All Ops & safety articles – Page 192
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DUBAI: Emirates set to push 787-10 backlog over 200
Emirates' tentative agreement for 40 Boeing 787-10s will, once firmed, take orders for the new twinjet to more than 200.
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DUBAI: Azerbaijan opts for more 787s and two freighters
Azerbaijan Airlines has revised an agreement for additional Boeing 787s, in a deal which will involve taking five more of the type.
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DUBAI: Emirates Airbus deal still being finalised
Emirates still appears to be refining an agreement with Airbus, after a highly-anticipated event during the Dubai air show featured only an agreement for Boeing 787s.
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DUBAI: Emirates to order 40 787-10s
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is ordering 40 Boeing 787-10s.
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DUBAI: Emirates looks to put new 777 suites on A380 too
Emirates is working to revamp the first-class suites on its Airbus A380s, having formally unveiled the new private cabins on a Boeing 777-300ER.
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DUBAI: Etihad uses flying testbed to validate high-speed wi-fi
Etihad Airways Engineering has converted the oldest Airbus A320 in its parent carrier's fleet into a flying testbed for new technologies.
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DUBAI: A380 deal in prospect after late Emirates talks
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates could unveil a follow-on agreement for 35-40 Airbus A380s as early as today, after the operator conducted last-minute negotiations for an opening-day deal.
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DUBAI: Emirates opens flight academy
They do not do things by half in Dubai, and Emirates’ new pilot academy is no exception. The centre, in the emerging “airport city” of Dubai South, has just admitted its first students and will be formally opened on day two of the air show. Designed to meet the fast-growing ...
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RJ85 loses two engines after uncontained failure
South African investigators are to open a probe into an uncontained engine failure on a BAE Systems Avro RJ85 which also damaged the adjacent powerplant, leaving the jet with two functioning engines.
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China signs for 300 Boeing aircraft
Boeing and China Aviation Supplies Holding Company have signed an agreement for 300 aircraft in Beijing, as part of US president Donald Trump's visit to China.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: EVA to take a breather after aggressive growth
EVA Air has completed the first phase of its long-haul expansion following rapid growth into North America, and will now take time to formulate its strategy for the years ahead.
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Start-up plans World Airways revival with 787s, ULCC model
Serial start-up airline executive Ed Wegel has announced plans to re-launch former widebody freighter operator World Airways as a long-haul passenger carrying airline flying Boeing 787s using an ultra-low-cost model.
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ATR launches -600 freighter with large FedEx order
US cargo operator FedEx Express is ordering up to 50 of a new ATR freighter model, based on the 72-600 turboprop.
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SIA to cut bureaucracy as part of transformation plan
Singapore Airlines says it is working to cut bureaucracy within the organisation, as part of its transformation programme.
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SIA Group's airline fortunes mixed as first-half profit rises
Singapore's SIA Group has generated a one-third improvement in net profit, to S$425 million ($312 million), in the first half of the year.
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ANA pulls out of Myanmar startup after failing to get AOC
ANA Holdings has wound up its 49% investment in Myanmarese startup Asian Blue Aviation after the latter failed to secure an air operator’s certificate.
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Emirates identifies initial routes for 777 first-class revamp
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to deploy a new Boeing 777-300ER first-class cabin initially on the Brussels and Geneva routes.
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IAG lauds ownership-cost benefit of Level A330s
IAG has stressed that the ownership cost benefits of budget carrier Level's Airbus A330s outweigh the additional expenditure from having lower powerplant efficiency.
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Last BA 747-400 to leave fleet in early 2024
British Airways is aiming to withdraw its last Boeing 747-400 in February 2024 under its latest strategic fleet plan.
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Serious Utair 737 upset involved excessive pitch and roll
Russian investigators have detailed a serious loss-of-control incident last month involving a Utair Boeing 737-500 on approach to Moscow Vnukovo.