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Qatar Airways is in talks with Airbus to buy up to 15 A330s, a deal potentially worth USD$3.6 billion at list prices, citing production delays to Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft. “We are talking to Airbus about A330s to fill in the gap that the Dreamliner delays have caused Qatar Airways… Anywhere between 10 and [...]
The search is on around Washington, DC for an 82-year-old grandmother who wandered away from Reagan National Airport. Family members say Victoria Kong is has early signs of dementia or alzheimer’s. Source: AssociatedPress·
The promise of cheaper flights is driving many Canadians across the border to U.S. airports — costing millions of dollars in lost revenue in Canada — but the federal government says it won’t subsidize air travel. The trend of more Canadians flying out of the United States is disconcerting to Canada’s aviation industry, which [...]
PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) – Boeing has shown airlines a blueprint for the world’s longest-range passenger jet, adding spice to a long-awaited revamp of its 777 wide-body jet, people familiar with the matter said. Boeing on Wednesday launched a race against Airbus for sales of the newest long-haul jets by announcing it had begun selling an [...]
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Remains of two bodies have been found in the wreckage of a U.S. military plane that crashed in Kyrgyzstan, and authorities are still looking for a third person who was on board, officials said. The refueling plane exploded in mid air when its cargo of fuel ignited on its way to Afghanistan on [...]
Did shifting cargo throw a 747 off balance & cause it to crash? CNN’s Chris Lawrence looks at possible causes. Source: CNNInternational
Boeing has agreed to compensate state-run Air India for the grounding of 787 Dreamliner passenger jets, the Indian aviation minister said on Friday. Ajit Singh said the details have yet to be finalised. The carrier expects to restart 787 operations for domestic flights by mid-May, Singh said. Air India has six 787s and has [...]
An SAS wide-body jet clipped the tail of a smaller regional plane as they were taxiing for departure at Newark airport, but no injuries were reported, US federal officials said on Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation of the Wednesday evening accident involving a Scandinavian Airlines A330 carrying 252 people [...]
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