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South Africa’s Paramount delivers first Mwari to undisclosed customer
South Africa’s Paramount Aerospace Industries has announced the start of customer deliveries with its Mwari light aircraft, optimised for tasks including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and precision strike.
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USAF adds first BACN E-11A from 2021 order
The US Air Force (USAF) has added the first E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) aircraft from a 2021 order for the Bombardier G6000 derivative.
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National Airlines introduces ex-AirBridgeCargo 747-400ERF to freighter fleet
US operator National Airlines has introduced a Boeing 747-400ERF to its fleet, an extended-range version of the high-capacity freighter. The carrier – which is based in Orlando but operates hubs in several locations – already has six 747-400Fs, as well as Boeing 757 and Airbus A330 passenger transports. It identifies ...
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Heart highlights customer acceptance of switch to 30-seater
Heart Aerospace insists operators are squarely behind its decision to ditch the development of an all-electric 19-seater in favour of a 30-seat hybrid-electric aircraft, with a significant number of customers having already transitioned to the updated model.
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Air NZ forecasts a swing to profitability
Air New Zealand expects to make a pre-tax profit in the first six months of its 2023 financial year, but offers no full-year guidance.
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CAAC, Boeing held meeting on possible 737 Max relaunch in China
Chinese regulators and Boeing recently met to discuss the 737 Max, potentially setting the stage for type’s return to service in Mainland China.
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Azul to remove 12 E195s from passenger-aircraft service
Brazilian discount airline Azul will remove 12 Embraer 195s from its fleet of passenger aircraft before the end of 2022, moving to sell some of the jets and convert others to freighters.
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Airlines will need larger jets like updated A380: Emirates’ Clark
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark fears the industry’s shift away from the largest aircraft types could leave carriers short on seats in the coming decades, potentially leading to “enormously high fares”.
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First B-21 roll-out planned for December
The US Air Force and designer Northrop Grumman plan to reveal the first of the service’s secretive B-21 Raider next-generation strategic bombers in December.
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Rolls-Royce obtains EASA approval for Pearl 700 engine
Rolls-Royce has secured European certification for the Pearl 700 engine which powers the Gulfstream G700 and G800 executive jets. The engine is the sole powerplant for the long-range aircraft. It features the company’s Advance2 core, a new low-pressure system, and generates take-off thrust of 81kN (18,250lb). Rolls-Royce says the test ...
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GE partners on hydrogen flight demonstrator
Earlier this year, CFM International, a 50-50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, joined Airbus to announce plans to flight test a hydrogen combustion engine. Learn more in this video with Mohamed Ali, GE Aerospace’s vice president of engineering, who explains the opportunities and challenges of hydrogen-fueled propulsion.
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Boeing and Wisk outline their concept for air taxi flights
Boeing and partner Wisk Aero have broadly defined requirements they view as needed for the unmanned electric air taxi concept to become reality. The companies on 20 September released a 64-page report predicting how an air taxi system – known as urban air mobility (UAM) – would actually work. The ...
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Swelling pilot pay could force US regionals to contract, impacting communities: CEOs
Higher pilot pay rates at regional airlines could become a problem as carriers seek to balance a pilot shortage with maintaining flights to smaller US communities.
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Freight lift helps ASL boost 2021 revenues by 25%
ACMI specialist ASL Aviation Holdings cites strong a performance across long-haul freight routes as a key driver in the company lifting revenues by one-quarter in 2021.
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Australian navy to receive new MH-60Rs from mid-2025
The Royal Australian Navy will receive 12 new Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters from mid-2025 to mid-2026, following a contract award from the US Navy.
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Brazil’s Azul receives initial A350
Brazilian operator Azul has received its first Airbus A350, after the twinjet was ferried to the city of Belo Horizonte. The -900 aircraft, temporarily operating with the French registration F-WTAO, departed from a facility in Tarbes where it had undergone maintenance checks. It has been configured with 334 seats, according ...
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TUI sees strong summer peak despite lingering disruption
European travel firm TUI expects its Markets & Airlines division will be “significantly profitable” despite airport disruptions for the quarter ending 30 September, the company says a pre-close of financial year statement.
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P&W to open technology accelerator in Singapore
Pratt & Whitney has inked a collaboration agreement with Singapore’s Economic Development Board for the establishment of a technology accelerator in the city state.
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Ukraine International names airport executive as new chief
Ukraine International Airlines has named a new president, Kyryl Zvonarov, succeeding Yevhenii Dykhne. Zvonarov has been serving as deputy general director of Kyiv Borispol airport, the country’s main hub, for eight years. The airline says he has gained 25 years’ managerial experience in “various industries”. Dykyne has headed the flag-carrier ...
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General Atomics, Kratos highlight progress toward AI-driven combat aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Kratos have highlighted progress with autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).