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NewsWhat would it take to power airliners with batteries?
Replacing turbine-driven airliners with similarly sized electric aircraft will require a monumental leap in battery technology.
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NewsEuropean trial prioritises route assistance for operationally-critical flights
Several airlines and European air navigation service providers are to test a new service intended to offer airlines exceptional route changes and tactical adjustments, to provide a more efficient trajectory particularly for flights affected by critical operational issues. Pan-European air navigation organisation Eurocontrol says the trial, beginning 15 September, will ...
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NewsNew Dublin training centre to feed increasing Ryanair crew demand
Ryanair has entered an exclusive agreement with Airline Flight Academy, under which the company will become the budget airline’s cadet training partner in Ireland and operate a newly-inaugurated Dublin facility. Airline Flight Academy, which already offers recruitment and training support to Ryanair, has been selected to run the new centre ...
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NewsArcher Aviation to become publicly traded on 17 September
Shareholders of shell company Atlas Crest Investment have approved a merger with US air taxi developer Archer Aviation, putting that company on track to become publicly traded on 17 September.
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NewsBoeing logged 23 net new aircraft orders in August, 787 deliveries still stalled
Boeing continued padding its order backlog in August, a month during which the company again logged more new orders than cancellations.
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NewsBombardier refreshes Challenger 350 with new 3500 model, aims for certification next year
Bombardier has dropped the curtain on a cabin mock-up of a refreshed version of its Challenger 350 super-midsize business jet – a new variant called the Challenger 3500, for service entry in the second half of 2022.
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NewsRescue crews’ unfamiliarity with 737 delayed evacuation of Air India Express crash pilots
Pilots of the Air India Express Boeing 737-800 which overran after landing long at Kozhikode last year were not extracted from the wreckage for an hour because rescue personnel were not familiar with the aircraft type, investigators have disclosed. The 737 came to rest on a steep embankment after overrunning ...
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NewsBoeing yet to restore 20-year global fleet outlook to pre-crisis 50,000 mark
Boeing is yet to restore its 20-year global fleet forecast to the 50,000 mark it predicted in its pre-crisis outlook, although its latest projection is still higher than that foreseen last year. Two years ago, before the onset of the pandemic, the US airframer had envisioned nearly 50,700 aircraft worldwide ...
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NewsFirst C919 for China Eastern enters final assembly stage
The first Comac C919 narrowbody bound for launch customer China Eastern Airlines will “soon” enter final assembly, as the Chinese airframer hopes to deliver the aircraft by year-end.
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NewsCocktail of diabetes drugs could have impaired fatal 737 overrun captain
Investigators probing the fatal Air India Express Boeing 737-800 overrun at Kozhikode last year have raised the possibility that the captain’s decision-making might have been impaired by hypoglycaemia, a reduction in blood-sugar levels. Twenty-one of the 190 occupants, including both pilots, sustained fatal injuries after the jet landed long in ...
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NewsUS carrier Breeze raises A220 order to 80 aircraft
US carrier Breeze Airways is ordering another 20 Airbus A220-300s, as it prepares to receive its first of the type in the fourth quarter. Airbus says the order for the twinjets, previously undisclosed, brings Breeze’s overall commitment to 80 A220s. The airline, which commenced services in May, intends to introduce ...
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NewsRolls-Royce to divest AirTanker Holdings stake but retain share of MRTT operator
Rolls-Royce is continuing its divestment efforts with the decision to sell its stake in AirTanker Holdings to an investment firm. AirTanker is the consortium which owns Airbus A330-200 multi-role tanker transports used by the Royal Air Force under a ministry of defence contract. Rolls-Royce has agreed to sell its 23.1% ...
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NewsSalamAir steps up capacity with A321neo introduction
Omani low-cost carrier SalamAir has introduced its first Airbus A321neo, stepping up from its fleet of smaller A320neos. The aircraft, MSN10483, is a CFM International Leap-1A-powered airframe delivered through lessor GECAS. SalamAir says the twinjet (A40-OXA), configured with 212 seats, will be the first A32neo to be operated by an ...
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NewsRussian investigators probe fatal L-410 crash in Siberian forest
Russian investigators have opened an inquiry into a fatal landing accident involving a Let L-410 turboprop near the Siberian settlement of Kazachinskoye, some 500km north-east of Irkutsk. The aircraft had been operating a service from Irkutsk on 12 September when it made a “hard landing” in a forest region, according ...
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NewsIATA appoints SIA VP to helm Asia-Pacific office
IATA has appointed Singapore Airlines senior executive Philip Goh as its regional vice president for the Asia-Pacific region effective immediately.
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NewsSydney Airport warms to takeover after consortium ups offer
Sydney Airport is prepared to recommend that shareholders back the latest takeover offer — valued at A$23.6 billion ($17.4 billion) — from a group of infrastructure investors.
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NewsAir India Express 737 crash captain did not respond to go-around call
Investigators have revealed that the first officer of an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 unsuccessfully tried to convince the captain to abort an unstable second approach to Kozhikode before the jet landed long in a tailwind and fatally overran. The inquiry believes the captain was under “misplaced motivation” pressure to ...
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NewsUS firm Mammoth to offer 777-200LR and -300ER freighter conversions
US based firm Mammoth Freighters has joined the line-up of companies aiming to offer Boeing 777 cargo conversions, with a portfolio covering the long-range -200LR and -300ER models. The company intends to begin modification of an initial 777-200LR – converting it to a -200LRMF – in the second quarter of ...
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NewsFAA grants $100m in technology development contracts to major US aerospace manufacturers
Several major US aerospace companies – including Boeing, GE Aviation, Honeywell Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney – have won US government contracts to develop emission- and noise-reducing aerospace technologies.
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NewsBahrain’s Gulf Air fixes date to open Israeli service
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air is to open its service from Bahrain to the Israeli hub Tel Aviv at the end of September. Gulf Air is opening the Israeli route following last year’s diplomatic recognition agreement between the two countries, which formed part of the broader Abraham Accords pact. While ...