News from FlightGlobal – Page 1102
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CANSO aims to unlock Middle Eastern airspace
Air traffic management stakeholders in the Middle East are planning to restructure the region's fragmented airspace to avoid capacity constraints that threaten air traffic growth.
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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise cancels 32 737s
Boeing has confirmed that Dubai Aerospace Enterprise is the previously unidentified customer that cancelled 32 737s.
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NewsVIDEO: Fifth 747-8F test aircraft completes first flight
Boeing's fifth and final 747-8 freighter flight test aircraft joined the company's development effort on 3 February following a 3h and 30min flight from...
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Copa expects Tocumen expansion to be completed in 3Q
Panama's Copa Airlines is moving ahead with further network expansion, with at least six destinations to be added this year, although the opening of its...
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Investigators reveal extent of latest AF447 search effort
Next month's renewed search for the wreckage of Air France flight AF447 will concentrate on a 20nm (37km) circle centred on the last known position of the...
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NewsCost blamed as training lags pilot demand
Pilot demand may be forecast to surge over coming years, but flight academies are struggling to fill places - mainly because of a lack of funding for aspirants to a career as flightcrew members.
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No early end in sight to WTO dispute
With both sides in the long-running dispute between Europe and the USA over subsidies for their respective airframers claiming the moral high-ground following the World Trade Organisation's latest ruling, there is no sign of the case being brought to an early conclusion.
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NewsTrent-powered 787 meets 75% of conditions for certification
Trent 1000 engines on 787 to complete trials
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Volaris seeks authority for more than 20 new US routes
Mexico's Volaris has requested authority to add 23 transborder routes as the low-cost carrier kicks its US expansion plan into high gear.
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Boeing's 2011 737 order tally wiped out by cancellation
Just over one month into 2011, Boeing's 737 net order total was wiped out with the cancellation of 32 737 aircraft from an unidentified customer.
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JetBlue to showcase NextGen benefits in ADS-B trial
JetBlue and the US FAA have signed a multi-year, multi-phase agreement that will equip 35 of the carrier's Airbus A320s with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast...
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digEcor gains L7 business from United-Continental
Handheld in-flight entertainment device supplier digEcor has unveiled plans to supply its L7 player to United-Continental for use by passengers in United's...
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Norwegian first to offer broadband on intra-European flights
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian has quietly started offering Row 44's in-flight high-speed Internet service to passengers on a single Boeing 737-800,...
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NewsAlitalia signs biofuel pact with Solena
Alitalia has signed an agreement with US bioenergy group Solena to look into converting biomass from municipal waste into biofuel to power part of its fleet...
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Airbus cancelled Flyington's order after non-PDP payment
Airbus stresses that it, rather than the airline, cancelled Flyington Freighters' order for 12 A330-200Fs following "non-payment of pre-delivery payments". An...
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Ryanair to launch 17 new Greek routes
Ryanair in April will launch 17 new routes to Kos, Rhodes and Thessaloniki in Greece. The Irish budget carrier will serve Kos from Bari, Bologna, Brussels...
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Iberia "forced to" contract out short-haul as interim measure
Iberia's decision to sub-lease aircraft and hand certain short-haul routes to Vueling was something the carrier "needed to do" as an interim measure while...
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India's Flyington cancels A330 freighter order
India's Flyington Freighters has cancelled its order for 12 Airbus A330-200Fs, four years after becoming one of the type's initial customers.
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TACA Peru adds first E-190, plans more domestic expansion
TACA Peru is planning further domestic expansion in the second half of this year with additional routes and aircraft.