News from FlightGlobal – Page 858
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Ryanair to open Azores base
Budget carrier Ryanair is to set up a base in the Azores, the autonomous Portuguese island group in the northern Atlantic.
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NewsAirbus net orders pass 1,000 as first A330neos firmed
Airbus recorded three orders covering 120 Airbus A320-family jets during November, when it also booked its first firm agreements for the re-engined A330neo.
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Alaska to offer premium economy seats in 2015
Alaska Airlines will begin offering premium economy seats on its aircraft in the first half of 2015, the Seattle-based airline announces.
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Frontier to end Chicago flights from Cleveland
Denver-based Frontier Airlines will also drop non-stop service to Chicago O'Hare from Cleveland, as part of cuts that it is making at the airport in Ohio.
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NewsQatar fixes date for first A350 delivery
Qatar Airways is to take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in Toulouse on 13 December, about a month before it enters service on the Doha-Frankfurt route.
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Hawaiian to add seats on 717s in 2015
Hawaiian Airlines will revamp the interiors of its Boeing 717 aircraft in 2015, installing new, slimmer seats to the fleet and increasing each aircraft’s total seat count to 128.
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Macedonian state looks to create new flag-carrier
Macedonia’s government is looking at creating a new national airline for the Balkan state, an operator to succeed defunct flag-carrier MAT.
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NewsPICTURE: Airbus delivers 200th aircraft from Tianjin line
Airbus has marked the 200th Airbus A320 family aircraft assembled at the Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in Tianjin, handing over an A319 to China Eastern Airlines.
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Airbus to take back A340s as Finnair firms more A350s
Finnair has converted options on eight more Airbus A350s to firm orders, with deliveries of the jets to begin in 2018.
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NewsA319 pilots landed short after failing to sight runway
Pilots of a Wind Jet Airbus A319 landed far short at Palermo after deciding to continue a non-precision approach at night, in poor weather, despite failing to sight the runway.
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Gatwick unveils improvement programme
London Gatwick airport has unveiled a £1 billion ($1.57 billion) investment plan under which it will expand and improve its North Terminal over the next three years.
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Indonesia AirAsia to launch two new services to Singapore
Indonesia AirAsia will launch two new services to Singapore in January 2015.
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NewsArca Space pitches low-cost stratospheric UAV to civil market
A new stratospheric unmanned air vehicle with the same high-tech capabilities found in US military-operated unmanned systems – but with the price tag of a car – is being pitched to the civil UAV market.
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Air Baltic to add Dubrovnik link
Latvian carrier Air Baltic is to start flights between Riga and Dubrovnik next year.
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NewsPICTURE: Air Seychelles takes delivery of first A320
Air Seychelles has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 in a ceremony held at Mahe International airport.
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NewsAzul commits to 63 A320neos
Azul has committed to 63 Airbus A320neo aircraft, citing comfort and lower operating costs over the competing Boeing 737 Max for its decision.
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NewsSOLDIERING ON: 10 veteran airliner types still in service
News that SkyWest is retiring its remaining Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias prompted us to come up with a list of 10 other veteran types still being operated by airlines, including as freighters. The data comes from Flight International’s World Airliner Census, compiled using Flightglobal’s Ascend Fleets database.
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NewsA350 training wins industry approval
As Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways prepares to put its aircraft into service next month, Toulouse, France-based Airbus Training sees its revolutionary “learning by discovery” pilot and engineer type-rating training system being put to the test for the first time.
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NewsBangkok Airways takes delivery of first ATR 72-600
Bangkok Airways received the first of nine new ATR 72-600s in Toulouse on 26 November.
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NewsLion Air to order 40 additional ATR 72-600s
Indonesia's Lion Air will place an order for 40 additional ATR 72-600 turboprops.