Stobart to take over management of Durham Tees Valley airport

Stobart is to take over the management of UK regional airport Durham Tees Valley under a 10-year joint venture agreement with the local authority that owns the facility. Durham mayor Ben Houchen states that the logistics group has been tasked with delivering a “rescue plan” under which passenger numbers will need to reach 1.4 million […]

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​PICTURES: EgyptAir’s first 787 flies

The first Boeing 787-9 destined for EgyptAir has completed its maiden flight from Boeing’s Everett facility, as it is prepared for delivery. EgyptAir The aircraft is one of six Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Dreamliners that the Egyptian flag carrier is taking on lease from AerCap, according to Cirium’s Fleets Analyzer database. EgyptAir The aircraft will join […]

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United debuts premium 767 on London flight

United Airlines will introduce its first Boeing 767-300ER with an expanded business class cabin on flights to London Heathrow today. The first reconfigured aircraft (MSN 29238) is scheduled to operate UA110 departing Newark Liberty for London at 19:10 on 14 March, the Chicago-based carrier’s website shows. United plans to reconfigure 21 767s in the premium-heavy […]

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​PICTURES: BA’s original Negus scheme set for final 747 retrojet

British Airways has confirmed speculation around its fourth and final retro-livery, revealing that a Boeing 747-400 will be painted in the airline’s original red, white and blue Negus design dating from 1973. The 747-400 (G-CIVB) is currently at Dublin for painting into the first version of the Negus livery featuring full “British airways” titles, which […]

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OPINION: Confidence threatened by polarised Max response

Partial suspension of Boeing 737 Max operations exposed an extraordinary regulatory disparity, with European and US authorities – normally fixated on procedural harmonisation and alignment – entrenched in opposing positions on the matter. Even within Europe the situation had started to appear confusing, with some carriers opting for a precautionary halt to Max operations in […]

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France’s BEA poised to receive Ethiopian 737 Max recorders

French investigators appear to be poised to conduct the initial evaluation and download of information from flight recorders recovered from the crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max. Investigation authority BEA tells FlightGlobal that it has been selected for the analysis work, although the recorders have yet to be received by the organisation. A spokesman for […]

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Fitch warns of potential credit impact of 737 Max crashes

Boeing, its suppliers and some weaker airline credits could come under credit ratings pressure this year if complex safety problems are identified with the 737 Max, Fitch Ratings warns. The agency says in a research note that there are several possible scenarios from the recent crashes of 737 Max 8s operated by Ethiopian Airlines and […]

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