NewsANA grounds 787 fleet after emergency landing
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has grounded its fleet of 17 Boeing 787-8s after one of its aircraft made an emergency landing on Wednesday morning, 16 January 2013, because of a battery problem. "We decided to ground the aircraft and do maintenance checks for all the 787s," says an ANA spokesman. He adds that the grounding will result in the cancellation of some flights, while other aircraft will be used to operate the rest. The aircraft, registration JA804A, had to make an emergency landing at Japan's Takamatsu airport after pilots observed an error message related to "battery malfunction", he adds.
LinkJapan Airlines follows ANA in grounding 787s 
Japan Airlines (JAL) will ground its 787s after an All Nippon Airways (ANA) 787 made an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport in Japan. A spokesperson for the airline confirmed that the 787s would not be used to operate any services on 16 January, but could not say how long the aircraft would be grounded for.
LinkBoeing shows off completed horizontal stabilizer for 787-9 A new image released by Boeing shows the first completed horizontal stabiliser for the 787-9 and one of the key redesign efforts for the 290-seat widebody as it moves closer to first flight later this year. The carbon fibre component was unveiled at a Boeing ceremony on 11 January near Salt Lake City, Utah, where the company announced the acquisition of a new facility to support production of the stabiliser.
LinkFrance Says Turkish Air Seeking 150 Airliners
Turkish Airlines is in talks with aircraft manufacturers to buy 150 passenger jets, France's foreign trade ministry said. Trade minister Nicole Bricq is using an official visit to Turkey this week to press Airbus's case for the business, which could include some A380 superjumbo passenger jets, a ministerial statement said.
LinkQatar Air Denies Interest In SpiceJet Stake
Qatar Airways is not interested in buying a stake in Indian budget carrier SpiceJet or any other Indian airline, its chief executive said, quashing media reports that the Gulf carrier was in talks for a potential investment. Shares in India's SpiceJet rose by 8.5 percent on Tuesday after the Times of India reported the budget carrier was close to selling a stake to a foreign carrier, which it said was most likely to be Qatar Airways.
LinkSyphax Air In USD$600 Mln Airbus OrderPrivate Tunisian company Syphax Airlines said on Tuesday it had ordered 10 Airbus aircraft in a deal worth USD$600 million to strengthen its fleet and launch long haul trips to the United States and Asia. "Delivery will begin in 2015 with two aircraft," Syphax Airlines CEO Mohamed Frikha told reporters.
LinkAir Berlin To Cut 900 Jobs In Savings Drive
Air Berlin, part-owned by Etihad, plans to cut almost 10 percent of its workforce of 9,300 as part of a cost-cutting campaign aimed at halting years of losses. Air Berlin, Germany's second-biggest airline after Lufthansa, said on Tuesday its new restructuring program announced in October would seek annual savings of EUR€400 million (USD$535 million) from the end of 2014.
LinkGulf Air announces major restructuring plan
Bahrain-based Gulf Air will launch a major cost-cutting plan and focus increasingly on regional services. In a statement issued Tuesday, the carrier said it intends to strengthen its Middle East and North African (MENA) services, target 24% in cost savings by year end and simplify its fleet structure.
LinkEgypt orders six additional C295s Egypt has ordered six additional Airbus Military C295 medium transports, in a move which will bring its eventual fleet of the type to 12 examples. Announced on 16 January, the package also includes the provision of spare parts, support equipment, training and field support, says Airbus Military. Deliveries will commence from the end of 2013.
LinkFirst production A400M gets French colors The first series production example of Airbus Military's A400M Atlas has emerged from the paint hangar at the company's San Pablo final assembly site in Seville, Spain, with freshly applied French air force markings. Aircraft MSN7 is the first of a contracted 174 A400Ms that will be produced for European partner nations Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Turkey and the UK, as well as first export buyer Malaysia.
LinkFirst space launch of 2013 successful The first space launch of 2013, a Rockot launch vehicle, has successfully launched into orbit a trio of Russian military communications satellites. The successful launch from Plesetsk, the Russian military's main launch site, was reported by Roscosmos on 15 January. While the three military communications satellites, called Strela-3 Improved/Rodnik, have successfully reached preliminary orbit, the satellites remain attached to the Breeze KM upper stage awaiting the completion of a final burn for insertion into final orbit.
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