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Cebu Pacific and SIAEC dismantle maintenance joint ventures
Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) and SIA Engineering are unwinding their partnership in both their joint venture MRO companies based in the Philippines. These are Aviation Partnership (Philippines) Corporation (APPC), 51% owned by SIAEC and 49% by CEB, and SIA Engineering Philippines Corporation (SIAEP), 65% owned by SIAEC and 35% by ...
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Honeywell rolls out A320 family APU upgrade
Honeywell has released an upgrade for its APU fitted on Airbus A320 family aircraft, which it says will help reduce fuel burn and increase time-on-wing hours. The roll-out for the 131-9A APU upgrade will commence this month for existing Honeywell maintenance services customers, before being available to other operators next ...
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Argentine LCC protests ongoing closure of El Palomar
Argentine low-cost carrier Flybondi has strongly protested the government’s decision to keep Buenos Aires’ secondary airport El Palomar closed as the country slowly reopens following the coronavirus crisis.
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Icelandair uses Boeing compensation to offset new 737 Max expenditure
Icelandair Group is expecting to take delivery of three more Boeing 737 Max jets in the first half of 2021, and has reclassified part of the compensation received for the Max grounding as reduced capital expenditure on them. The company has not disclosed the scale of the compensation settlement reached ...
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China to sanction Boeing Defense, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin over Taiwan weapons sale
China plans to sanction Boeing Defense, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin over a possible $1.8 billion Foreign Military Sales package for Taiwan.
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De Havilland delivers another two Dash 8-400s to Ethiopian
De Havilland Canada has delivered another two Dash 8-400s to Ethiopian Airlines, bringing to 30 the number of the turboprops received by Ethiopian and its affiliates.
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Russian budget proposal cuts near-term subsidy for CR929
Russia’s government is proposing heavily reduced near-term budget allocations for the joint Russian-Chinese long-haul aircraft project, as part of a broad review of state aviation strategy funding. United Aircraft and Chinese aerospace firm Comac have been working to develop the CRAIC CR929, a 280-seat twin-engined widebody jet. The legislative proposal ...
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Norwegian converts more debt into equity
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian has converted another SKr231 million ($26 million) of debt into equity by issuing 56.3 million new shares.
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Italy’s national fire brigade orders Piaggio P180 Avanti Evo
Twin-pusher turboprop will be delivered to federal authority next summer
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Spirit slashes Bombardier aerostructures acquisition price
Spirit AeroSystems has almost halved the cash sum it is paying for Bombardier’s aerostructures business after the pair agreed a last-minute change to their deal.
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EasyJet to make 418 crew in Germany redundant
EasyJet will almost halve its fleet in Berlin amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Air Baltic to operate 40 winter routes
Latvian carrier Air Baltic plans to maintain “essential connectivity” through the winter months, linking its Riga hub with 40 destinations.
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BA heritage-livery 747-400 to become cinema and conference venue
One of the British Airways Boeing 747-400s painted in a retro livery for the airline’s centenary is to be preserved as a cinema and conference venue. The aircraft (G-CIVB) carried the Negus & Negus colour scheme initially adopted by the airline following its emergence in 1974 from the merger of ...
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Aeroflot Group details shareholding shifts after capital increase
Aeroflot Group has disclosed that the Russian state’s share in the airline company has reached 57.34% as a result of its capital increase. The Russian government had been prepared to maintain at least its previous 51.2% shareholding in the company during the share issue. Aeroflot Group had also been 3.5%-owned ...
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A321 brushed past glider during descent into Class E airspace
German investigators have attributed a serious airprox incident, in which a Lufthansa Airbus A321 crew failed to see a glider, to a decision allowing the jet to descend into Class E airspace during its approach to Hamburg. The encounter occurred north-east of Hamburg, on 23 July last year, as the ...
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American Eagle ERJ-145 damaged in Bahamas excursion
Investigators in the Bahamas are probing a runway excursion involving an American Eagle service from Miami which badly damaged the aircraft. The Embraer ERJ-145 – identified as N674RJ – had landed on runway 06 at Grand Bahama airport following the short 100nm flight from Miami on 24 October. It arrived ...
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ANA signs SAF deal with Neste as Japan sets new climate goals
All Nippon Airways has signed a deal to procure sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Finland’s Neste, with the first flights using the fuel to take off from Japan this month. It comes as Japan’s new prime minister Yoshihide Suga brings forward climate targets, pledging today to achieve a carbon-neutral society ...
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AirAsia Group secures loan for logistics pivot
Malaysia’s AirAsia Group has secured a MYR300 million ($72 million) loan from the Sabah Development Bank, mainly to enhance its logistics network within the state. “This loan is in line with AirAsia’s pivot into the digital business. The main purpose of the loan is to enhance logistics in Sabah by ...
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Honeywell sees behaviour shift among Asia-Pacific airlines
Honeywell’s airline support business has observed significant changes among its Asia-Pacific customers as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic ripple through the industry. One major change relates to spare parts, with airlines electing to keep parts ‘on wing’ for longer, and showing greater openness to relying on used parts. ...
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Malaysia Airports justifies AirAsia X lawsuit
Malaysia Airports (MAHB) has defended its decision to sue AirAsia X (AAX) for RM78.2 million ($19 million) in unpaid charges, stating that it is only defending its core interests. The airport operators’ defence follows a 24 October report in The Star newspaper, which suggested that the airport operator is seeking ...