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How safe were commercial airline flights in 2021?
The commercial airline industry showed improvements in several key safety metrics for 2021, according to IATA, although turboprop operations again significantly lagged the performance of jet flights.
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Dassault boss Trappier hits out at Airbus over FCAS delays
Dassault Aviation chief executive Eric Trappier has delivered a stinging rebuke to Airbus over contract signature delays relating to the tri-national Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme.
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Fraport ponders future of share in St Petersburg airport
German airports operator Fraport is assessing the impact of economic sanctions on its 25% shareholding in St Petersburg Pulkovo airport’s operating company. It points out that the concession contract “excludes the sale” of its stake in Thalita Trading, which wholly-owns the airport operator Northern Capital Gateway, but adds that it ...
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El Al’s last 787 delivery put back until early 2023
Israeli flag-carrier El Al is pushing back delivery of its final Boeing 787 at least until March next year, three years beyond its original introduction date. The airline says the 787-8 – one of four of the variant – was supposed to be accepted in March 2020, just as pandemic-related ...
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Pratt & Whitney to demonstrate rotating engine detonation concept
Pratt & Whitney has secured a US Air Force (USAF) contract to develop a ground test demonstration of a rotating engine detonation concept.
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Sole An-225 suffered irreparable damage during airfield assault
New images of the conflict damage at Kyiv’s Gostomel airfield confirm that the sole operational Antonov An-225 has been destroyed while parked in a hangar on the site. While the status of the iconic six-engined freighter had remained unclear for several days after conflict erupted in Ukraine, images had emerged ...
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Lessor Avation spots signs of industry recovery
Lessor Avation has observed improving conditions as the airline sector starts to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, and provides an update on customer Philippine Airlines (PAL).
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BAE Systems introduces new, customisable EW suite
BAE Systems has launched a new electronic warfare (EW) suite to provide platforms with offensive and defensive EW capabilities.
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Singapore broadens vaccinated travel scheme; adds Greece, Vietnam
Singapore is expanding its Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) programme for vaccinated travellers, likely providing a boost to passenger traffic into the city state.
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Northrop secures contract to upgrade US Navy E-6B fleet
Northrop Grumman has secured a contract to modernise the US Navy’s Boeing E-6B Mercury fleet, an essential link in the USA’s Nuclear Triad.
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Joby establishes a ‘presence’ in UK to explore eVTOL business
US air taxi developer Joby Aviation says it is “establishing a presence” in the UK to explore offering the company’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) transportation service in that country.
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Lufthansa eyes ‘second CityLine’ through new AOC operation
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr describes plans for a new AOC within the group as a “second CityLine” operation, noting it would be of similar size and have the same terms for staff as the regional unit.
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US Navy recovers downed F-35C in South China Sea
The US Navy has recovered a Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II fighter jet that suffered a landing mishap on board the USS Carl Vinson in January and sank to the floor of the South China Sea.
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USA’s Russian flight ban forces end to Volga-Dnepr charters for Boeing and GE
The US government’s ban on Russia aircraft has left Boeing and GE Aviation unable to continue their longstanding practice of hiring a Russian airline to transport large aircraft components.
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General Atomics launches Gambit for loyal wingman role
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has unveiled a new jet-powered design named Gambit, intended to demonstrate so-called loyal wingman capabilities for the US Air Force (USAF).
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Lufthansa in the hunt for additional widebody opportunities
Lufthansa Group will look at the opportunistic acquisition of widebody aircraft, particularly Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s, that were previously destined for sanction-hit Russian carriers.
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Sabre boots Aeroflot from GDS platform
Airline ticket distribution provider Sabre has terminated its agreement with Russia’s Aeroflot and is removing the carrier’s flights from its global distribution network.
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Russian airspace crisis prompts Finnair to open talks on bringing back furloughs
Oneworld carrier Finnair is to hold talks with unions over the possibility of furloughing flightcrew for up to 90 days in response to the disruption caused by the closure of Russian airspace.
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Lufthansa ‘closely monitoring’ airline consolidation: Spohr
Pan-European airline operator Lufthansa Group is keeping options open on its proposed tie-up with new Italian carrier ITA Airways as it says it is “monitoring closely” renewed consolidation trends in the sector.
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Embraer follows big two and cuts ties with Russian airlines
Embraer has become the latest aircraft manufacturer to sever ties with Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.