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WestJet modifying Q400s to prevent depressurisations
WestJet is making modifications to its Bombardier Q400 turboprop fleet to prevent an issue that has caused at least three recent in-flight Q400 depressurisations.
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NewsPICTURES: RAF Tornados poised for operational end
The UK Royal Air Force is within days of completing its last combat deployment involving the Panavia Tornado GR4, as preparations gather pace for the ground-attack stalwart's formal retirement by 31 March.
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LHT mulls Berlin MRO options amid airport 'uncertainties'
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is evaluating options for its future presence in Berlin as its existing Schonefeld site needs to be vacated in 2021.
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Delta continues Japan pulldown with Fukuoka exit
Delta Air Lines continues to retrench in Japan with plans to exit the Fukuoka market this May.
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Ethiopian to end LA service in network rejig
Ethiopian Airlines will axe services to Los Angeles and add a new service to Houston as part of a reorganisation of the its routes to the USA.
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Jet Airways seeks approval for capital increase plan
Struggling Indian carrier Jet Airways has called an extraordinary general meeting for 21 February as it seeks approval for plans to increase its share capital.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: General Atomics boss hails US export shift
As the USA struggles to bring its two counter-terrorism wars to a close in Afghanistan and Syria, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, which first rose to prominence after 9/11, supplying the CIA and Pentagon with its MQ-1 Predator unmanned air vehicle (UAV), is also trying to move on.
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Captain of crashed Q400 suffered 'breakdown' in cockpit
Investigators probing the fatal US-Bangla Airlines Bombardier Q400 landing accident at Kathmandu last year have disclosed that the captain of the flight had previously suffered with depression.
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Controllers feared erratic Q400 would collide with tower
Nepalese investigators have detailed the extraordinary approach path taken by a US-Bangla Airlines Bombardier Q400 before its fatal impact with the runway at Kathmandu.
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ANALYSIS: HAV poised to launch Airlander 10 production
Do not write off the world's largest aircraft yet. A little over a year after a second flight-test accident left its lighter-than-air hybrid airship deflated, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) is ready to begin production of its Airlander 10, and is talking to five "early adopters" – two from the commercial ...
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Pilot under emotional stress before US-Bangla Q400 crash
Investigators have determined that a pilot operating a US-Bangla Bombardier Q400 was under stress, before the aircraft crashed on 12 March last year at Kathmandu Tribhuvan international airport.
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Nexcelle names new chief
Nexcelle has appointed Patrice Provost as its president, with the nacelle manufacturer preparing for a change to its ownership.
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Airbus, Thai firm to collaborate on MRO and pilot training
Airbus and Thailand's Civil Aviation Training Centre (CATC) signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on projects in developing and implementing maintenance training and pilot training courses.
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Tigerair Taiwan IPO targeted at expansion, securing financing
China Airlines believes that a listing for Tigerair Taiwan will pave the road for the low-cost carrier’s expansion, as well as ease the securing of financing.
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Spanish authorities seek owner of abandoned MD-87
Madrid Barajas airport's director is seeking information on a neglected 29-year old Boeing MD-87 parked at the Spanish hub.
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KAI to explore feasibility of regional airliner
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) will explore the possibility of developing a regional airliner.
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Qantas eyes passenger needs for ultra-long-haul
Qantas have detailed the requests its passengers have made, as part of the carrier's research into its planned ultra-long-haul flights to Europe and the United States in 2022, dubbed 'Project Sunrise'.
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VIDEO: Jets shoved and buses toppled by Antalya tornado
Video images have emerged showing the effects of a tornado which struck Antalya airport, on the southern Turkish coast, on 26 January.
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Boeing secures $2.5bn order for 19 P-8 maritime patrol aircraft
Boeing received a $2.5 billion foreign military sales order for 19 P-8 maritime patrol aircraft for the US Navy, Royal Air Force and Norway.
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'No screaming good' deals on WestJet's first 787 flights: CFO
Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet is taking a somewhat novel tack in how it prices seats on soon-to-launch Boeing 787-9 flights.