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NewsITA firms Airbus order for 28 aircraft
New Italian national carrier ITA Airways has firmed its commitment for 28 new Airbus aircraft.
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NewsNeeleman sees flexibility from A220 configurations, eyes extended range
David Neeleman expects US start-up Breeze Airways to launch Airbus A220 flights with around five aircraft when it is approved to begin operations with the type next year.
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NewsFrench firm Ascendance unveils fan-in-wing hybrid-electric aircraft design
French company Ascendance Flight Technologies has become the latest to unveil a proposed hybrid-electric aircraft design, a five-seat model intended to operate over a 400km range. Designated the ATEA, the aircraft features a double-wing and T-tailed configuration with rotary fan elements embedded in the wing structure. The developer says it ...
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NewsRussian Helicopters head appointed to lead MC-21 manufacturer Irkut
Russian Helicopters head Andrey Boginsky is to take over as chief of airframer Irkut – producer of the MC-21 twinjet – after the company’s board agreed to end the tenure of Ravil Khakimov after two-and-a-half years. At a 30 November board meeting Boginsky was approved to serve a three-year term ...
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NewsFirst domestic-winged MC-21 emerges as twinjet’s service entry nears
Over the course of next year the 150-seat jet duopoly is set to evolve into a triopoly as the Irkut MC-21 enters service with Rossiya, the most significant Russian commercial aircraft development in decades. The programme has taken another significant step with the roll-out of the first aircraft whose composite ...
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NewsOneworld carriers collectively source sustainable fuel at San Francisco
Oneworld alliance carriers serving San Francisco have provisionally agreed to purchase blended sustainable aviation fuel from specialist Aemetis, which is developing a facility in California. Under the deal, which has yet to be finalised, the airlines will collectively take 350 million gallons of the fuel from the company from 2024. ...
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NewsQatar Airways chief keeps pressure on Airbus over A350 fuselage issue
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker is keeping pressure on Airbus over a fuselage-degradation issue that grounded 20 of its A350s, while continuing to mull widebody freighter orders.
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NewsSAS looks at fleet options for thinner network demand
Scandinavia’s SAS is evaluating fleet options to address lower demand on the company’s network, and is closing in on a decision. Speaking during a full-year briefing, chief executive Anko van der Werff said the company was assessing “what we can do, what we want to get” and was “nearing the ...
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NewsSAS to introduce new Connect and Link operating arms at Copenhagen
Scandinavia’s SAS is preparing to commence operations from Copenhagen with new internal operating models, known as SAS Connect and SAS Link, but insists they will not prove confusing to customers. SAS says market dynamics have “changed substantially” over the course of the pandemic and the shift requires the company to ...
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NewsEmbraer and P&W partner for 100% SAF test flights
Embraer and engine supplier Pratt & Whitney are to collaborate on studies designed to culminate in a flight of an E195-E2 jet powered by unblended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
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NewsUS committee seeks more details from FAA about response to 737 Max crisis
US lawmakers have asked Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson for more information about how the agency responded to two issues related to the Boeing 737 Max.
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NewsAirbus flags early promise from 100% sustainable-fuel test flights
In-flight emissions tests of an Airbus A350 powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel indicate that the fuel releases fewer particulates than kerosene, while analysis points to lower density but higher energy content per unit weight. The tests have involved an A350-900 – powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines – chased ...
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NewsZambia Airways set to open domestic services from December
African start-up carrier Zambia Airways is set to commence domestic services on 1 December, operating from the capital Lusaka to the city of Ndola. The carrier is being set up in partnership with Ethiopian Airlines, which has a 45% share in the venture, while Industrial Development Corporation holds the 55% ...
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NewsSouth Sudan’s regulator under EU pressure on air safety oversight
South Sudanese authorities are under pressure from European regulators after a string of accidents and evidence of incorrect registration of aircraft involved. While all airlines from Sudan have been blacklisted by the European Commission for more than a decade, South Sudan subsequently became an independent country in 2011. Airlines from ...
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NewsLATAM details $8.19bn financing plan to support Chapter 11 exit
Latin American operator LATAM Airlines Group has submitted its re-organisation plan to support the company’s exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. LATAM says the plan follows a restructuring support agreement, backed by its largest unsecured creditor group, as well as “certain” shareholders holding over 50% equity. It centres on the ...
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NewsEU blacklists Russia’s SKOL but lifts ban on Moldovan carriers
Russian carrier SKOL has been blacklisted by the European Commission over safety concerns, but restrictions on all Moldovan operators have been lifted. SKOL became immersed in a dispute with Russian federal regulator Rosaviatsia earlier this year after the authority ordered withdrawal of more than 30 aircraft from its operating certificate ...
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NewsUkrainian start-up Air Ocean begins flights with An-148 fleet
Ukrainian carrier Air Ocean Airlines has commenced commercial services, operating an initial network of domestic routes using Antonov An-148 twinjets. The airline, which secured an air operator’s certificate on 23 October, has opened sales for scheduled services to Lviv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Chernivtsi. It carried out its first flight – ...
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NewsUkrainian government outlines plan to create new national airline
Ukraine’s government is to invest in creating a new state carrier, under the working name of Ukrainian National Airlines, as part of a programme of economic development. President Volodymyr Zelensky unveiled the plan during a forum on aviation and tourism, stating that the government was “moving to practical implementation”. “This ...
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Airline BusinessUK airlines desperate for government to adopt EU-style travel policies
This week’s Airlines 2021 event in London was a timely gathering of key players in the UK aviation sector, as they called for the country’s government to remove barriers to air travel that put it out of step with mainland Europe.
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OpinionDubai delivered welcome lift for industry - but sustaining momentum will be key
There was a pleasant sense of a return to normality at the Dubai air show, with triple-digit orders once again unveiled, but whether this recovery will endure remains to be seen.