News from FlightGlobal – Page 932
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NewsA330 crash probe struggles to explain premature descent
Investigators have traced the loss of an Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200 at Tripoli to the aircraft's premature descent while preparing to approach runway 09.
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NewsVirgin brands UK domestic operation Little Red
Virgin Atlantic is branding its new UK domestic operation as Little Red, and will open the first routes at the end of March. The short-haul service...
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NewsUS Airways to add nine CRJ900s
US Airways has reached an agreement with Mesa Airlines to add nine Bombardier CRJ900s to its regional fleet this year. The aircraft will enter the...
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American to launch services from Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami
American Airlines will launch new nonstop services from its hubs at Dallas-Fort Worth and Miami to California and Mexico from 12 June. The Fort Worth-based...
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BA to codeshare with Cathay Pacific on kangaroo route
Cathay Pacific Airways and British Airways will launch a codeshare agreement on flights between the UK and Australia on 31 March. The deal covers BA's...
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ANA reshuffles management under new corporate structure
All Nippon Airways (ANA) president and chief executive Shinichiro Ito will take on a new role as chairman of the Japanese airline, following a restructuring...
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NewsIllusion and ambiguous control led to Afriqiyah A330 crash
Libyan investigators have determined that poor co-ordination between the pilots of an Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200, spurred by sensory illusion, preceded...
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NewsJapan Airlines extends 787 suspension to end-May
Japan Airlines (JAL) has further extended the suspension of its Boeing 787 operations to 31 May, three days after a similar announcement from its peer All...
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China Eastern to launch two new services in March
China Eastern Airlines plans to launch two new services in March. It will launch a twice weekly Wenzhou-Bangkok service on 7 March, and a four times...
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Boeing to present 787 interim solution to customers
Boeing will brief the 787's customers tomorrow in Seattle on the interim fix that it has proposed for the still-undiagnosed battery problems, which have grounded the worldwide fleet since 16 January.
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US Airways to complete wi-fi expansion by June
US Airways has outfitted 263 out of the 317 aircraft it has targeted for wi-fi installations, or about 83% of that fleet. It plans to have the entire expansion...
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Sukhoi begins flight trials of upgraded Superjet 100s
Sukhoi has started flight trials of the first upgraded Superjet 100 ahead of reconfiguring its cabin interior to Aeroflot specifications. The aircraft...
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NewsSan Juan takes off with first major US airport concession
Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) and Highstar Capital-owned Aerostar Airport Holdings have closed a $2.6 billion concession of the San Juan Luis Munoz Marin...
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NewsEtihad purchases Heathrow slots from Jet Airways
Etihad Airways has agreed to buy three pairs of slots at London Heathrow airport from Indian carrier Jet Airways for $70 million. Jet Airways will...
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Asia is key to lifting A380 sales: Enders
EADS admits that recent Airbus A380 sales have been poor, a situation it attributes to the wing-rib issue, but is optimistic that it can improve on the position...
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NewsIndonesia’s Sky Aviation receives first Sukhoi Superjet
Indonesian carrier Sky Aviation received its first Sukhoi Superjet aircraft on 27 February. The aircraft, with serial number 95022, was delivered to...
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NewsA380 wing-fix charges reach €250m in 2012
Charges relating to the Airbus A380 wing-rib repairs reached €251 million ($328 million) during 2012, while EADS also recorded charges of €124 million for...
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ExpressJet joins JetBlue pilot training programme
Regional carrier ExpressJet is joining a pilot training programme that will allow new pilots to gain experience at regional airlines before eventually interviewing...
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NewsEmirates to fly one-off A380 service to Gatwick in March
Gulf carrier Emirates will perform a scheduled passenger flight of an Airbus A380 into London Gatwick on 24 March to test the Sussex airport's newly completed...
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NewsAirbus: Asia demands 10,000 new aircraft by 2031
Airbus has forecast that rising incomes and the explosion of low cost carriers will lead to demand for close to 10,000 new aircraft from airlines in the...