All Air Transport articles – Page 255
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NewsGE refines Affinity supersonic engine, plans for 2020 performance tests
GE Aviation has been making strides with its Affinity supersonic engine, planning for operational and performance tests later this year while keeping details of the design under wraps.
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NewsEmirates’ Clark expecting tough 2020 then slow near-term recovery
Industry will have to “tough it out” for the remainder of this year as it reels from the coronavirus pandemic, but Clark is optimistic that business will begin to improve gradually during 2021.
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NewsDraft plan indicates restructured SAA would lose R20bn in first three years
Preliminary projections for a restructured South African Airways indicate the carrier would lose close to R20 billion ($1.1 billion) over the first three years, before it started turning a profit. The operation would have a fleet of 40 aircraft, according to a draft business plan obtained by the country’s political ...
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NewsJet2 parent to focus on airline after selling logistics business
UK budget carrier Jet2’s parent, Dart Group, has sold its sister logistics business to investor Culina Group. The divestment of Fowler Welch, for a gross cash consideration of £98 million, leaves Dart Group able to concentrate exclusively on the leisure airline operation. Jet2 is based at Leeds Bradford airport and ...
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NewsWake-vortex crash probe baffled by tight separation decision
Investigators have not been able to explain why the captain of a Diamond Aircraft DA62 calibration flight repeatedly breached minimum separation distances from commercial traffic at Dubai before a fatal wake-turbulence accident. Analysis of the accident sequence indicates the UK Flight Calibration Services DA62, conducting approaches to runway 30L, had ...
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NewsLufthansa board approves revision to financial aid conditions
Lufthansa Group’s executive board has accepted European Commission commitments in order to secure a financial package negotiated with a federal German stabilisation fund. But the supervisory board must still back the commitments, after it previously withheld approval. The company claims the scope of the conditions “has been reduced” compared with ...
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NewsMD-82 almost stalled at low level after go-around thrust overlooked
Bulgarian investigators have revealed that a Boeing MD-82 almost stalled while nose-high at low level, after the crew did not engage go-around thrust during a missed approach at Tarbes-Lourdes airport. The Bulgarian Air Charter aircraft descended to about 40ft while still nearly 500m from the runway, flying close to the ...
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In depthFor VerdeGo, going green means going hybrid
Florida urban air mobility startup has pivoted away from designing an aircraft to working with airframers as a powertrain partner
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NewsAdient Aerospace upbeat as it unveils new single-aisle business-class seat
Despite the immediate impact of the coronavirus on air transport, seating manufacturer Adient Aerospace – part owned by Boeing – is pressing ahead with the launch of a new lie-flat business-class seat for single-aisle jets.
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NewsSAA rescuers request time to consult on government proposals
South African Airways’ rescue practitioners are seeking an extension to the deadline for publishing a business plan for the troubled flag-carrier. Under South African legislation a business plan is normally required within 25 days of a company entering business rescue, but extensions can be granted if necessary. SAA, however, has ...
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NewsKuwait Airways to lay off 1,500 staff
Kuwait Airways is to shed 1,500 foreign personnel in response to the problems presented by the coronavirus crisis. The flag-carrier states that the “difficult decision” follows the “great hardships that the company is facing” as a result of the impact on the air transport sector. As a result of the ...
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NewsUIA expects to restore long-haul hub services next year
Ukraine International Airlines is to put 14 aircraft into operation once it starts restoring services, as it expects government restrictions to lift on 15 June. But chief executive Yevhenii Dykhne says it has “stopped employing” around 900 personnel following a “substantial decline” in the airline’s operations. “We aim at sustaining ...
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NewsSAS pushes A320neo deliveries to 2024
SAS has agreed with Airbus to delay delivery of four A320neos and is in talks with the airframer on further deferrals as the Scandinavian carrier prepares for a slow recovery in traffic after the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsSAS to defer Airbus deliveries as it overhauls business plan
Scandinavia’s SAS is to defer and review future Airbus deliveries and those from lessors, as part of its response to the coronavirus crisis, as it continues to pursue additional funding. The airline is drawing up a revised business plan which aims to bring SKr4 billion ($417 million) in improvements by ...
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NewsBoeing restarts 737 Max production
Boeing has resumed 737 Max production, bringing the factory back on line at “low” production rates almost five months after halting Max assemblies.
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NewsMitsubishi Aircraft’s pause comes amid renewed ‘scope’ uncertainty
Mitsubishi Aircraft’s decision to halt SpaceJet M100 development may partly reflect fresh uncertainty about “scope clauses” – those pilot contract provisions that dictate which aircraft US regional airlines can operate.
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NewsNearly 7,000 workers to lose jobs in Boeing’s first wave of job cuts
Boeing will notify nearly 7,000 employees this week that their jobs will be eliminated as part of a 10% companywide staff reduction that targets the aerospace giant’s commercial aircraft business.
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In depthSupersonic start-ups on course for deliveries by mid decade
Contenders to develop a new generation of supersonic aircraft continue to advance their projects despite the coronavirus pandemic, insisting that the downturn will not derail an inevitable widespread transition to supersonic commercial flight
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NewsLATAM immediately cutting 19 leased aircraft from fleet
LATAM Airlines Group has identified 19 leased aircraft which it will cut from its operators’ fleets, following the company’s filing for US Chapter 11 creditor protection. Six long-haul jets – comprising two Airbus A350-900s and four Boeing 787-9s – are among the aircraft listed in the filing. The remainder is ...
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NewsE-Jet operators told to act to avert trim-switch misfitting
Operators of Embraer 170 and 190 regional jets are being instructed to modify control yokes to prevent horizontal stabiliser trim switches being inadvertently wrongly installed. Brazil’s national civil aviation regulator, ANAC, has advised of “occurrences” in which the pitch-trim switches on the yokes have been fitted with poles inverted. This ...