All Europe articles – Page 533
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EASA certifies higher-weight A350-1000
Europe's air transport safety regulator has certified a higher-weight version of the Airbus A350-1000.
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Over 30 Superjets produced last year: Sukhoi
Sukhoi's civil aircraft division manufactured 34 Superjet 100s during 2017, the largest number to roll off the company's production line in a single year.
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New round of flight tests take PD-14 closer to certification
Russia's United Engine has embarked on a third phase of flight tests with the Aviadvigatel PD-14 for the Irkut MC-21-300.
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IAG to acquire Niki for €20 million
IAG is to acquire the assets of Austrian leisure carrier Niki for €20 million ($24 million) and provide liquidity of up to €16.5 million.
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Turkish to take three more 777Fs
Turkish Airlines has disclosed its decision to purchase three more 777 Freighters from Boeing.
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Indigo firms up 430 A320neo family aircraft order
Private equity firm Indigo Partners has finalised an order for 430 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, which will be operated by four low-cost carriers affiliated with Indigo.
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First Qatar A350-1000 delivery slips to 2018
Airbus will not hand over the first A350-1000 until 2018, after the airframer agreed a revised delivery schedule with launch customer Qatar Airways.
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AerCap converts options on additional 50 A320neos
AerCap has exercised options to purchase 50 more Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.
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GE completes first ground test of Advanced Turboprop engine
GE Aviation completed the first test run of the new Advanced Turboprop engine in Prague on 22 December, crossing a key milestone in the company’s long-term strategy to compete in a market long dominated by Pratt & Whitney Canada.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline start-ups and failures in 2017
FlightGlobal data shows that 39 new airline operations were established over the first eight months of 2017, roughly matching the 37 airlines that ceased operations or suspended flights.
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L-410 crash probe details propeller-speed deviation
Investigators examining the crash of a Let Aircraft Industries L-410 in eastern Russia have disclosed that the aircraft's propellers started turning at different speeds seconds before the right-hand engine entered the beta range on final approach to Nelkan.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Opportunities and challenges for aviation in 2018
What's in store for aviation in the year ahead?
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EgyptAir crew reacted wrongly to collision-avoidance orders
Belgian investigators have disclosed that the crew of a climbing EgyptAir Airbus A300-600 freighter misunderstood an instruction to level off from its collision-avoidance system before a serious airprox involving an Air France A320.
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Engine RFP issued for Chinese-Russian CR929
Developers of a joint Russian-Chinese widebody aircraft has issued a request for proposal for the jet's propulsion system.
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Supplier selection nears for Russian-Chinese CR929
Developers of a joint Russian-Chinese long-haul aircraft expect to select suppliers over the next year to 18 months, after the project passed a technical concept checkpoint.
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Air Berlin jets help drive EasyJet Europe expansion
Low-cost carrier EasyJet's new European operation has surpassed the size of the airline's Swiss division having taken its fleet to 28 jets.
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ANALYSIS: Lack of foresight snared gear-up 767 crew
Pilots of a LOT Boeing 767-300ER involved in a gear-up landing had relied on the alternate gear-extension system functioning, after a hydraulic leak, and had not prepared for the situation to deteriorate in the final moments of approach.
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Pegasus firms options on 25 A321neos
Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines is to exercise options for 25 more Airbus A321neos.
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J-Music to protect NATO tanker fleet
Elbit Systems has been awarded a $46 million contract to equip a future pooled NATO fleet of Airbus A330 tankers with its J-Music directional infrared countermeasures self-protection equipment.
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Top airline groups keep faith with incumbent chiefs in 2017
The world’s top airlines largely kept faith with their chief executives in 2017 as they navigated a year of record profits, with no changes occurring at any of the top 10 groups by revenue.