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UK details Eurofighter pitch for Finland, with ‘no financial surprises’
The UK-led Typhoon proposal being prepared for Finland’s HX contest pledges to add the nation to the Eurofighter industry consortium, while offering in-country final assembly, engine production and sovereign control over mission data.
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FAA to require A220 wing-to-body fairing inspections
US regulators are following Canada’s lead by proposing that Airbus A220 operators be required to inspect the type for potential cracks in wing-to-body fairing components.
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Corsair fleet renewal begins as it takes first higher-weight Airbus A330neo
French leisure carrier Corsair has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-900 on lease from Avolon, becoming the first operator to take the higher-weight version of the widebody.
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Rolls-Royce details ACCEL progress as it closes on May first flight
Rolls-Royce will next month transfer the electric-powered aircraft it is developing under its ACCEL project to Boscombe Down airfield in Wiltshire as it prepares for an attempt on the speed record for an electric aircraft in the first half of 2021.
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Dutch private investor Panta to acquire Fokker support divisions from GKN
Strategic investment firm Panta Holdings of the Netherlands is to acquire the aftermarket companies Fokker Services and Fokker Techniek. The acquisition will take effect from 1 April. GKN Aerospace took over Fokker Technologies – which included Fokker Services and a number of other divisions, among them Fokker’s aerostructures, landing-gear and ...
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NATO assets to cover UK’s AEW gap until 2023
The UK will use its position within the multinational NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Force to cover for the retirement of its remaining Boeing E-3D Sentry aircraft later this year, with their replacements not due to arrive until 2023. Three of the 707-based surveillance aircraft remain in Royal ...
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Collins Aerospace uses Singapore to test workshop technologies
At Collins Aerospace’s Singapore service centre in Changi on the eastern part of the island, a robot is helping to dramatically reduce parts inspection time, while boosting accuracy.
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Romanian budget carrier Blue Air starts receiving 737 Max 8s
Romanian operator Blue Air has started taking delivery of Boeing 737 Max jets, with the first of a batch introduced from US lessor Air Lease. Blue Air unveiled an order for six 737 Max 8s during the Paris air show in 2017 and, at the time, stated that it would ...
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Korean Air outlines big task of Asiana integration
Korean Air president Woo Keehong has outlined the gargantuan task of integrating Asiana Airlines, in addition to getting regulatory approvals for the deal.
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Air New Zealand sees 90% recovery in domestic business travel
Flag carrier Air New Zealand has reported domestic business and corporate travel returning to 90% of pre-Covid-19 levels, based on its latest figures.
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Cockpit voice recorder of ill-fated Sriwijaya 737 recovered
Indonesian authorities have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed on 9 January in the Java Sea.
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CDB Aviation signed more leases in 2020
CDB Aviation signed more new leases and new financing transactions in 2020 compared with the year prior, although its aircraft sales fell and it acquired fewer aircraft.
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Mid-2030s zero-emission aircraft horizon 'credible': Airbus chief
Airbus chief Guillaume Faury insists a 2035 entry-into-service horizon for zero-emission aircraft is “credible”, given the advancing work on hydrogen power. Six months ago the airframer unveiled proposed designs for zero-emissions aircraft, including a blended-wing body concept alongside more conventional twinjet and turboprop configurations. “We think it’s going to happen,” ...
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BA backs ZeroAvia as it eyes hydrogen power for future short-haul fleet
British Airways has become the first airline to invest in hydrogen propulsion developer ZeroAvia, the first step in a journey that could see the flag carrier replace its whole short-haul fleet with zero-emission aircraft by 2050.
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Korean Air president sees substantial recovery from 2022
Korean Air believes the strong performance in its cargo business will slow the second half of 2021, with passenger flights resuming and bellyhold capacity re-entering the market.
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Pandemic pushes China’s ‘Big Three’ into big full-year losses
China’s three largest carriers swung deeply into the red in 2020, despite a domestic air travel recovery, as the “unprecedented impact” of the coronavirus outbreak punished their profitability.
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US airlines commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
US airlines have committed to spearhead initiatives in order to help the industry get to net-zero carbon emissions by the middle of this century.
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Boeing finalises sale of 23 737 Max to Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines has firmed an order for 23 Boeing 737 Max 9s, securing the jets after having in December announced an intention to acquire them.
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US Army aims to speed up FLRAA’s major subsystem and weapons development
The US Army has granted Bell and a Sikorsky-Boeing team contracts to speed up the time it ought to take to complete preliminary design reviews for major subsystems and conceptual weapon systems on their Future Long Range Assault Aircraft proposals.
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Ryanair to open Zagreb base as part of Croatian expansion
Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to open a new base in Zagreb this summer as part of expansion plans for Croatia announced today which will also see it reopen its Zadar base.