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  • ITA A330-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons
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    ITA shareholders formally approve capital increase for Lufthansa investment

    2024-12-23T10:33:00Z

    Shareholders in Italian carrier ITA Airways have approved a capital increase of €325 million ($338 million) enabling Lufthansa Group to take a shareholding in the operator. ITA Airways says Lufthansa Group will be offered the capital, adding that it needs to subscribe by 15 January. This will enable the German ...

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    Latent damage to fire-button pin triggered A321neo uncommanded engine shutdown

    2024-12-23T08:46:00Z

    Investigators believe a damaged retaining pin within the overhead fire-control panel on a TAP Portugal Airbus A321neo led to an uncommanded in-flight engine shutdown, when it released a fire push-button during turbulence. Portuguese investigation authority GPIAAF says the aircraft (CS-TJL) had been cruising at 37,000ft en route from Milan to ...

  • Swiftair 737 wreckage-c-Lithuanian prosecutor's office
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    No evidence of interference prior to fatal Swiftair 737 freighter crash: inquiry

    2024-12-20T15:36:00Z

    Flight-recorder information indicates no evidence of unauthorised interference with the operation of a Swiftair Boeing 737-400 freighter before it crashed on approach to Vilnius last month. The aircraft came down north of the airport on 25 November, while attempting to land on runway 19 after arriving from Leipzig. Lithuania’s transport ...

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    Lufthansa Group agrees to purchase more A350-1000s

    2024-12-20T14:58:00Z

    Lufthansa Group has disclosed that it is purchasing another five Airbus A350-1000s, taking its overall commitment to 15 of the variant. The aircraft will be delivered over the course of 2028-30. They will bring overall A350 orders for the German group to 75 – including 60 of the smaller A350-900. ...

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    No injuries as Norwegian 737 overruns in snowy weather at Molde

    2024-12-20T14:11:00Z

    Norwegian investigators have initiated an inquiry after a Boeing 737-800 overran the runway at the coastal Molde airport during landing. The aircraft, arriving from Oslo as DY430 on 19 December, came to a halt partially off runway 25, which is 2,220m in length. Norwegian safety investigation authority SHK says the ...

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    Airbus clarifies engine restart procedures after LATAM A320 dual flame-out in hail

    2024-12-20T07:45:00Z

    Airbus has enhanced operational documentation to provide greater clarity on engine-relight procedures after severe hail extinguished both powerplants on a LATAM A320 two years ago. Such was the storm’s intensity that it “significantly exceeded” engine design and certification criteria, according to the airframer, with water and ice content twice the ...

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    Air India orders over 30 training aircraft for new flight school

    2024-12-19T11:44:00Z

    Air India has ordered over 30 light training aircraft for a flight-training school being established in Maharashtra next year. The school is being set up in Amravati and is set to open by the second half of 2025. Air India has ordered 31 single-engined Piper aircraft as well as three ...

  • China Airlines A350 tail-c-Airbus
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    China Airlines opts for A350-1000s and 777Xs, including Boeing freighters

    2024-12-19T10:51:00Z

    Taiwanese carrier China Airlines is to order 24 widebody aircraft, splitting the agreement between the Airbus A350-1000, Boeing 777-9, and the 777-8 freighter. The airline will order 10 of each passenger model plus four of the cargo aircraft, it states. China Airlines values the agreement at around $11.8 billion, citing ...

  • A321XLR Aer Lingus-c-Airbus
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    Two initial Aer Lingus A321XLRs flown to Dublin

    2024-12-18T19:45:00Z

    Aer Lingus’s first Airbus A321XLR has been delivered, having flown to Dublin from the airframer’s Hamburg Finkenwerder plant – one of two transferred to the Irish capital on the same day. The airline had originally been poised to be the first operator to receive the long-range twinjet variant. But this ...

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    Clean Aviation readies for next phase with over €900m to invest

    2024-12-18T16:37:00Z

    Even as its first tranche of projects begin to really hit their stride, the EU’s Clean Aviation body is preparing the ground for its second phase of EU funding, set to begin in February 2025.

  • Boeing's 777 production site Everett on 26 June 2024
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    Boeing reactivates 767 and 777 production following end of strike

    2024-12-18T16:04:00Z

    Boeing has resumed production of two widebody programmes in the Pacific Northwest following the end of strike action by its machinists’ union last month.

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    Iraqi civil aviation regulator still facing ‘challenges’ in oversight resources

    2024-12-18T10:54:00Z

    Iraq’s civil aviation regulator has postponed a planned on-site assessment by European safety authorities until at least the third quarter of next year. The country’s flag-carrier, Iraqi Airways, remains on the European Commission blacklist to which it was added in December 2015. Iraqi Airways has been striving to secure the ...

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    Airbus seeks to secure A320 supply chain with transfer of work from Daher

    2024-12-18T10:40:00Z

    Airbus has begun negotiations over the transfer of aerostructures work on the A320 family from current provider Daher.

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    Ethiopian Airlines to manage DRC start-up joint venture Air Congo

    2024-12-18T07:43:00Z

    Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed it is to manage a newly-launched carrier, Air Congo, for the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It will hold a 49% share in the airline while the government will have the 51% balance. Air Congo emerged in early December and its initial Boeing 737-800 ...

  • Luxair E195-E2-c-Embraer
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    Luxair firms options on E195-E2s

    2024-12-17T14:11:00Z

    Luxembourg’s flag-carrier, Luxair, has exercise options for another pair of Embraer 195-E2 twinjets, following its initial agreement for four of the type last year. The firming of the options brings its E195-E2 commitment to six. Luxair still holds purchase rights for three more of the model, says Embraer, adding that ...

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    Israir negotiates purchase of A320 on lease

    2024-12-17T13:16:00Z

    Israir Group is negotiating the purchase of an Airbus A320 from one of its lessors, in exchange for an extension of the lease on the twinjet. The Israeli company states that the discussions have led to a draft agreement under which Israir would pay around $16.5 million for the aircraft ...

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    ZeroAvia flags possible fuel cell powertrain slip but sees near-term boost from electric motor

    2024-12-17T11:04:00Z

    ZeroAvia’s ZA600 hydrogen fuel cell powertrain may not enter service before 2027, according to the latest certification timeline disclosed by the UK-US developer.

  • Trent 1000 TEN-c-Rolls-Royce
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    Rolls-Royce closes on US certification for crucial Trent 1000 upgrade

    2024-12-17T10:18:00Z

    Rolls-Royce says it has completed all the “major flight tests” necessary for US certification of a critical performance upgrade for its Trent 1000 engine.

  • Skytrans A319-c-Skytrans
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    Skytrans introduces initial A319 following Avia Solutions acquisition

    2024-12-17T09:13:00Z

    Australian carrier Skytrans has introduced an Airbus A319, part of a fleet modernisation initiated after the company was taken over by wet-lease specialist Avia Solutions Group. Skytrans has been operating regional types including De Havilland Dash 8 turboprops. Avia had indicated earlier this year that it would expand with Airbus ...

  • Air Tanzania A220-c-Airbus
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    Flight-training programme among concerns behind Air Tanzania blacklisting

    2024-12-17T08:50:00Z

    Air Tanzania’s blacklisting by the European Commission centres particularly on failure to maintain adequate control of its flight-training programme, and inability to understand the root causes behind safety deficiencies. The carrier, whose fleet includes some of the latest aircraft types, applied for third-country operator authorisation from the European Union Aviation ...