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Norse Atlantic to open US services from German capital
Transatlantic start-up Norse Atlantic Airways is opening services from the German capital Berlin, operating initially to two US gateways. Norse Atlantic will serve New York JFK daily from 17 August. It will expand the fledgling German network with a service to Los Angeles from 19 August, operating three-times weekly. Norse ...
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Turkish A350 agreement becomes highlight of Airbus activity in May
Turkish Airlines provided the highlight for Airbus orders during May, following through on its indication that it would take additional A350s. The airframer has recorded an order for four A350-900s from the carrier, in a month of relatively little activity. Turkish Airlines had signalled in May that it would commit ...
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ITA’s latest A350 flags carrier’s sustainability ambitions
Italian carrier ITA Airways will take its operational fleet of Airbus A350-900s to four – half of the eight planned – in June, through the introduction of a twinjet with a minimalist livery intended to highlight sustainability. The aircraft is largely white, in contrast to the distinctive blue which dominates ...
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Wizz continues to switch Airbus commitments to A321neo
Wizz Air has converted 21 Airbus A320neo commitments to the A321neo, a further shift of its single-aisle backlog towards the higher-capacity variant. The airline disclosed, as it released full-year final results, that it formalised the conversion in May. Deliveries of these aircraft will be carried out over the course of ...
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Wizz optimistic on restoring low cost levels as inflation adds to airline misery
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is expecting the current fiscal year to be one “marked by high inflation”, as it looks to return to pre-crisis cost levels and improve its competitiveness. Wizz Air turned in a full-year net loss of €642 million ($686 million) – higher than the previous ...
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Embraer hopes to revive development of hybrid-electric military transport
Embraer sees the potential to eventually resume development of a hybrid-electric short take-off aircraft despite the project stalling due to Brazilian government funding issues.
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US looks to seize 787-8 and G650ER due to Russian sanction violations
Citing violations of export restrictions, a US federal judge has authorised the US government to seize a Boeing 787-8 and Gulfstream G650ER owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
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Sweden to convert SAS debt but refrains from injecting new capital
Sweden’s government is proposing that it be authorised to enter a debt-to-equity swap to provide financial assistance to flag-carrier SAS. But it will not supply fresh capital to the struggling airline. Swedish trade and industry minister Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson disclosed the proposal on 7 June. It would require the legislature to ...
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Wizz Air to explore hydrogen fleet operations through Airbus collaboration
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is to explore the potential for hydrogen-powered aircraft operations under an agreement with Airbus. The two sides have signed a memorandum covering analysis of hydrogen operations, intended to provide the carrier with a “deeper understanding” of how such aircraft could change its business model, ...
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Aeroflot A330 returns to Russia after days of detention in Sri Lanka
Aeroflot has retrieved an Airbus A330-300 from Colombo, after several days of wrangling after the twinjet was impounded by Sri Lankan authorities. It departed for Moscow Sheremetyevo on 6 June, apparently after intervention to overturn a court order which led to the detention. Russian federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia confirms ...
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Embraer sees heightened C-390 demand amid geopolitical tensions
Recent geopolitical events, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are driving renewed interest from Western governments in Embraer’s C-390 military airlifter.
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Pressure setting suspected after two low approaches by Paris-bound A320
French investigators are probing an incident in which an Airbus A320 descended below the glidepath at Paris Charles de Gaulle during two separate approaches, triggering minimum safe altitude warnings. The aircraft was operated by the Maltese wet-lease specialist Airhub and had been inbound to Paris from Stockholm Arlanda on 23 ...
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Atlas takes another 747-8F, bringing Boeing’s 747 backlog to just three
Boeing has delivered to Atlas Air another 747-8 Freighter, leaving the airframer with just three undelivered 747-8Fs and bringing the jumbo jet’s 50-year-plus production run one step nearer to the end.
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Spirit’s planned combination with Frontier faces fresh opposition
Spirit Airlines is facing fresh opposition to its planned acquisition by Frontier Airlines, with investors suing to stop the deal and a management consulting firm recommending against it.
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Caribbean-based Sky High Aviation receives its first E190
Dominican airline Sky High Aviation received its first E190, becoming the first Caribbean-based carrier to fly an airframe in the E-Jet line.
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De Havilland completes first flight of CL-415 with new Collins avionics
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada on 30 May completed first flight of a CL-415 water bomber upgraded with Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion avionics.
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Belavia axes planned revised service to Israel
Belarusian flag-carrier Belavia is having to scrap planned services to Israel, claiming that Israeli authorities have reversed a decision to allow the airline entry to Tel Aviv along a revised route. Belavia says it had received permission to operate from Minsk to Tel Aviv in mid-May and drawn up a ...
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Airbus and Qatar Airways should encourage regulator to rethink A350 position: judge
Airbus and Qatar Airways should co-operate to persuade the Qatari civil aviation authority to adopt a different position regarding the grounding of the airline’s A350s, the judge overseeing the two sides’ legal dispute has stated. In a detailed ruling which followed the latest High Court session on 26 May, the ...
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Embraer sees turboprop decision in early 2023, eyes 70- and 90-seaters
Embraer confirms it will wait until 2023 to disclose more information about its planned development of a new passenger turboprop.
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SAS seeks widebody fleet relief from lessors as Asian routes stay closed
Scandinavian operator SAS has stressed that it needs to relieve the financial pressure from its long-haul fleet, owing to limitations in its ability to operate to Asian destinations. Chief executive Anko van der Werff, speaking during a second-quarter briefing, said the airline had “too many” widebody aircraft. He says SAS ...