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DHL starts transferring UK 757 freighter fleet to new Austrian cargo airline
Cargo specialist DHL Express is to establish a new airline in Austria which will operate a fleet of 18 Boeing 757 freighters. The airline, to be known as DHL Air Austria, will be based at Vienna and focus on European cargo flights, employing some 176 pilots. DHL commenced discussions with ...
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Norway’s Wideroe pushes for eVTOL operations in Scandinavia with Eve
Norwegian regional carrier Wideroe and Embraer urban air mobility spin-out Eve are to collaborate on the potential operation of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Scandinavia.
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IAG and Southwest to snap up sustainable fuel output from new Mississippi plant
IAG carriers and US budget operator Southwest Airlines have agreed to purchase the entire production of sustainable fuel, over the course of several years, from a planned US biorefinery project in Mississippi. Sustainable fuels technology specialist Velocys Renewables says it has entered a memorandum of understanding – which it aims ...
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Russia and China give go-ahead for heavy-lift helicopter programme
Russia and China appear to have finally signed an agreement that will allow the two countries to begin development of a new heavy helicopter, but the rotorcraft will not enter service for another 13 years.
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UK signs deal to expand T-6C trainer operations
Affinity Flying Training Services has been placed under contract to operate an expanded fleet of Beechcraft T-6C primary trainers for the UK Ministry of Defence.
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Romania confirms Black Hawk buy
Romania has cleared the acquisition of 12 Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawks for operation by its SMURD emergency services organisation.
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Emirates recovering but has ‘some way to go’ to restore profits: chairman
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has turned in a first-half loss of Dhs5.8 billion ($1.6 billion), halving the deficit from the previous interim, but still contrasting sharply with the pre-crisis half-year profit of Dhs862 million. The Dubai-based airline’s revenues in the six months to 30 September 2021 reached Dhs21.7 billion. EBITDA ...
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KAI secures $360 million deal to support Iraqi T-50IQs
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has secured an $360 million operational support deal for Iraq’s fleet of 24 T-50IQ advanced jet trainers.
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Serial 3D printing begins for Russian MC-21 engine components
Russian state technology firm Rostec has commence serial 3D printing of components for the Aviadvigatel PD-14 powerplant. The PD-14 engine has been developed for the Irkut MC-21-310 twinjet, offering a Russian-built alternative to the Pratt & Whitney PW1400G. Rostec says the 3D printing scheme – managed by the Centre for ...
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Freighter conversions buoy ST Engineering aerospace revenue
ST Engineering’s commercial aerospace unit is ramping up its passenger-to-freighter conversion capacity, as it discloses that conversion slots for Airbus aircraft have been fully booked through mid-2025.
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Philippine air force takes delivery of final S-70i Black Hawks
The Philippine air force (PAF) has taken delivery of a final five Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopters, bringing its total fleet to 15 examples.
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IHI sees improving demand for spares with air travel recovery
The aero engine, space and defence unit of Japanese firm IHI generated revenues of Y108.2 billion ($957 million) for the first half of its 2021 financial year, up 9% from a year earlier as the airline sector starts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cebu Pacific narrows Q3 losses as revenue jumps 62%
Cebu Pacific Air cut its third-quarter operating losses slightly on the back of a significant increase in revenue, though hefty foreign exchange losses widened the carrier’s net loss.
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US Army demos UH-60 air assault with soldiers wearing AR goggles
The US Army is experimenting with ways to conduct Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk air assault missions using soldiers wearing its Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles.
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US Army teams autonomous Black Hawk with drones in air assault experiments
The service is exploring how automated flight technologies, developed by DARPA, might allow its utility helicopters to fly faster, further and lower to the ground – or even without any human pilots in the cockpit at all.
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Gulfstream to open new services facility in Arizona
Business jet manufacturer Gulfstream is investing some $70 million to build a new aircraft maintenance and services facility at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport in Arizona.
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Gol reports wider Q3 loss, prepare to resume international flights
Gol reported a net loss of R$2.5 billion ($455 million) in the third quarter of 2021, but says that higher vaccination rates and the opening of borders across the hemisphere will boost travel in the coming busy summer holiday season.
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Boeing logs another month of positive order activity in October
Boeing logged seven net new aircraft orders in October, a period during which the company lost three orders to cancellations and when 787 deliveries remained on hold.
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Royal Air Maroc to open Tel Aviv services
Moroccan flag-carrier Royal Air Maroc is to open services from its main base at Casablanca to the Israeli hub at Tel Aviv. The service is the latest to emerge from the tightening of Arab-Israeli ties through a series of diplomatic recognition pacts reached last year. Moroccan and Israeli leadership, under ...
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Austrian cites low-cost competition as it outlines tourism-focused 2022 network
Austrian Airlines is planning to focus on leisure destinations in 2022, as it acknowledges likely strong competition from low-cost cost carriers at Vienna airport.