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Airbus Completes First A320neo Test Flight
Airbus Completes First A320neo Test Flight The Airbus A320neo takes off from Toulouse on its first flight. Airbus has successfully completed the first test flight of the A320neo. It touched down in Toulouse, southwest Fr...
Japan Ends Boeing 787 Battery Probe
Japan Ends Boeing 787 Battery Probe The Japanese government has ended its investigation of a January 2013 battery incident aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Japan. The Japan Transport Safety Board made the announcement on its w...
Lufthansa Pilots Threaten Strike As Talks Fail
Lufthansa Pilots Threaten Strike As Talks Fail German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit is planning further industrial action at Lufthansa after talks over an early retirement scheme broke down. The union, which has alrea...
CSA Czech Airlines To Lay Off A Third Of Staff
CSA Czech Airlines To Lay Off A Third Of Staff CSA Czech Airlines will lay off a third of its staff, including pilots, as part of a restructuring hastened by a drop in demand exacerbated by the stand-off between Ukraine ...
Air France Low-Cost Plan Withdrawn
French Transport Minister Alain Vidalies said on Wednesday that Air France-KLM had withdrawn a project to expand its low-cost Transavia unit, apparently going further than the company’s management which has sought to insi...
Air France Says Strike Could Kill LCC Project
Air France Says Strike Could Kill LCC Project The dispute between Air France-KLM and its French pilots over the launch of its low-cost airline Transavia in Europe could force the company to abandon it, the company’...
