All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 317
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Airbus removes 10 A380s from order backlog
Airbus has removed orders for 10 A380s which had previously been allocated to an undisclosed customer.
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Airbus confirms MEA order for A330-900s
Airbus has confirmed Lebanese flag-carrier Middle East Airlines as a customer for four A330-900s.
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Airbus adds nearly 400 orders in final weeks of 2018
Airbus’s order rush in December centred heavily on single-aisle activity, with two undisclosed orders alone accounting for 147 A320neo-family aircraft.
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Late Airbus surge takes full-year net orders to 747
Airbus took net orders for 747 aircraft last year, managing to double the net figure of 380 it had achieved by the end of November.
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Airbus achieves 800 deliveries for 2018
Airbus managed to deliver 800 commercial aircraft last year, but has yet to confirm the breakdown by type.
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UK toughens airport defences after Gatwick drone incident
UK government authorities are to start testing and evaluating a range of counter-drone technologies in the country, intended to prevent airport disruption of the scale which recently affected London Gatwick.
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Superjet awaits US approval for Iranian Superjet sales
Russian airframer Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division claims it has yet to hear from US regulators regarding possible clearance of Superjet 100 sales to Iran.
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New A220 orders eclipse total A319neo sales
Airbus’s sealing of its landmark US orders for A220-300s means the airframer has effectively doubled the entirety of sales achieved by the rival A319neo.
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Ethiopian 737-800 undamaged in Ugandan overrun
Ethiopian Airlines believes that a Boeing 737-800 escaped damage after overrunning at Entebbe airport, Uganda.
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Qatar takes 5% share of China Southern
Middle Eastern carrier Qatar Airways is taking a 5% shareholding in China Southern Airlines.
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EASA: Commercial aviation fatalities worst for three years
Preliminary air transport safety analysis indicates that last year was the worst, in terms of commercial aviation fatalities, for three years.
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RETROSPECTIVE: Tu-144 beats Concorde to first flight
When the first Tupolev Tu-144 thundered its way into aeronautical history 50 years ago, lifting off from Zhukovksy airfield on the last day of 1968, much of the supersonic programme remained cloaked by the secrecy of the Cold War.
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Contamination led to Qeshm Fokker gear-up accident
Iranian investigators have determined that poor maintenance procedures, allowing contamination of hydraulic lines, led to a gear-up landing by a Qeshm Air Fokker 100 earlier this year.
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France's Vinci takes majority share of London Gatwick
French operator Vinci Airports is taking a majority shareholding in London Gatwick airport, under a new pact with Global Infrastructure Partners.
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PICTURE: Severstal takes delivery of first Superjet 100
Russian operator Severstal Aircompany has taken delivery of its first Sukhoi Superjet 100.
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Dostoevsky's name written into Russian airport history
St Petersburg Pulkovo airport is to receive the name of writer Fyodor Dostoevsky while Moscow’s Vnukovo is to be named after legendary Soviet aircraft designer Andrei Tupolev.
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PICTURES: Third assembled MC-21 moves to flight line
Irkut has transferred a third MC-21 to the flight-test station after completing assembly of the twinjet at its manufacturing plant.
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Inquiry reveals blunders behind 777F's 100t weight error
Investigators have disclosed that a 100t weight error led the tail-strike protection mechanism to activate on an Air France Boeing 777F, spurring the crew to command full take-off thrust.
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Brussels-bound A330 suffered failures in both engines
Belgian investigators have disclosed that a Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-200 suffered failures in both engines while en route from Kinshasa on 11 December.
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Nervous Gatwick resumes services after further suspension
London Gatwick airport has resumed operations after a brief further suspension of operation at the hub, initiated following another suspected drone incursion.