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FAA downgrades Mexico’s safety rating
07/31/2010 - 12:35 AM
FAA has determined that Mexico is not in compliance with ICAO safety standards and has downgraded the country's safety rating from category 1 to category...

Olympic-Aegean merger runs into competition hurdle
07/30/2010 - 08:26 PM
Greek carrier Olympic Air's proposed merger with Aegean Airlines has run into problems with the European Commission, which has expressed doubts that the...

Shenzhen Airlines to purchase 10 A320s
07/30/2010 - 06:27 PM
Chinese carrier Shenzhen Airlines is to purchase 10 Airbus A320s, delivery of which is to begin in two years' time. The agreement comes four months...

British Airways cargo division heads for 747-8F operations
07/30/2010 - 03:24 PM
British Airways is to take on three Boeing 747-8 freighters for its World Cargo division next year, which will be operated under a wet-lease through Global...

Russia aims high with all-new MS-21 single-aisle
07/30/2010 - 01:00 PM
Russia's next generation airliner, the MS-21, made a high-profile debut at the Farnborough air show with a partial cabin mock-up displayed and more details...

Airbus to take monthly A320 production to 40 jets
07/30/2010 - 09:34 AM
Airbus is to increase the production rate of its A320-family jets again, taking it in phases to 40 per month by the first quarter of 2012

Airbus works to introduce lighter A350 structure with -800 variant
07/30/2010 - 08:00 AM
Any weight savings found as Airbus evolves the A350's structural design could be incorporated when the -800 variant arrives around a year after the debut in 2013 of the baseline -900 version.

VASO takes back Rossiya An-148 to refine performance
07/29/2010 - 07:58 PM
Russia's first serial production Antonov An-148 is to be transferred back to airframer VASO in Voronezh to undergo modification in a bid to improve the type's...

Airbus aims to finally start assembling first A350 centre wingbox in August
07/29/2010 - 05:00 PM
Production of key subassembly set to begin in August after several schedule slips Airbus expects to begin assembling a key subsection for the first...

Shanghai Airlines to abandon Star Alliance
07/29/2010 - 03:26 PM
China's Shanghai Airlines is to leave Star Alliance following the decision of its merger partner, China Eastern Airlines, to join rival SkyTeam. China...

Details emerge about fatal flight path of Pakistani Airblue A321
07/29/2010 - 09:00 AM
The Airblue passenger aircraft that crashed yesterday in Pakistan was doing a circling approach to runway 12 at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International...

Pakistani aircraft that crashed was doing circling approach to runway
07/29/2010 - 04:20 AM
The Airblue Airbus A321 that crashed yesterday, killing all 152 people on board, was doing a circling approach to runway 12 at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto...

Delta to launch integrated IFEC/seat from Panasonic, Weber
07/28/2010 - 09:11 PM
Delta Air Lines has emerged as the first publicised customer for an award-winning new product from Panasonic Avionics and Weber Aircraft that integrates...

Supply chain capacity key to expanding 737 production
07/28/2010 - 08:28 PM
Deciding whether to boost 737 output beyond 35 per month hinges on supply chain capacity, Boeing's top executive told analysts today. Boeing already...

Boeing 2Q profit declines 21%
07/28/2010 - 03:43 PM
Boeing today posted a 21% drop in net earnings during the second quarter compared to the same period a year ago with fewer airliner deliveries and lower...

Etihad to deploy first A330-200F to Africa and China
07/28/2010 - 01:00 PM
Etihad Airways will deploy its newly delivered Airbus A330-200 Freighter on routes to Africa and China from its Abu Dhabi base from September.

Airbus takes relaxed view about Boeing’s production surge
07/28/2010 - 11:32 AM
Airbus is sanguine about the prospect of being overhauled by its US rival after at least eight straight years of being the world's top producer of airliners. After...

Airblue A321 involved in fatal Pakistan crash identified
07/28/2010 - 10:32 AM
The aircraft involved in today's crash in Pakistan has been identified as an Airbus A321 operated by privately-owned Pakistani carrier Airblue. Airbus...

Airblue passenger aircraft crashes in Pakistan
07/28/2010 - 08:52 AM
A Pakistani passenger aircraft has crashed in Pakistan with about 150 people on board. There were 146 passengers and six crew on board the Airblue...

AirAsia evaluating domestic Australian operation
07/28/2010 - 04:14 AM
Malaysia-based AirAsia is evaluating whether to launch a domestic operation in Australia. Azran Osman-Rani, the CEO of AirAsia's long-haul carrier...

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