All articles by Lori Ranson – Page 7
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NTSB investigates United emergency landing in New Orleans
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a 4 April incident involving a United Airlines Airbus A320 that exited runway 19 in New...
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Expedia embraces American’s direct connect
Online travel site Expedia has reached an agreement with American Airlines to resume displaying the carrier's fares and states it plans to access American's...
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NewsNorth American MROs broaden narrowbody capacity
North American MROs are preparing to work through a backlog of postponed narrowbody maintenance
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Bombardier to examine commercial aircraft production rates
Bombardier plans to evaluate its commercial aircraft production rates to determine if its planned output levels are sustainable.
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Bombardier says no orders lost to A320neo
Bombardier declares it has not encountered an aircraft sales campaign for its new CSeries aircraft where it lost out against the re-engined Airbus A320neo.
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Bombardier and Comac work to define parameters of new tie-up
Speculation that a long-range strategic relationship between Bombardier of Canada and China's Comac aims to challenge the Boeing-Airbus duopoly is fading as the realities of determining how the companies plan to grow their partnership sink in.
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FAA proposes fine against Executive Airlines
FAA plans to levy a $550,000 fine against AMR subsidiary Executive Airlines for operating two ATR-72 turboprops that were allegedly not in compliance with...
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JetBlue doesn’t see LiveTV sell-off in the short term
JetBlue Airways believes ultimately the best course for its LiveTV subsidiary is not ownership by an airline, but the carrier says it has no plans in the...
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NewsEmbraer waits for Boeing’s move before defining new aircraft strategy
Embraer anticipates making a decision on designing a clean-sheet aircraft for the 130-seat segment once Boeing finalises its plans for replacing current...
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American expects to complete 737-800 retrofit by early 2013
American Airlines has completed retrofits on 30 of 76 older Boeing 737-800s in its fleet to mirror the interiors of the new -800s being delivered to the...
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P&W completes assembly of first geared turbofan slated to power the MRJ
Pratt & Whitney has completed assembly of the first PurePower PW1217G geared turbofan designed for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet.
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NewsSouthwest’s chief open to discuss new light twin aisle
Southwest chief executive Gary Kelly concludes that while the carrier does not have a lot of insight into potential plans by Boeing for a new light twin-aisle...
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US Airways “cautiously optimistic” over Delta slot swap
Executives at US Airways believe the odds of getting long-awaited approval for the carrier's proposed slot swap with Delta are "greater than 50-50".
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North American airlines start reining in supply as oil prices bite
North American carriers are turning back to the weapon that served them so well in their last battle against high oil prices, by pulling back planned capacity increases to safeguard recently restored profitability.
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NewsLos Angeles emerges as potential destination for BA A380s
Los Angeles appears to be on the short list of potential cities for deployment of British Airways' Airbus A380s. Flightglobal's ACAS database shows...
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NewsIAE partners extend collaboration to 2045
Members of the International Aero Engines consortium have agreed to extend their partnerships to 2045 despite philosophical differences on the design of...
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ILFC keeps Leap-X in mind for huge A320neo order
US lessor International Lease Finance is holding talks with CFM International over the Leap-X engine for part of the tentative 100-aircraft order for Airbus's...
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ILFC hopes to firm A320neo deal in coming weeks, in talks with CFM
International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) aims to firm up its memorandum of understanding with Airbus in the coming weeks for 100 A320neos, and is also...
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Southwest zeros in on 15% return of invested capital
Southwest Airlines has a four-prong strategy to once again achieve a 15% return on invested capital (ROIC) after averaging a 10% return for most of the last...
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NewsPICTURES & VIDEO: Lufthansa plans to increase A380 fleet to eight by mid-summer
Lufthansa should double its current Airbus A380 fleet to four by mid-summer, and stresses the recent Rolls-Royce Trent 900 issues should not affect its planned delivery schedule for the superjumbo aircraft in 2011.