombardier aircraft that have been added to its Middle East charter fleet: a Challenger 605...
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DUBAI: Fresh speakers announced for training conference
Captain Jacques Drappier, senior training adviser for Airbus (stand W860), and Othman Al Khoori, vice president human resources administration for Abu Dhabi...
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Shutdowns prompt new GE CF6 directive: FAA
Reports of eight in-flight and four on-ground unintended shutdowns of General Electric CF6-80C2B wide-body turbofan engines have prompted the US Federal...
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Embraer commits to re-engined E-Jets
Embraer has confirmed plans to abandon development of a narrowbody competitor to Airbus and Boeing and instead focus on an estimated $2 billion programme...
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Daimler reduces EADS stake to 7.5%
Daimler is to sell half of its 15% shareholding in EADS to the German government's KFW bank in 2012.
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EADS grows nine-month revenue to €32.7 billion
Airbus parent EADS has revealed revenue for the first nine months of 2011 of €32.7 billion ($44.2 billion), a rise of 4% on the same period a year ago.
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NewsEADS indicates "termination" of Airbus A340 programme
Airbus appears to have ended its A340 aircraft programme, according to details in the financial results of its parent company EADS.
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NewsAirbus A350 final assembly schedule slips to 2012
Airbus has slipped the development schedule of the A350-900, with entry into service set for the first half of 2014.
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Feedback: Bill Swelbar on GDSs and consumer protection
MIT International research engineer William Swelbar argues the GDS sector is ready for competition
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NewsAeroflot set to begin international Superjet 100 flights
Aeroflot is poised to deploy its Sukhoi Superjet 100s on international services after receiving its third of the type. The carrier said its new regional...
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NewsCaribbean Airlines takes delivery of first ATR 72-600
Caribbean Airlines has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600 turboprop in Toulouse, part of an order for nine of the type.
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Taiwan's Eva Air inks LOI for 10 A321s
Taiwanese carrier Eva Air has signed a letter of intent to lease 10 Airbus A321 aircraft to tap on the growing traffic to China.
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Air France to deploy A380s on Dubai, Los Angeles routes
Air France will operate Airbus A380 aircraft on its routes to Dubai, starting 5 December, and Los Angeles, starting 28 May 2012.
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Azerbaijan Airlines joins Boeing's training network
Azerbaijan Airlines' flight simulator centre has become part of Boeing's flight training network.