News from FlightGlobal – Page 1649
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NewsBoeing 787 production rate may hit 16 per month
Airframer eyes aggressive output as record demand fills slots until 2011
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Lufthansa warns of 'little benefit' of aviation emissions trading and €1.5 billion potential cost
The inclusion of air transport in the European Union carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) woudl have limited benefit and could cost the industry as much as €1.5 billion per year, Lufthansa has warned.
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Demand curve
The main action on the Atlantic this summer is being generated by Continental and Delta Air Lines as carriers see healthy advance bookings and strengthening yields
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Airports: The campaign trail
Airlines believe their long fight to gain leverage over airport charges could bear fruit in Europe, but elsewhere the mood is less optimistic
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Ameco Beijing readies Airbus A380 overhaul plan, giving strongest hint of expected Air China ILFC-sourced 5-aircraft order
Air China’s overhaul arm expands to accommodate giant by expanding MRO base as long-rumoured deal to take A380s from International Lease Finance gets boost.
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NewsPicture: Airbus A380 MSN002 returns to Toulouse from Hamburg to prepare for 'early long flights'
A development Airbus A380 aircraft used for cabin and cargo systems tests has returned to Toulouse from Hamburg in preparation of a series of pre-certification trial long range test flights.
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NewsVideo: Timelapse FAA radar shows FedEx aircraft diverted from Memphis hub in heavy storm
A pilot website has sourced an amazing US Federal Aviation Administration radar track sequence of the Memphis international airport main base of FedEx Express as an intense storm approached and then hit, forcing the aircraft to divert.
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US aviation safety teams to probe May Transmile Boeing 727 freighter fuel tank explosion in India
A fuel tank explosion on a Boeing 727 freighter in India earlier this month has caught the attention of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) which has sent a team to India to investigate.
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Public enemy?
Has the air transport industry been miscast as the arch villain in the global pollution drama? If so, what can it do to clean up its image?
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Australian players in for the long haul
It comes as no surprise that Australia’s legendary remoteness would make it a fertile proving ground for the long-haul, low-cost model.