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Hybrid-electric plane to hit market in 2022
Business, Reuters, Published on 10/10/2017
» NEW YORK: A Seattle-area startup, backed by the venture capital arms of Boeing Co and JetBlue Airways Corp announced plans last week to bring a small hybrid-electric commuter aircraft to market by 2022.
AirAsia Japan to relaunch next week
Business, Reuters, Published on 17/10/2017
» SINGAPORE: Low-cost airline AirAsia Japan said yesterday that it would begin its first flights from Nagoya later this month, more than two years after Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd announced plans to re-enter the Japanese market with new partners.
Airbus A330neo becomes airborne for maiden flight
Business, Reuters, Published on 20/10/2017
» TOULOUSE: Airbus SE yesterday began the maiden flight of its A330neo jetliner, an upgraded version of its profitable A330 line designed to sharpen competition with the latest version of Boeing Co's Dreamliner.
Changi's T4 to use facial recognition technology
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/07/2017
» SINGAPORE: When a new terminal opens at Singapore's Changi Airport later this year, the world's best for five years straight according to a survey, passengers will be able to, in theory, go through check-in to boarding without speaking to another person.
New 787 completes first flight
Business, Reuters, Published on 04/04/2017
» NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Boeing Co's newest and largest Dreamliner model, the 787-10, successfully made its first flight on Friday, kicking off a test programme for the high-tech jet.
Heathrow gets nod for new runway
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/10/2016
» LONDON: Britain yesterday gave Heathrow Airport the green light to build a new $22 billion runway, ending 25 years of indecision and vowing to boost global trade links following the vote to leave the European Union.
Gearing up for digitisation
Business, Reuters, Published on 22/08/2016
» Europe's low-cost airlines once mocked the air miles programmes run by flag carriers as expensive relics of a bygone era. But after watching wide-eyed as customer databases were valued at billions of dollars, they are scrambling to catch up.
Doha airport introduces 'exit tax'
Business, Reuters, Published on 30/08/2016
» DOHA: Qatar's government will levy a new airport tax on passengers from today as the country seeks new revenue streams amid falling oil prices.
Lufthansa, Air China ink route-sharing deal
Business, Reuters, Published on 21/09/2016
» BEIJING: Lufthansa has signed a route-sharing deal with China's flagship carrier Air China, capping off two years of talks that will boost Germany's biggest airline's access to the world's fastest growing aviation market.
Airbus opts not to ground Super Puma
Business, Reuters, Published on 15/07/2016
» FARNBOROUGH, England: Airbus Group SE has no plans to scrap its Super Puma helicopter in the wake of a crash that killed 13 people in Norway, the head of its helicopter division said on Wednesday, but he warned the market would remain weak at least until the end of 2017.