News from FlightGlobal – Page 1427
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Regional jet leasing yet to take off
Major aircraft lessors remain wary of entering the regional jet leasing market, and new programmes seem likely to bring only incremental changes
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China gets strict on airline fleet expansion
Concerns about overcapacity and market volatility have led China's National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) to become more stringent when deciding whether...
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AMR taking up to $1.2bn charge for MD-80, ERJ-135 write down
American Airlines' parent AMR will record a non-cash impairment charge of about $1.1-1.2 billion during the second quarter to write down its Boeing MD-80...
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ATR outfits test aircraft with new Thales flightdeck
ATR is equipping an ATR 72 test aircraft with the new Thales flightdeck that will be installed on its improved -600 family, with the aim of beginning flight...
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Bombardier unveils plans to develop CSeries C130 variant
Bombardier plans to develop a short-range variant of the CSeries C130 that will use the higher-thrust version of Pratt & Whitney's GTF geared turbofan to...
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NewsANA sets up committee to evaluate A380 and 747-8
ANA sets up committee to evaluate A380 and 747-8
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NewsMAS' MRO arm aims to be centre for ATR maintenance
Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) maintenance arm MAS Maintenance & Engineering aims to be a heavy maintenance centre for ATR aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region.
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NewsNTSB: ABX received aircraft threat 1 week before 767 fire
ABX Air received a threat against an unspecified aircraft one week before a fire burned a large hole through one of its Boeing 767s parked at the San Francisco International Airport.
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Boeing to assess schedule after Dreamliner Four damage
Boeing will know soon the impact of time consuming repairs on the Dreamliner Four schedule after the centre fuselage barrel was damaged during a production...
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Can Sukhoi, Mitsubishi and China's ACAC make an impact in the regional jet market?
Over the past decade, the line between what constitutes a regional jet and a small narrowbody has grown increasingly blurred as regional aircraft manufacturers...
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EU ministers back unilateral emissions deal
Brussels' controversial move to go it alone by unilaterally imposing emissions trading on international aviation could force foreign airlines to shore up...
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Europe experiments with ways to cut fuel-wasting extended approaches to airports
Eurocontrol wants to eliminate fuel-wasting extended approaches to airports and an experiment being conducted at Stockholm could show how to do it