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New CEOs named at Swiss, Brussels Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Group has appointed three new chief executives from within its ranks to lead its Swiss, Brussels Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo subsidiaries from early next year. Dieter Vranckx will take the helm at Swiss on 1 January, succeeding Thomas Kluhr who is stepping down at the end of this year. ...
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How Boeing 737 Max flight computers now handle angle-of-attack failures
The Federal Aviation Administration has provided more insight into how updated flight computers on Boeing’s 737 Max respond to angle-of-attack (AoA) indicator failures.
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Norwegian seeks financial protection as units file for Irish restructuring
Norwegian has initiated a formal financial restructuring for its Norwegian Air International subsidiary and aircraft leasing unit Arctic Aviation Assets under an Irish examinership process. The cash-strapped low-cost carrier says the purpose of the process is to reduce debt, rightsize the fleet and secure new capital. In initiating an examinership ...
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Airbus chief hits out at Europe’s ‘unacceptable’ travel bans
Europe’s lack of a co-ordinated response to developing a common coronavirus testing regime that would allow passengers to fly again has been branded as “unacceptable” and a “real mess” by the leaders of two of the world’s biggest aerospace companies. Speaking today during a virtual aeronautics conference organized by the ...
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Canada’s 737 Max certification coming ‘soon’ but with different requirements
Canada’s transport minister has signaled his country will “soon” follow the USA in certificating the Boeing 737 Max.
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Boeing 737 Max cleared to fly again after 20-month grounding
The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Boeing 737 Max to fly, a move coming 20 months after regulators grounded the jet following two crashes that killed 346 people.
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Ukrainian prosecutors petition to seize Russian aircraft serving Crimea
Crimea’s Ukrainian-backed prosecutor’s office has requested seizure of over 100 Russian aircraft, alleging violation of international flight rules by operating passenger services to the annex territory. It has newly added 44 aircraft to a list of 65 others, to which the office referred in September, following Ukraine’s closure of Crimean ...
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Bahrain’s Gulf Air embarks on initial flight to Israel
Gulf Air operated a special service to Israel on 18 November, following the diplomatic normalisation agreement signed between the two sides. The service, GF972 from Manama to Tel Aviv, carried a flight number reflecting Israel’s international telephone code – continuing the symbolism used by a pioneering El Al flight which ...
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Asiana swings back to profitability in Q3
Asiana Airlines — most recently the subject of an acquisition by rival Korean Air — swung back into the black in its third-quarter earnings, helped by an uptick in cargo revenue and a steep reduction in costs.
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Relaunched Virgin Australia targets mid-market segment
Virgin Australia is setting its sights on the mid-market segment, having completed the sale and transfer to Bain Capital on 17 November. “Australia already has a low-cost-carrier and a traditional full-service airline, and we won’t be either,” chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka states. Source: Virgin Australia Virgin Australia is ...
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ST Engineering reorganises aerospace unit in company-wide rejig
ST Engineering will subsume its commercial aerospace business into a larger Commercial cluster, as part of a company-wide reorganisation.
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UK aviation leaders urge government to invest in sustainable technologies
More than 20 aviation leaders in the UK have urged the government to invest in sustainable aviation technologies in order to achieve zero emissions flight by the middle of this century.
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Air Nostrum rethink spurs closure of state-aid fleet-funding probe
Investigations into the financing of Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum’s fleet renewal have been closed, after the airline reviewed its investment plans in the wake of the air transport crisis. The European Commission had opened, in October last year, an in-depth probe into the public support offered by the Valencia ...
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US-UK air services pact gives US cargo operators additional rights
The air services agreement signed by the US and the UK provides US cargo operators new rights that they did not have in the previous agreement with the European Union.
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American, British Airways launch pre-departure coronavirus testing programme
American Airlines and British Airways will collaborate to launch pre-departure free coronavirus testing on some flights between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Kratos upgrades mixed-reality helicopter trainer to simulate aerial assaults
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has launched a new upgrade to its mixed-reality helicopter aircrew training system.
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Pandemic drives cargo yields higher amid demand for cargo jets: Boeing report
The air cargo segment has been a rare beneficiary, with e-commerce sales and scarcity of widebody passenger jets driving up cargo yields and demand for cargo jets.
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Nok Air’s losses deepen in third quarter
Nok Air’s pre-tax losses deepened in the third quarter to Bt2.59 billion ($86 million), from Bt482 million in the year-ago period. The Thai low-cost carrier attributes its poorer financial performance to the Covid-19 pandemic, while new accounting standards and the liquidation of subsidiary NokScoot were also contributing factors. ...
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Collins to develop nacelles for Boom’s in-development Overture supersonic jet
Collins Aerospace is the latest supplier to join up with Boom Supersonic, having signed an agreement to help develop nacelles and other structures for Boom’s conceptual ultra-fast airliner Overture.
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Bangkok Airways sinks deeper into red as Q3 revenues plummet
Bangkok Airways sank deeper into the red, as third-quarter revenues declined by 86.5% to Bt903 million ($30 million). Revenue from airlines, which in the year-ago period accounted for more than two-thirds of total revenues, was nearly wiped out, declining by 91.3% year-on-year to Bt394 million. Source: Max Kingsley-Jones ...