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Bell eyes Asia-Pacific opportunities across its portfolio
Bell sees opportunities in the Asia-Pacific for its full range of helicopters, from the entry level 505 to the advanced 525 Relentless, which is on the verge of US certification.
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USA clears big air-to-ground missile deals for UK, Finland
The US government has cleared two possible sales of air-to-ground munitions for NATO allies in Europe, including the sale of the new AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) to the United Kingdom.
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Pilot fatigue cited as possible cause of GA8 exiting runway and tipping into sea
Pilot fatigue likely contributed to an unstable approach and runway excursion involving a Mahindra GA8 Airvan, where the aircraft ended up partially submerged in seawater and substantially damaged.
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Hawaiian Holdings loses $49m amid Q3 engine issues and sagging demand
Hawaiian Holdings reported a second-quarter loss of $48.7 million during the third quarter as the airline company continues to be affected by engine issues and the Maui wildfires.
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Pratt reveals other GTF variants have disk defect but predicts minimal A220 and E-Jet impact
Two other Pratt & Whitney (P&W) geared turbofan variants are affected by the powdered-metal manufacturing problem now disrupting operators of PW1100G-powered Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.
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Hawaiian expects P&W engine issues to ground up to four A321s through first quarter
Chief executive Peter Ingram describes how the company is being affected by RTX and subsidiary Pratt & Whitney’s recall of thousands of PW1100G geared-turbofan engines.
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GE Aerospace trims 2023 Leap delivery target amid ‘supplier delinquencies’
GE Aerospace’s CFM International joint venture will likely deliver fewer than planned Leap turbofans this year amid sticky supply chain issues and robust demand for new aircraft engines and services.
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Test pilots push F-35B limits in UK carrier trials
Test pilots with the US Marine Corps are seeing how far they can stretch the ability of the short take-off and vertical landing F-35 variant to operate from the UK Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers with ultra-heavy weapon loads and alternative landing techniques.
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GE expects to become standalone aerospace business in second quarter 2024
General Electric expects to complete the divestiture of its energy division Vernova at the start of the second quarter of next year, leaving GE Aerospace as its sole surviving entity.
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Class-action lawsuit alleging Archer misled investors dismissed
A class-action lawsuit alleging that Archer Aviation and its top executives misled investors about progress toward certification of its air taxi has been dismissed.
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Higher fuel costs biggest impact on industry so far from Israel war: Walsh
IATA director general Willie Walsh sees airlines feeling the brunt of the impact so far from the armed conflict in Israel through higher fuel costs rather than a noticeable impact on bookings.
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RAF begins MQ-9B flight trials
The first of 16 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B long-endurance UAVs arrived at RAF Waddington for flight testing, ahead of an expected entry into service in 2024.
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Vinci partnership tentatively chosen as strategic investor in new Polish hub airport
Developers of a new Polish central hub airport have selected a French-Australian partnership as the preferred strategic investor for the facility. The airport, capable of handling 40 million passengers annually, will be situated between the capital Warsaw and the major city of Lodz. French airports operator Vinci Group and Australian ...
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TAP enjoys high yields during profitable third quarter
TAP Air Portugal has reported a profitable third quarter during which its revenues were significantly above pre-pandemic levels, as it “accelerated” its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic downturn.
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Turkish Airlines agrees to lease 28 Boeing jets from AerCap
Turkish Airlines is to lease 28 aircraft – including 25 Boeing 737 Max 8s – from Irish-based lessor AerCap from next year. Along with the 737 Max jets the carrier will lease three Boeing 787-9s. AerCap adds that Turkish Airlines will also extend leases on six Airbus A330-200s. The lessor ...
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Finnair outlines full-year profit expectations after positive third quarter
Finnair Group has refined its full-year profit expectations, predicting a comparable operating result of €160-200 million ($170-212 million), and estimates that revenues will reach €2.9-3.1 billion. The upper threshold of the revenue prediction is around the pre-crisis figure recorded in 2019, although Finnair had previously doubted that this year’s revenues ...
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Smartavia 737-800 skids off wintry Perm runway
Russian investigators are probing an excursion incident involving a Smartavia Boeing 737-800 as it landed at Perm in wintry conditions. The aircraft had arrived from St Petersburg on 24 October at 06:31, according to the Russian federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia. It conducted its approach to runway 21. Rosaviatsia states ...
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KAI gets serious about single-seat version of FA-50
A single-seat version of the FA-50 will offer more room for fuel and reduce acquisition costs.
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Severe bird-strike punctured cockpit of descending A320
US investigators have disclosed that a bird-strike involving a Delta Air Lines Airbus A320 last year was severe enough to penetrate the fuselage and affect pressurisation. The aircraft had been descending through 13,000ft on the MARWI3 arrival pattern to Omaha on 19 November 2022 when it was struck in the ...
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Australia’s Ferra to continue JDAM ER wing kit production, work on Powered JDAM
Boeing and Australia’s Ferra Engineering have signed a memorandum of understanding related to further Australian production of Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM ER) wing kits, and will explore applications for a powered version of JDAM.