All Airframers news – Page 984
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Awiator prepares for wake vortex reduction experiment
Differential flap settings and spoiler changes hold key for tackling hazard
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NewsATR records 90 orders in 2005 to become joint top of regionals league
The resurgence of the turboprop market last year has vaulted ATR to the head of the turboprop order rankings, with 90 net orders for 2005 compared with 61 for Bombardier's Q Series.
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Behind the order book
Record aircraft orders do not necessarily indicate good times ahead, writes Chris Tarry of CTAIRA, with analyses from Fabrice Tacoun
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Carriers renew fleets
More than a decade after studies began, state-owned Air India and Indian Airlines have finally ordered a wealth of new Airbus and Boeing types to help them renew and expand their ageing fleets.
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Pacific islands struggle on
Three Pacific island nations are finding it tough to maintain links with the outside world following cutbacks in air service.
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Delay fears mount as traffic soars
Europe’s air traffic management organisation Eurocontrol says that air traffic grew to a record 9.2 million flights in 2005, but airline bodies are nervous as delay levels creep up.
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Northwest cranks up labour tensions
A proposal by Northwest Airlines to set up an internal small-jet subsidiary as it reorganises in bankruptcy has provoked strike threats by its pilots union, a warning observers are taking seriously.