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Aerospace leaders see clearing skies, eye post-Covid air travel boom
Things might get worse for the global aerospace industry before they get better. But the industry will recover, likely starting this year, thanks to vaccine distribution and pent-up demand for air travel.
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Ukrainian armed forces to take three An-178s
Antonov is to embark on production of three An-178 airlifters for the Ukrainian military, under a newly-agreed memorandum of co-operation. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, participating in an event to mark the pact, has also indicated that the government is interested in creating an airline this year which will use Antonov ...
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Analysis
Why flight safety faces new dangers during downturn
One uncomfortable aspect of the extraordinary crisis inflicted on air transport operations is the extent to which the pandemic might, at some point, be considered a contributing factor to aircraft accidents, despite – or perhaps because of – the reduction in flight activity.
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Air Canada to expand cargo business through 767 sale, leaseback
Air Canada is having two passenger Boeing 767-300ERs converted to freighters, and also selling the jets and leasing them back.
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UK air traffic manager NATS pursues airspace reform
UK air traffic manager NATS is pressing ahead with plans to reorganise the country’s airspace to reduce congestion and improve capacity. During an Aviation Club webinar on 14 January, NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe explained that the organisation’s key focus was on reforming network-level airspace, in particular the UK’s congested ...
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Norwegian’s lessors gain some certainty at least
Norwegian’s intention to exit long-haul services and focus on short-haul and domestic flying as part of its restructuring plan presents its lessors with some certainty for the future at least – if little else. Under its restructuring plan, the Oslo-based carrier will become an entirely short-haul carrier with 50 narrowbodies ...
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Spirit AeroSystems and GE Aviation beneficiaries of $125m in US-backed loans
The Export-Import Bank of the United States has agreed to guarantee two financing deals that will provide $125 million to support aerospace work at GE Aviation and Spirit AeroSystems.
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Norwegian to exit long-haul market
Troubled low-cost carrier Norwegian is abandoning its long-haul network as it sets out a scaled-back business model focused on Norwegian domestic, regional Scandinavian, and key European services. “Our short-haul network has always been the backbone of Norwegian and will form the basis of a future resilient business model,” states chief ...
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EASA aims to reduce simulator dependency by crediting other training devices
Europe’s safety authority is aiming to reduce training dependency on full-flight simulators by implementing a classification system that enables selection of other flight-training devices that provide the appropriate level of capability. The matter is the subject of a European Union Aviation Safety Agency proposal which, it says, contains an “innovative” ...
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In depth
Hong Kong seaplane start-up buoyant about success despite headwinds
A seaplane start-up in Hong Kong is hoping to get airborne as early as the middle of 2021 — with a long-term goal of establishing similar operations in several Southeast Asian countries.
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SIA issues $500 million dollar-denominated discount bonds
Singapore Airlines plans to issue $500 million of bonds at a discount to par.
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United delays return to New York’s John F Kennedy airport
United Airlines is pushing back its plans to return to New York’s John F Kennedy International airport by one month as the coronavirus crisis continues to disrupt US air transport.
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FAA warns passengers to behave onboard aircraft
The FAA is warning unruly passengers that it will not tolerate violent or harassing behaviour on board aircraft following numerous incidents on flights to and from Washington, DC last week.
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Northrop Grumman to add new electronic warfare capabilities to F-35
Lockheed Martin has granted a contract to Northrop Grumman to increase integration between the F-35 stealth fighter’s communications, navigation and identification system and its electronic warfare systems.
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United waives fare change charges for US-bound customers
United Airlines is waiving fare difference charges for international passengers who choose to travel to the United States before the nation’s blanket coronavirus testing requirement begins on 26 January.
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Delta hires former Bombardier chief executive Bellemare
Delta Air Lines has named former Bombardier chief executive Alain Bellemare to be its new President-International, the carrier says.
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Air Canada cuts more jobs and capacity
Air Canada will once again reduce its employee count and shrink its network, citing new Canadian travel restrictions aimed at mitigating the spread of the coronavirus.
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Qantas expects leisure travel to propel domestic recovery
Qantas is confident of a strong domestic market rebound as the coronavirus pandemic abates in 2021, led by visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel.
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Thai Airways on track with rehabilitation plan: president
Thai Airways acting president Chansin Treenuchagron has offered reassurance that the carrier is working “diligently” to ensure its rehabilitation plan will be submitted by its “specified timeframe”.
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Condor files complaint after Lufthansa ends feeder deal
German leisure carrier Condor has complained to federal competition authority Bundeskartellamt about Lufthansa Group’s decision to terminate a feeder flight agreement.