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NewsAMAC prepares for another busy year of completions
Swiss large business aircraft specialist has booked four major projects in 2021, as it prepares to open its fifth hangar.
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NewsHow the appeal of vintage flight helped solve the Alps crash puzzle
With its unusual historic triple engine sound and vintage appearance, the Junkers Ju 52 would have been as anachronistic as it was distinctive and engaging to those capturing its passage through the Alps with high-resolution mobile-phone cameras. But the appeal of the pre-war aircraft to onlookers combined with a technological ...
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AnalysisHow did airline safety rank in extraordinary 2020?
With a dozen fatal airline accidents reported during 12 months of operations that were severely disrupted by Covid-19, how did aviation’s safety record for 2020 stack up against previous years?
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In depthAirline industry embarks on global vaccine challenge
Aviation contributed to the spread of Covid-19 and has suffered more than many sectors from the economic and health crisis it created. Now the industry is leading the fight back by transporting vaccine consignments around the world.
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In depthPassenger to cargo conversions boom, but can it last?
The P2F market has been a rare growth area of aviation in the past 12 months as demand for cargo flights outstrips capacity. But as passenger flights, able to carry belly freight, resume in earnest, some fear the many new entrants may face a saturated market.
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NewsFrance signs contract for 12 replacement Rafales
French defence minister Florence Parly has signed a contract covering the production of 12 replacement Dassault Rafale fighters for the French air force, less than one week after Greece finalised an 18-aircraft acquisition including a dozen secondhand jets.
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NewsVietjet profitable in 2020, banks on ancillary revenue and cargo
Vietjet Air reports a profitable year in 2020 despite the pandemic, banking on ancillary revenue and cargo.
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NewsJAL cuts earnings forecast citing pandemic uncertainty
Japan Airlines (JAL) has sharply reduced its profit and revenue forecasts for the 2020 financial year, as it reports significant nine-month losses.
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NewsRyanair summer fleet plans rest on 737-8200 certification
Ryanair is hoping that, following restoration of the Boeing 737 Max in Europe, certification of the specific high-density 737-8200 variant will shortly follow, allowing it to build a fleet of the jets ahead of summer. The US FAA’s flight standardisation board conducted an analysis of changes introduced for the -8200 ...
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NewsManila, Jakarta beef up tactical transport fleets
The Philippine air force has taken delivery of the first of two Lockheed Martin C-130H tactical transports provided under the US government’s Excess Defence Articles programme.
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NewsHainan Airlines warns full-year loss could hit staggering CNY65 billion
China’s Hainan Airlines has forecast a staggering full-year net loss of between CNY58 and 65 billion ($9-10 billion), with asset impairment costs expected to account for a significant portion of its red ink.
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NewsSIA Engineering ekes out small profit in third quarter
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) swung briefly back into the black in its third-quarter earnings, warning that the “glacial pace” of global air travel recovery is punishing its profitability.
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ flag steep full-year losses from pandemic impact
China’s three largest carriers are expecting to swing firmly into the red for the year ended 31 December 2020.
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NewsIndustry groups urge US government to reject domestic testing requirement
A coalition of travel industry lobby groups and unions is urging the new US administration to reject a coronavirus testing mandate for domestic air travel similar to the one that was introduced for international arrivals earlier this week.
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NewsUnited warns 14,000 employees their jobs may be in danger
United Airlines has put 14,000 employees on notice that their jobs are once again in danger when the second round of US government financial aid set aside for airline payroll support expires on 31 March.
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NewsLockheed Martin’s board elects CEO James Taiclet to chairman role
Lockheed Martin’s board of directors has elected its president and chief executive James Taiclet to an additional role, chairman of the board, starting 1 March.
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NewsGermany shuts border to travellers from Ireland and Portugal
Germany has shut its border to two fellow European Union nations in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus mutations that are more-easily transmitted.
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NewsBoom Supersonic hires aerospace, marketing veterans
Supersonic airliner developer Boom Supersonic has hired two senior executives with experience working at globally known aerospace and technology companies.
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NewsPSA returns CRJs to service after inspections
Regional carrier PSA Airlines is again flying its MHIRJ CRJ jets after having grounded the aircraft for mandatory inspections, PSA parent American Airlines says.
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NewsLilium partners with Ferrovial to build ‘vertiports’ in Florida
German electric air taxi company Lilium has partnered with Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial to build “at least 10 vertiports” in what it calls “strategic locations” across the southern US state of Florida.