All Europe articles – Page 606
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Top 100 aerospace manufacturers hit by fall in revenues and profits in 2015
As is often the case, this year’s ranking of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers by revenue has a familiar feel, with the top eight companies staying in the same position as last year and only small movements throughout most of the list. The industry is dominated by big beasts and ...
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La Compagnie chief defends choice of London Luton
All-premium carrier La Compagnie insists its choice of London Luton as its UK base of operations was not a poor strategic decision.
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Edinburgh and Glasgow to gain new Ryanair routes for summer 2017
Ryanair has disclosed plans to boost its Scottish network as part of its summer 2017 schedule.
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Emirates appoints ex-MAS chief Mueller to innovation role
Christoph Mueller is to join Emirates as chief digital and innovation officer.
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TAP MRO arm retrofits sharklets to corporate A319
Portuguese-based TAP Maintenance & Engineering has retrofitted an Airbus A319 executive jet with ‘sharklet’ wing-tips, the first such modification for the corporate type.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Andrew Hellen chief systems engineer at Aerion
Andrew Hellen is chief systems engineer for supersonic business jet developer Aerion
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Europe looks towards emerging weapon technology
The development of future combat aircraft – fifth- or sixth-generation fighters and unmanned combat air vehicles – is at the forefront of military planning.
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LHT to service 'more than 100' EasyJet A320s in Malta
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet has awarded Lufthansa Technik a contract to conduct base maintenance on Airbus A320-family jets in Malta.
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NewsFAI moves into aircraft storage market with new hangar construction
FAI Aviation Group, the parent company of Germany’s largest business aircraft operator, FAI rent-a-jet, has broken ground on a third hangar at its base in Nuremberg, which will be used to support the company’s first foray into the aircraft storage market.
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Cathay picks Monarch's MRO unit for A350 line support
Monarch Aircraft Engineering is to provide line maintenance for Cathay Pacific's Airbus A350s at London Gatwick.
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Lufthansa hopes SIA joint venture approved by early 2017
The Lufthansa Group hopes to kick off its joint venture arrangement with Singapore Airlines from early 2017.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Europe's leisure carriers fight over tight market
Leisure carriers in Europe have not been short of challenges over the past 12 months. Already adjusting to falls in demand to North African destinations, further tourism hotspots have been hit by damaging geopolitical events. On top of that, the Brussels and Istanbul airport terror attacks highlighted the vulnerability of ...
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Australian government auditor slams Tiger attack helicopter
The Australia National Audit Office (ANAO) has issued a report that is highly critical of the army’s fleet of 22 Airbus Helicopters Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH).
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NewsCathay Pacific deploys A350 on Dusseldorf route
Cathay Pacific started operating Airbus A350-900s on services to Dusseldorf on 1 September.
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Turkish calls lessor meetings for 2017 deliveries
Turkish Airlines has held meetings with a number of lessors in recent days regarding its 2017 deliveries as other financing options prove difficult to arrange, FlightGlobal understands.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rivals share spoils in 2016 orders so far
With the last big air show of the year behind them, Airbus and Boeing have all but matched each other in sales during the first seven months of the year. But the picture is very different in the output arena, where Seattle has again established a significant lead.
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Ryanair urges UK to build three new runways
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has called on the UK government to “be radical” and approve the construction of new runways at London’s Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports.
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NewsLuxaviation plots Asia expansion with Malaysian partnership
Business aviation services company Luxaviation is seeking to widen its share of the Asia-Pacific market through a strategic partnership with Malaysian logistics company DMG Adventures.
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Jet-blast incident prompts caution on single-engined taxiing
Irish investigators have cautioned over the use of single-engined taxiing after an incident in which jet blast injured two workers as a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 manoeuvred to park.
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German BFU: No probe into RAM 737 take-off incident
German investigators are not looking into a take-off incident involving a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-700 at Frankfurt last month, during which the aircraft appeared to struggle to become airborne.