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Boeing Showcases BBJ 3 for the First Time at EBACE 2013
Boeing [NYSE: BA] Business Jets (BBJ) is displaying a BBJ 3 for the first time at the 2013 European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The airplane, based on the 737-900ER, was outfitted...
ANA Reports Electrical Panel Fault on 787 Test Flight
All Nippon Airways, the largest operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, reported an electrical panel fault during a test flight as it prepares its fleet for a return to service in June. Engineers found discolouration on a...
Virgin Atlantic Loss Widens
Virgin Atlantic said tough economic conditions over the last year and lower demand for business travel caused by the London Olympics dragged it to a wider annual loss. The airline, founded by British entrepreneur Richard...
Kuwait Air Signs 25 Plane Airbus Deal
Kuwait Airways said it had signed an initial agreement with Airbus to buy 25 new aircraft and take an option on 10 more in the biggest overhaul of its fleet since the 1990 Iraqi invasion. The order for the new planes inc...
Brussels Airport Moves To End Baggage Strike
Brussels airport began to resume baggage operations on Thursday after a four-day strike by baggage-handlers over working conditions left more than 20,000 pieces of luggage stranded in Belgium’s largest hub. Baggage...
Lion Air Bali Crash Report Highlights Pilot Training
Investigators have raised questions over training and cockpit procedures at Indonesian budget carrier Lion Air after a preliminary report into a crash last month off Bali found the captain was not at the controls at a &#...
