Flying into the spotlight

Source: The Star Malaysia

Malaysia Airlines has been in the centre of news of late. The shareholding tie-up with AirAsia, from which much was expected, has been dismantled and the airline continues to post losses albeit at a smaller scale when it ann ...
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This Is The First Photo Of The New Largest Yacht In The World

Source: The Business Insider

Currently, Roman Abramovich's Eclipse is the largest yacht in the world at a staggering 538 feet long. That is about to change. That's more than a football field and a half long. An Airbus A380 is 239 feet long. ...
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Airbus A380 wing flaw undetected for a decade

Source: Reuters Mobile

TOULOUSE (Reuters) - Airbus said efforts to lower the weight of the world's largest airliner lay behind recent A380 wing cracks and pledged to learn from mistakes that lay dormant for a decade, as repair cos ...
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Wing cracks result of design mix — CEO

Source: Gulfnews

Toulouse: The cracked wings of the Airbus A380 double-decker airliner are the result of new technologies mixed with insufficient design controls that are now causing spiralling repair costs, chief executive officer Tom Enders said. "This is somet ...
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Airbus To Retrofit Wings On 120 A380s

Source: Aviation Week

Airbus will have to retrofit 120 A380s to resolve a problem with wing component cracking before a permanent fix will be implemented on new-build aircraft. The aircraft maker has already delivered 74 A380s, but the total number in need of re ...
Full article at: Aviation Week  More like this  1 day ago, 10:53am CDT

Airbus Tables Output Increase

Source: Wall Street Journal

By David Pearson And Daniel Michaels TOULOUSE, France—Airbus shelved a plan to boost output of its popular A320 single-aisle jetliner, a sign that global uncertainties are starting to affect the otherwise resilie ...
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Beach holidays are the nation's favourite break, study finds

Source: Daily Mail - UK

As Britain basks in some of the hottest weather this year, it is appropriate that the beach break has been confirmed as the nation's favourite type of holiday. Research by Which? magazine found that beach and seaside holidays acco ...
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Gulf countries channel billions into airports on hopes of spike in traffic

Source: China Post

DUBAI -- Gulf countries are channeling billions of dollars into airport expansions, betting on a sharp rise in passenger traffic and competing to strengthen their positions as regional hubs for global travel. “We are trying ...
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Beach breaks are most popular holiday type, says survey

Source: The Independent

Beach breaks are still the most popular type of holiday but tourists are less satisfied with them than with some other types of trip, according to a Which? magazine survey. Beach and seaside holidays accounted f ...
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