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Recorders from crashed A320 ‘badly damaged’: ANZ

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:54:10 +0000

Both the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) from the Air New Zealand (ANZ) Airbus A320 that crashed in France last week were badly…

Aer Lingus board rejects Ryanair takeover offer

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:30:00 +0000

Aer Lingus has formally rejected the proposed all-cash acquisition of the carrier by Irish budget airline Ryanair. The board of Aer Lingus says the…

E-190 steep approach trials slip but ‘09 certification still planned

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:35:33 +0000

Embraer is maintaining the expectation that the E-190 will secure steep approach certification next year, but is staying mum about a slight slip in the timeline…

NTSB: Dash-8 crew departed despite “creaking and groaning noise”

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:45:11 +0000

The crew of a US Airways Express Dash-8 that was forced to land at the Philadelphia International Airport with its nose wheel landing gear retracted on the…

PICTURES: Emirates A380 begins Dubai-Heathrow flights

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:35:00 +0000

Emirates has commenced Airbus A380 services on the Dubai-London Heathrow route today, with the first flight conducted with the carrier’s third example of…

Nigeria’s Arik Air takes delivery of first A340-500

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:46:00 +0000

Nigerian carrier Arik Air has formally taken delivery of its first Airbus A340-500 during an event at the airframer’s Toulouse headquarters.

Ryanair launches fresh takeover bid for Aer Lingus

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Budget carrier Ryanair is making a fresh takeover bid for rival Irish airline Aer Lingus, saying its planned all-cash offer values the company at €748 million…

Biofuel 747 flight on hold as ANZ copes with A320 crash

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:20:00 +0000

Inquiries into the Airbus A320 accident in the Mediterrean Sea have prompted Air New Zealand to postpone until next year a test flight using biofuel…

Central & Eastern Europe: Obituaries

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:09:42 +0000

Edward Lucas re-posts The Economist's obits of Mieczyslaw Rakowski, a Polish Communist journalist and politician, who died on Nov. 8, and of Boris Fyodorov, a Russian economic reformer, who died on Nov. 20. Borut Peterlin notes the death of Vilko Filač, the “cameraman of Emir Kusturica’s best movies.”

Poland: A Racist Country?

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:56:13 +0000

Discussions on whether Poland is a “racist country” - at the POLSKI blog, Raf Uzar, and Eternal Remont.