All articles by Mark Pilling – Page 8
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Daher wins more advanced manufacturing work
Daher unveiled two contracts at the show yesterday that further cement its reputation as an advanced...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: AirAsia orders A350 XWBs in huge deal at Paris
AirAsia head Tony Fernandes swept into Paris yesterday with a huge order for Airbus A350 XWBs...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Rain fails to dampen US turnout
Neither the rain nor a stumbling world economy has failed to put US industry off from attending this year's Paris show in numbers. Yesterday Senator Daniel...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Sabena Technics and TNT sign maintenance deal
Sabena Technics and TNT seal MRO partnership Sabena Technics announced yesterday at Paris the formation of a 50/50 maintenance joint venture company...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Can open rotor deliver?
Airbus and Boeing have a big dilemma on which engine technology they should select for the new aircraft generation to replace the best-selling A320 and 737...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: AirTran achieves TRUEngine status for its CFM56s
CFM announced at the show yesterday that US low-fare carrier AirTran Airways has achieved TRUEngine status for 102...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Atlantic Airways signs up for CFM56s
Real live contract signings look like they will be thin on the ground here at Paris, but Atlantic Airways, the national carrier of the Faroe Islands, did...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Snecma and Superjet sign up to ALTA
ALTA, the Latin and Caribbean Airline Association, confirmed two new affiliate members yesterday at the show, French powerplant giant Snecma and Superjet...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Macquarie AirFinance qualifies for TRUEngine
Macquarie AirFinance has become the first aircraft leasing company to achieve the TRUEngine designation for its portfolio...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: CFM is entering a critical test phase for its next engine generation
This year has seen CFM International ramping up the test programme for its next generation Leap-X engine and in July it will begin the first tests of its...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Oceta brings some Jules Verne fantasy to Paris
For all Jules Verne fans out there you don't need to travel 20,000 leagues to sample the atmosphere of Captain Nemo's submarine Nautilus. Simply make the...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: CFM sees slow recovery in engine sales
Orders for CFM56 engines will drop spectacularly to 600 units this year from the peak of more than 2,500 orders in 2007, says CFM International president...
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IATA 2009: TAP first to launch IATA's carbon scheme
As delegates gathered for this year’s IATA AGM, TAP Portugal became the first carrier to go live with IATA’s new carbon offset programme.
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Comment: What turns a crisis into a catastophe?
As network carrier leaders meet at the IATA annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur in early June, they can be forgiven for feeling glum. With the industry in its worst crash dive in living memory, what is the prognosis for recovery and structural change?
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Airline Distribution 2009 conference report
Despite huge changes in how carriers sell and distribute their product over recent years, the 2009 Airline Distribution conference, organised by Airline Business and UATP, showed that few feel they have got it right
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Comment: Taste of fear
With the low-cost sector facing "the toughest revenue environment in its history", the spectre of failure is very real for many players. How are the management teams of these carriers equipped to battle through the crisis?
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Banking crisis makes airline failures more likely: IATA
The world banking crisis is making the risk of a major airline failure more likely because carriers will not be able to access funding for a rescue
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IATA: no recovery in sight until 2010
The airline industry will not begin to recover until 2010 at the earliest, according to IATA head Giovanni Bisignani.