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Airbus Ready To Speed Up A350 Assembly
Airbus is poised to increase production of the A350 after getting off to a deliberately slow start to curb risks. After delivering one aircraft in December and another in the first quarter, Airbus is ready to pick up the pace b...
Singapore Air Investigates Engine Power-Loss
Singapore Air Investigates Engine Power-Loss Singapore Airlines is investigating how one of its Airbus A330-300s temporarily lost power in both Rolls-Royce engines in mid-flight. The May 23 incident occurred when flight SQ836 h...
Air France Probe After Jet Flies Near Mountain
Air France Probe After Jet Flies Near Mountain French investigators will examine how an Air France Boeing 777 with 36 people on board narrowly avoided hitting the highest mountain in central Africa in early May. The 777 was mak...
US Fighter Jets Escort Air France Flight To JFK
US Fighter Jets Escort Air France Flight To JFK An Air France flight from Paris was escorted by two US F-15 fighter jets to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport on Monday after an anonymous threat was made against the fligh...
New Berlin Airport No White Elephant
New Berlin Airport No White Elephant Berlin’s new international airport, delayed repeatedly due to red tape and technical problems, is on course to open in 2017, a spokesman said, denying a media report it could en...
Cathay Pacific Cabin Crew Threaten August Strike
Cathay Pacific Cabin Crew Threaten August Strike The Cathay Pacific Airways flight attendants’ union said it will move forward with plans for a strike in August, accusing the company’s management of failing to negot...
