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Business: Good week - Bad week
The US airframer has at last landed a launch customer for its 787 GoldCare power-by-the-hour life-cycle management service, with TUI Travel signing...
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NewsCebu Pacific orders seven A320s
Cebu Pacific has placed an order for seven more Airbus A320s, taking its order backlog to 22 aircraft. The new aircraft, to be powered by CFM International...
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ASH CLOUD: Flight disruptions costing Thai 100m baht daily
Thai Airways International has estimated its financial losses at 100 million baht ($3.1 million) a day from flight disruptions due to the volcanic ash cloud...
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ASH CLOUD: 'No-fly' zone to be defined as airspace re-opens
While restrictions on European airspace will ease from 20 April, Eurocontrol expects that a 'no-fly' zone will still affect around one-third of the current...
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NewsMRO USA: Operational gains from connectivity hindered by choke point on the ground
As airlines across the globe move to equip their aircraft with passenger connectivity systems, the discussion is heating up about how to achieve operational gains from these higher-bandwidth pipes.
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NewsASH CLOUD LIVE: Kallas confirms measures to open European airspace
European transport ministers have agreed to ease restrictions on ash-hit air traffic from 20 April.
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ASH CLOUD: Airbus A380 and A340 flights to assess ash effects
Airbus is to inspect its A380 and A340-600 development aircraft after they complete flights today in volcanic ash above Europe. The manufacturer says it...
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ASH CLOUD: NATO unsure on F-16 damage claim
NATO says it has no further information following a US claim that F-16 fighter engines were damaged by volcanic ash in Europe ...
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NewsMRO USA: Change is in the air
Compliance challenges continue to hover over Southwest Airlines two years after missed fuselage inspections triggered an almost $8 million fine against the...
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MRO USA: USAF shakes up MRO policy for C-17, F-22
After more than a decade the US Air Force makes a 'paradigm shift' in its outsourcing strategy for the C-17 and F-22
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MRO USA: FAA dissolves carrier customer service mentality
The changing culture between the FAA and Southwest inspectors highlights issues in the pair's rocky relationship
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CASE STUDY: When volcanic ash brought down a 747
It was on 24 June 1982 that the world learned, in dramatic fashion, precisely what kind of damage tropopausal volcanic ash can do to an aircraft.
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ASH CLOUD: No engine degradation on BA 747 test-flight
Detailed analysis of the engines on the British Airways Boeing 747 used in a test flight through the European volcanic cloud has indicated no deterioration...
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Sikorsky, Lockheed join forces for revamped Marine One deal
Sikorsky has allied with previous rival Lockheed Martin for the USMC's revamped Marine One/VXX deal ...
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ASH CLOUD: Volcanic dust costing BA £20m daily
British Airways is losing up to £20 million ($30.5 million) a day as a result of the closure of European airspace caused by the volcanic ash cloud. The...
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ASH CLOUD: Charter brokers prepare for travel eruption as volcanic ash threat subsides
Private charter companies are preparing for a surge in post-restriction bookings as premium and corporate travellers seek to resume travel plans in anticipation...
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Airbus and Boeing enjoy better start to year, accumulating 139 net orders
Performance outshines early 2009 as output holds steady and Airbus and Boeing amass almost 140 orders in first quarter
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Simulation innovator buys independence from CAE
Sabena Flight Academy - Development has bought 33% of its shares back from Canadian simulator giant CAE, which had acquired them in June 2008 as part of...
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NewsASH CLOUD: ATC services eye 20 April for re-opening airspace
European air navigation providers are recommending re-opening of airspace and the resumption of flights by 08:00 tomorrow. The recommendation has...
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ASH CLOUD: Finland to allow some flights today
Some commercial flights will be allowed in southern Finland today, after an air sampling sortie conducted by the nation's air force ...