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• Dragan Lazic 05/24/2013

  Delta To Wait For New Jets To Prove Themselves

  US carrier Delta Air Lines will watch the wave of orders for the latest Airbus and Boeing planes and wait for the aircraft to prove themselves before ordering any, its chief executive told Reuters on ...

• Dragan Lazic 05/24/2013

  Etihad Airways recruits 50 airberlin pilots

  Etihad Airways commenced (21-May-2013) recruitment of more than 50 pilots from airberlin in Apr-2013. The transfers comprise Boeing737-rated first officers to undertake conversion training to 777s, A320 captains and first officers, A330 first officers and ...

• Dragan Lazic 05/22/2013

  Boeing launches smallest 737 MAX

  Boeing has officially launched its 737 MAX 7 – the smallest version of its new series of fuel-efficient single-aisle aircraft.The B737 MAX 7 is the third version of the B737 MAX series to be introduced ...

• Dragan Lazic 05/22/2013

  Slowing Demand Leaves Airbus With Challenge To Break-Even On A380 Program In 2015

  Airbus, which is under increasing pressure to prove the viability of its A380 production rates, yesterday conceded that it still needs to fill a “single-digit number” of production slots for the type in 2015.Speaking ...

• Dragan Lazic 05/22/2013

  PICTURE: China Eastern receives first China-built A320 with sharklets

  China Eastern Airlines has received its first Airbus A320 aircraft equipped with sharklets.The aircraft, which is powered by International Aero Engines IAE V2500 engines, is also the first sharklet-equipped A320 assembled and delivered in ...

• Dragan Lazic 05/22/2013

  All United 787s To Return To Service This Week

  United Airlines expects to have its entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners back in service this week, as the airline's first flight with the airliner in four months landed safely in Chicago."Every new ...

• Dragan Lazic 05/21/2013

  2013 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE2013)

  EBACE, jointly hosted each year by the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), the leading association for business aviation in Europe, and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), the leading voice for the business aviation industry ...

• Dragan Lazic 05/16/2013

  In the first test of its kind, Navy catapults drone from aircraft carrier deck

  A Navy commander described Tuesday's first-ever catapult drone launch from an aircraft carrier a 'watershed event' for Naval aviation and the start of new era for unmanned aerial systems.The X-47B, built by Northrop ...

• Dragan Lazic 05/16/2013

  Captain Locked out as Plane Cockpit Door Jams

  Air India says the cockpit door of one of its planes got jammed during a flight while the captain was using the toilet, forcing an unscheduled landing by the co-pilot in central India.An airline ...

• Dragan Lazic 05/16/2013

  Turning Off IPhone Critical to Pilots Citing Interference

  The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in row 9 to switch off an Apple ...