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News
SIA defers Airbus deliveries amid S$1 billion Q1 operating loss
Singapore Airlines Group has reached an agreement with Airbus regarding aircraft deliveries and payment deferrals, as it reported a massive quarterly operating loss. The group, which comprises mainline carrier SIA, regional arm SilkAir, as well as low-cost unit Scoot — says it has reached an agreement with Airbus on ...
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S7 temporarily tops Russian passenger carriage table
S7 Airlines has temporarily emerged as Russia’s largest individual operator, the aviation regulator shows, as passenger numbers in the country halved to 27.8 million in the first six months of the year. Federal air transport authority Rosaviatsia states that the number of air passengers travelling in Russia was nearly 52% ...
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P&W says no retrenchments yet at Singapore joint venture
Pratt & Whitney has refuted retrenchment rumours at its Singapore-based joint venture with Singapore Airlines’ engineering arm, as it reiterated its commitment to its capabilities in the city-state. The engine maker responded to Singapore media reports that around 140 Eagle Services Asia (ESA) staff members were axed, saying that ...
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P&W’s commercial engine shipments and aftermarket sales tumble in Q2
Pratt and Whitney’s engine deliveries sunk by half year-on-year in the second quarter, while aftermarket sales also tumbled, pushing P&W to a $457 million loss for the period.
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Comair business plan pushed back as rescuers work to firm up offers
South African carrier Comair’s rescue practitioners have disclosed that a potential deal with an interested consortium has fallen through, but are pushing back publication of a business plan to provide time to consider other approaches. Publication of the business plan had been due on 28 July after an expression of ...
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Collins will not deliver Max components until second half of 2021, says Raytheon
Collins Aerospace will likely not begin shipping components for Boeing’s still-grounded 737 Max until the second half of 2021.
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Supersonic AS2 forward fuselage to be built by Spirit AeroSystems
US aerostructures firm Spirit AeroSystems is to build the forward fuselage of the Aerion AS2 supersonic business jet, in return for additional investment in the programme. Aerion says it has reached a memorandum of agreement to enhance Spirit’s role, after the two sides started co-operating on the AS2 last year ...
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Icelandair seals new cabin crew pact as it reels from first-half losses
Icelandair Group has secured approval from its flight attendants for a new collective agreement, thrashed out after a stand-off which involved the airline’s dismissing, and then reinstating, its cabin crew corps. The agreement will remain valid until the end of September 2025 and rounds off the critical negotiations with personnel ...
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Analysis
Airbus’ and Boeing’s undelivered jet inventories swell amid pandemic
Boeing and Airbus have accumulated hundreds of produced, but not delivered, aircraft in recent months, including dozens of widebody jets.
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Russian regulator underscores storm risk after Khabarovsk An-24 incidents
Eastern Russian authorities are urging operators to improve their awareness of adverse weather operations after two serious thunderstorm-related incidents in the space of three days involving Khabarovsk Airlines Antonov An-24s. One aircraft unintentionally flew into a heavy hailstorm at 17,000ft while operating a Tynda-Khabarovsk service on 17 July. The aircraft ...
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Fastjet seeks stock market delisting in bid to maintain crucial funding
African operator Fastjet Group is planning to delist from the stock market and register as a private company, as a condition of securing further support from key shareholder Solenta Aviation Holdings. Fastjet is listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market. But it says there is “considerable” cost and time involved in ...
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Recovering Ryanair could have 40 737 Max jets by summer 2021
Budget carrier Ryanair hopes to introduce its first Boeing 737 Max this year and up to 40 of the type ahead of the 2021 summer season. But the airline warns that the financial year will be “very challenging” after it turned in a first-quarter net loss of €185 million ($217 ...
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El Al seeks approval to raise capital as pilots object to cost-saving pact
El Al has called a shareholders’ meeting for 18 August in order to seek approval to raise the company’s registered share capital. The Israeli flag-carrier is planning to raise $400 million through a $150 million share issue and a state-backed staggered $250 million loan. El Al says that, in order ...
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Smartwings 737 inquiry recommends psychological appraisal of captain
Czech investigators probing the incident in which a Boeing 737-800 proceeded to its destination without diverting, despite suffering engine failure early in the flight, have recommended that its captain should undergo psychological assessment. Investigation authority UZPLN says the unusual recommendation for a psychological examination at the Czech Institute of Aviation ...
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Smartwings 737 captain 'hid' engine failure to continue flight to Prague
Czech investigators have revealed that a Boeing 737-800 captain misled air traffic control over a serious engine failure and ignored the first officer’s urging a diversion, in order to press on to Prague, the flight’s original destination. Investigation authority UZPLN states that the captain’s poor decision-making – disregarding several crucial ...
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Corrosion can prompt 737NG in-flight engine shutdowns following storage: FAA
Storage can cause 737NG engine valves to corrode, potentially leading to inflight loss of power or engine shutdowns, the US Federal Aviation Administration warns.
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Analysts question if demand supports Boeing’s 2021 Max production plan
Boeing has said it will increase Max production to 31 jets monthly in 2021. But two analysts call that rate too high, saying market demand supports a rate closer to 20 Max monthly.
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Regulators approve Garmin autoland on TBM 940
Daher has secured US and European certifications for Garmin’s autoland safety system in the TBM 940 single-engined turboprop.
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Opinion
FIA Connect was innovative move, but real air show is missed
Although virtual Farnborough event brought industry together, summer is not the same without seeing old friends and new aircraft up close
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Opinion
Bidding goodbye to BA’s ‘Queen of the Skies’
While BA’s move to retire its fleet of 747s because of coronavirus makes perfect sense, the business of aviation runs on romance as well as jet fuel