All Europe articles – Page 634
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Phil Eyre managing director Astra Aviation
Phil Eyre is Managing Director of Astra Aviation. The UK company offers commercial airlines, cargo carriers, executive and private charters a full range of flight support services across Africa.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline traffic growth on the rise in 2015
Airline traffic increased among leading global carriers more than 6% in 2015 as demand remained strong in what was the industry's most profitable year to date.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Ascend highlights what to watch for in the rest of 2016
Richard Evans, senior consultant with Flightglobal’s advisory arm Ascend, here shares some of the indicators and issues the team will be keeping a close eye on as 2016 wears on – and explains what they may mean for the health of the industry
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News
IATA highlights safety margin of audited carriers
Carriers which had passed the IATA operational safety audit were involved in five hull-loss accidents last year, but the accident rate for these operators was nevertheless three times better than for those outside of the scheme.
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T-X pact with Boeing a winner, says Saab boss
Saab chief executive Håkan Buskhe believes his company’s low-profile pursuit of the US Air Force’s T-X trainer requirement will pay dividends next year, when he hopes to win the 350-aircraft deal with its US partner Boeing.
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Eurowings project caused no internal rifts: Lufthansa chief
Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr has rejected the notion that his strategy of directing growth initiatives away from the mainline and towards budget unit Eurowings had a divisive effect among the group's staff.
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CRJ900 in Copenhagen accident was under engine test
SAS Group has disclosed that the Bombardier CRJ900 involved in a ground accident at Copenhagen was having its engines tested at the time.
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GAMA: Midsize newcomers bolster 2015 industry shipments
The business and general aviation market remained flat in 2015 with the revival of the midsize business jet sector -driven by the introduction of a plethora of new designs - one of the few bright spots during the 12 months.
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PICTURE: Airbus starts final assembly of A350-1000
Airbus has commenced final assembly of the A350-1000, the stretched version of the airframer's long-haul twinjet.
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Air Berlin to lease three Q400s from GECAS
GECAS's regional aircraft group is to lease three new Bombardier Q400s to German carrier Air Berlin.
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A321neo performs maiden test flight
Airbus has started test flights with the A321neo, the largest member of its re-engined single-aisle family.
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Germania 737 aborted take-off on closed runway
Spanish investigators are looking into an incident involving a Germania Boeing 737-700 which was cleared to depart from a closed runway at Las Palmas.
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Lufthansa Technik wins follow-up MRO deal from Emirates
Emirates has extended its co-operation with Lufthansa Technik for landing-gear support.
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ExecuJet makes foray into Indian business aviation market
Swiss business aviation services provider ExecuJet Aviation is to enter the Indian market after receiving permission to build a fixed-based operation (FBO) and maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines move to rebuild Iranian networks
With Iran's rapprochement with Europe now well under way, airlines are rushing to re-establish links with the former pariah state.
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Heathrow chief confident on runway decision
London Heathrow's chief executive believes the UK government is gearing up to decide in favour of a third runway at the airport.
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Russian institute to fit turbine An-2 with glass cockpit
Russia's Chaplygin Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute (SibNIA) plans to fit a glass cockpit to a modified example of the 1940s-vintage Antonov An-2 utility biplane as part of a programme of enhancements to the single-engined turboprop, the institute's chief designer Grigory Anokhin says.
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NewsCanada mulls new UAV guidelines
Transport Canada is preparing to introduce new guidelines for the operation of unmanned air vehicles similar to those being proposed in Europe.
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SAS CRJ900 gear collapses after apparent vehicle collision
Images from the scene of a ground accident at Copenhagen indicate that a Scandinavian Airlines Bombardier CRJ900 has sustained serious damage, apparently during a vehicle collision.
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Lufthansa Technik building MRO facility at Dubai's Al Maktoum hub
Lufthansa Technik is to establish an airframe component repair shop near Dubai World Central's Al Maktoum International airport.