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NewsBoeing reveals 60 aircraft deferrals from 2010 and 2011
Boeing today revealed that 60 aircraft deliveries in 2010 and 2011 have been deferred into the future, and at least another 60 more deferrals are in discussions...
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Boeing delays 747-8I passenger aircraft deliveries
Boeing has further delayed first delivery of the 747-8 Intercontinental by three to six months to the fourth quarter of 2011.
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AirTran plans growth pause until 2011
Low-cost carrier AirTran Airways does not plan to add capacity until 2011. After the carrier sold eight aircraft in 2008 to trim its growth from a...
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NewsBritish Airways to start dismantling crashed 777 airframe
British Airways is to start dismantling the Boeing 777-200ER substantially damaged in last year's approach crash at London Heathrow
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USAF surveys industry for T-38 replacement
The US Air Force has launched a market survey to acquire a new lead-in trainer in 2017, while crafting a careful strategy to preserve its ageing Northrop...
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Lockheed Martin to accept F-22 termination decision
A top Lockheed Martin executive says the company will not oppose the Department of Defense's proposal to halt F-22 production. The company stands to lose...
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US Army orders seven more C-27J transports
The US Army has awarded L-3 Communications a contract to deliver the second batch of Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft starting...
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PICTURES: 6,000 and counting for Boeing’s popular little twinjet
The Boeing 737 has reached an historic milestone with the delivery of the 6,000th aircraft, almost exactly 42 years after the twinjet first took to the air....
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Mid-air turbulence: Troubled times for LCC leadership
In the first of a two-part feature, Spencer Stuartexecutives explore why low-cost chiefs are beginning to suffer legacy insomnia
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PICTURE: Boeing completes first 747-8F wing assembly
Boeing has completed major assembly on the first set of wings for its 747-8 aircraft, which will be part of a freighter airframe.
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Air China returning leased aircraft
Air China is returning leased aircraft this year but it has stated publicly it has so far refrained from delaying aircraft on order.
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NewsVirgin 747-400 to accompany Red Arrows flypast at Biggin Hill
Virgin Atlantic Airways is to fly a Boeing 747-400 in formation with the Royal Air Force aerial display team, the Red Arrows, at an upcoming UK air show
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Airservices Australia prepares next stage of required navigation performance roll-out
Airservices Australia is planning the next stage of its required navigation performance (RNP) project that it hopes will lead to a national roll-out of RNP...
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UK advances talks on Eurofighter, A400M deals
The UK should approve a production deal for its first Tranche 3 Eurofighter Typhoons in the coming weeks, but talks continue on the fate of its A400M order ...
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Daher seeks majority investor for new Socata jet, due 2010
Daher-Socata intends to formally launch a new 10-seat, twin-engined jet early in 2010, but will proceed only if it can find programme partners prepared to...
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NewsBeijing flying school temporarily shuts due to financial woes
Beijing Pan Am International Academy in China has temporarily closed and is seeking new investors because its majority owner, financial giant AIG, is unwilling...
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Airbus may give A350 work to Chinese city of Tianjin
Airbus is looking at having some A350 manufacturing work done in Tianjin, the Chinese port city where it already has an A320-family assembly plant.
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BJETS delays aircraft deliveries as economic crisis bites
Asian fractional ownership firm BJETS has asked manufacturers to slow the delivery of the business aircraft...
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Hawker Pacific plans to expand fixed-base operations to Perth
Australian sales, services and product support company Hawker Pacific is to expand its domestic fixed base operation in the next two months by opening a...