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NewsSwissport names former EasyJet executive as new chief
Restructuring ground handler Swissport International has appointed Warwick Brady, currently head of the recently rebranded Stobart Group, as its new chief executive, enabling Christoph Mueller to take up the chairman role with the Swiss firm.
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NewsAirbus lines outside Europe delivered most aircraft in January
Airbus’s delivery figures for January were unusual because, as a result of the air transport crisis, the majority of aircraft were handed over from its non-European final assembly lines. The airframer has five sites with assembly lines – in Toulouse, Hamburg, Tianjin, Mobile and Montreal – with the two European ...
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NewsBA eyes UK alcohol-to-fuel plant after sustainability tie-up with LanzaJet
British Airways is the latest carrier to tie up with a sustainable alcohol-to-fuel initiative established last year by carbon recycling and biotechnology firm LanzaTech. Its agreement involves not only the supply of fuel but initial exploration into a possible biorefinery for the airline in the UK. UK long-haul carrier Virgin ...
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NewsSIA swaps 787s for more 777-9s in S$4 billion capex deferral
Singapore Airlines Group has made significant changes to its order book — by swapping Boeing 787-10s for more 777-9s — in a move that sees it defer more than S$4 billion ($3.01 billion) in capital spending by about three years.
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NewsTUI sees vaccine roll-out key to sparking summer travel
Travel firm TUI Group is taking encouragement that a rapid roll-out of vaccines will help fuel a return to travel even as its latest quarterly results showed the company continuing to be hammered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsIcelandair focuses on cash preservation as pandemic resurgence bites
Icelandair transported just 14,000 passengers during December 2020, but even this figure was more than the October and November totals combined. Fourth-quarter revenues for Icelandair Group amounted to just $60 million to 31 December, down by more than 80%, while pre-tax losses for the period reached $97 million. It attributes ...
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NewsMalaysia can do more to help its aviation industry: Panel
While the Malaysian government has gone some way in helping its airline industry tide through the coronavirus crisis, more can done to give the ailing sector a fillip — especially because recovery is hard to predict.
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NewsHAL Light Utility Helicopter achieves army IOC
The Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) 3t Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) has achieved initial operational clearance (IOC) from the Indian army.
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NewsNew Delhi forges ahead with new naval fighter, AMCA
India’s Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has provided additional details about the planned Twin Engine Deck-Based Fighter (TEDBF), as it moves forward with the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). The TEDBF will be developed to replace the Indian navy’s RAC MiG-29Ks, and will differ radically from the AMCA being developed for ...
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NewsSun Country Airlines files for IPO
US leisure travel specialist Sun Country Airlines has applied to go public, according to a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
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NewsDARPA’s multi-modal ‘LongShot’ missile programme awards design contracts
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded preliminary design contracts for its LongShot programme, a concept that envisions an air-launched unmanned air vehicle carrying and firing multiple smaller air-to-air missiles.
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NewsUPS receives first cockpit-updated A300, aims for fleet-wide updates by end-2022
Express air shipment company UPS has received its first Airbus A300 Freighter with Honeywell avionics updates and is now working to have its entire fleet upgraded before the end of 2022.
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NewsAmerican expands international schedule from Miami
American Airlines is expanding international service from its Miami hub, with new direct flights to Tel Aviv and Paramaribo, Suriname, set to launch in June and July, respectively.
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NewsOptimistic Icelandair sees spring return for 737 Max
Icelandair Group is optimistic that it will be able to start ramping-up its network in the second quarter of this year, and intends to return its Boeing 737 Max fleet to service in spring. The company has six 737 Max jets which have been grounded for nearly two years. But ...
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NewsFleet cuts prompt dispute with pilot union at Swiss
Swiss has walked away from labour talks with pilot union Aeropers and terminated a collective agreement with the body amid a dispute over planned restructuring in response to the pandemic.
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NewsDelta to block middle seats through April
Delta Air Lines has extended through the end of April its ban on selling middle seats on its flights to give customers the additional “peace of mind” that comes with fewer passengers and the perceived lower risk of getting infected with the coronavirus.
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NewsHAL details progress on new 13t helicopter for India
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) believes the new heavy-class multi-role helicopter it is developing for the Indian military can be “benchmarked” against the best products on the global market.
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NewsMC-21’s Russian-built engines pass ICAO emissions test
Source: Rostec PD-14 engines are fitted to the MC-21-310 which commenced flight-tests in December 2020
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NewsKLM carries out first flight part-powered with sustainable synthetic fuel
KLM last month carried out a commercial passenger flight partly flown from sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, in the latest push by the Dutch sector develop alternative fuels for aviation.
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NewsNo evidence Ukraine aware of threat before MH17 shot down: analysis
Independent analysis has found no evidence that Ukrainian authorities were aware of the threat to high-altitude traffic, and specifically civil aviation, before a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. This is despite Ukrainian national security officials’ openly floating the possibility that high-powered weapons might have ...