All Europe articles – Page 557
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Airbus defends slowing A380 production to trickle
Airbus believes it can justify maintaining A380 production despite imposing another cut in output.
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Heathrow offers reassurance on airport charges after profits rise
Heathrow has disclosed that its adjusted EBITDA climbed 6.9% in the first half to reach £835 million ($1.1 billion), as revenue increased at the operator of London's biggest hub by 4.1% to £1.37 billion.
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Airbus cuts A380 production to eight in 2019
Airbus is to cut A380 deliveries in 2019 to just eight aircraft, as a result of weak sales of the double-deck type.
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NewsCape Air expected to finalise P2012 order by November
Tecnam expects Cape Air to sign a deal for 100 or more 11-seat P2012 Travellers in October or November, says chief executive Paolo Langer.
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Inquiry probes laboured 737 take-off from Belfast
Canadian investigators have disclosed that a Sunwing Airlines Boeing 737-800 damaged lighting at the end of the runway during a prolonged take-off from Belfast.
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China Airlines transfer takes total A350 deliveries to 100
Airbus has taken A350 deliveries into triple figures with the handover of a -900 to Taiwanese carrier China Airlines.
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Russian Helicopters in Chinese deals for 10 rotorcraft
Russian Helicopters recently secured three contracts for a total of ten helicopters with its Chinese distributor, United Helicopters International.
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FL Technics unit Storm Aviation to complete light C-checks
UK line maintenance specialist Storm Aviation is expanding its service to include light base checks.
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A350 latest type to encounter internal clock snag
Airbus A350-900 operators are being instructed to reset the aircraft's electrical power system regularly to avoid spurious effects on the type's avionics.
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Magnetic MRO partners US financier to start asset-trading unit
Estonian maintenance provider Magnetic MRO and US-based Crestline Investment have established a joint venture to trade aircraft parts and engines.
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Boeing raises forecast for global pilot demand
Boeing has raised its forecast on the demand for pilots in the next two decades.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Aero Norway's leap of faith as independent engine MRO
Engine overhaul shop Aero Norway has carved a niche as an independent CFM International CFM56 support specialist – a role the company plans to expand to the Leap from 2020.
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IAG converts options to take three more Level A330s
IAG's new long-haul budget airline, Level, is ordering three more Airbus A330-200s for introduction to its operation next year.
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Cockpit windshields resilient to typical drone strikes: analysis
Collision tests to assess the potential damage which a drone could inflict on aircraft indicate that airliner windshields are relatively resistant to a strike.
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NewsDassault delivers 2,500th Falcon business jet
Dassault Aviation has delivered the 2,500th Falcon business jet, 52 years after the first member of the high-end twin- and tri-engined aircraft family was introduced.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Air accident reports issued January-June 2017
A little more than a year after the 19 May 2016 loss of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 over the Mediterranean Sea, Egyptian authorities have offered no data beyond some basic facts that came to light in the first few weeks.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airline safety record continues to improve
This year’s first six months have again smashed the record for safe airline performance worldwide. What other commercial transport mode can claim that in the first half of 2017 – globally – there have been only six fatal accidents, and the total death toll was 16?
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Opinion
OPINION: Will Franco-German fighter be a winner?
Only a month ago, the suggestion of fierce fighter manufacturing rivals France and Germany joining formation to develop a successor to the Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon felt like industry kite-flying.
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UK government opens broad consultation on aviation strategy
UK aviation policy is to undergo an extensive review, after the government opened a formal consultation to update the current strategic programme.
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Italian government could take stake in Alitalia: minister
Italy's government may take a stake in Alitalia as part of the carrier's sale process.