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NewsMarket recovery boosts Safran performance as Leap output grows
Strong aftermarket growth in its propulsion segment and rising deliveries of Leap narrowbody engines to Airbus and Boeing helped drive revenue and profit increases at aerospace giant Safran last year.
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NewsUnited Aircraft seals supply contracts covering over 60 jets for Aeroflot
United Aircraft has signed formal contracts to deliver 63 aircraft to Russian operator Aeroflot Group by the end of 2025. Aeroflot Group is to take 18 Irkut MC-21s plus 34 SSJ-New aircraft, as well as 11 Tupolev Tu-214s. United Aircraft has also reached agreement to supply eight SSJ-New twinjets to ...
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NewsBoth Yeti ATR propellers feathered just after pilot called for flap extension
Nepalese investigators probing the Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 crash at Pokhara have disclosed that both propellers feathered just after the flying pilot asked for a further extension of the flaps. The aircraft had been descending to runway 12 following a service from Kathmandu on 15 January. Its landing-gear was deployed ...
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In depthEviation close to naming new suppliers, prepping for 2025 kick-off of certification flight testing
Several months after completing first flight of its prototype electric aircraft, US developer Eviation is working to secure manufacturing partners and additional funding, while remaining on track to begin certification flight testing in 2025.
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NewsSafran ACHIEVEs first runs of hybrid Tech TP as it works to get HE-ART started
Safran Helicopter Engines has completed the first run of a hybridised version of its Tech TP turboprop powerplant which incorporates an electric motor to boost the unit’s efficiency.
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In depthAirbus shows off latest A321 final assembly line in former Toulouse A380 hall
Its cavernous halls, 46m ceilings, and giant wall art depicting the superjumbo over the Pyrenees give more than a clue to its previous purpose, but Airbus’s former A380 Jean-Luc Lagardere plant in Toulouse is readjusting to its role as the newest and most technically advanced A320 family final assembly line (FAL).
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NewsAirbus to continue fello’fly flight tests via SESAR-backed Geese project
Airbus is pressing ahead with plans to bring its fello’fly vortex recovery system (VRS) into commercial service later this decade and will further refine the concept – and its integration into airline operations – with another round of flight tests conducted through a European research project.
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NewsSustainable fuel crucial to Airbus fleet emission-reduction targets
Airbus has secured approval for its decarbonisation roadmap which includes a 46% reduction, by 2035, of emissions intensity generated by its in-service commercial aircraft. The airframer submitted near-term science-based targets for emissions in their entirety which, it says, have newly been assessed and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative ...
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NewsAirbus yet to define architectures for possible stretched A220: Faury
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury reiterates that a stretch version of the A220 is a “matter of when not if”, but stresses it is not a short-term priority despite “a very strong appetite” in the market. Source: Nattanon Tavonthammarit Shutterstock Airbus took over the former CSeries programme in ...
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NewsAirbus intends to deliver 720 commercial aircraft in 2023
Airbus is intending to deliver 720 commercial aircraft this year, the figure it had originally laid down for 2022 before supply-chain problems forced a downward revision. But this target still remains far below the 863 deliveries it managed to achieve in 2019, the year prior to the onset of disruption ...
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NewsAirbus further slows single-aisle ramp-up but aims to hike long-haul output
Airbus has slowed the trajectory of its A320neo-family ramp-up by around a year, in response to supply-chain concerns, pushing the 75-per-month production target back to 2026. The airframer had intended to take A320neo-family monthly output to 65 aircraft by early 2024, but this has been revised to the end of ...
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NewsAmeriflight strikes deal to purchase Sabrewing cargo drones
US cargo airline Ameriflight has continued showing interest in conceptual autonomous cargo aircraft by signing a letter of intent to purchase 35 vertical take-off and landing drones from California start-up Sabrewing Aircraft.
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NewsPlay optimistic of full-year profit despite economic uncertainty
Icelandic budget airline Play is expecting positive full-year earnings for 2023, as it prepares to expand its fleet to 10 aircraft and its network to 36 points. Play turned in an operating loss for last year of $44.1 million and a pre-tax loss of $55.5 million, based on revenues of ...
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NewsRussian lessor GTLK to acquire over 80 additional Mi-8 helicopters
Russian state lessor GTLK has reached an agreement with Russian Helicopters to acquire 86 domestically-built Mil Mi-8 rotorcraft. GTLK says its fleet will be replenished over the course of 2023-25. All the helicopters will be leased to Russian domestic carriers, it states, although it has not disclosed the details of ...
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NewsSAS reassures passengers after cyberattack
Scandinavian carrier SAS is reassuring passengers that there is no risk to their personal data following a cyberattack on the company’s IT systems. The attack occurred on 14 February, the Star Alliance airline states, adding that it was one of several companies to be subjected. Its website and certain other ...
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NewsAirbus names polymer firm executive as new chief financial officer
Airbus has named Thomas Toepfer as its new chief financial officer, who is set to succeed Dominik Asam from the beginning of September. Asam is set to leave the airframer on 3 March. The company says its defence and space division’s executive vice-president for finance, Xavier Tardy, will serve as ...
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NewsUK’s Flybe to be wound down as ‘complexities’ thwart rescue efforts
Administrators of UK regional carrier Flybe are to wind down the company, after failing to reach agreement on selling the business. Flybe filed for administration on 27 January. Administrators had sought a temporary operating licence for the carrier while the possibility of rescue remained. But “intensive” discussions with parties regarding ...
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NewsUK’s Jet2 opens Manchester crew-training centre
UK leisure carrier Jet2 has opened a new training centre for air and ground crew, a facility located near Manchester airport. It will complement a centre established by the budget operator close to Bradford in 2014. The Manchester facility will enable the company to “underpin its growth ambitions”, says Jet2. ...
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NewsFinnair expecting return to seasonality as pandemic effects fade
Finnair expects average capacity this year will remain 15-20% down on the pre-crisis level of 2019, but is uncertain as to how long the current strong demand for travel will persist. The airline highlights the high price of fuel and the continuing disruption to its network caused by the Russian ...
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NewsContinental issues mandatory service bulletin for 2,000 crankshafts
Continental Aerospace Technologies has issued a mandatory service bulletin (SB) for some engines that power common single-engined piston trainer aircraft.