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NewsJet Airways creditors accept Jalan-Kalrock bid
Creditors of grounded Indian carrier Jet Airways have voted to accept a bid for the airline from entrepreneur Murari Lal Jalan and asset management firm Kalrock. The creditors’ committee had discussed two rival bids for the company at a meeting on 3 October, and decided to put them to an ...
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NewsA330 joins exclusive club of 1,500 twin-aisle deliveries
Airbus’s A330 has become the first of the European airframer’s twin-aisle aircraft to reach 1,500 deliveries, a mark only previously achieved by two Boeing widebody models. Delta Air Lines received two A330-900s last month – on 21 and 23 September – which respectively represented the 1,500th and 1,501st A330s to ...
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NewsProspects for Flybe sale lift as administrators retain licence and slots
Collapsed UK regional operator Flybe’s administrators have been holding talks with parties interested in acquiring the business, with prospects potentially raised by success in retaining the company’s operating licence and slots. Flybe ceased operations in early March this year and is being overseen by four joint administrators. These administrators state ...
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NewsUnresponsive aileron puzzle emerges after Dash 8-400 cable incident
Investigators are attempting to understand the reason behind unresponsive ailerons on De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 turboprops, an anomaly discovered during a separate probe into an aileron cable break on a Flybe aircraft. The cable break, involving the left-hand aileron, occurred on Flybe’s G-FLBE during a service from Newquay to ...
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ see full domestic traffic recovery in September
China’s three biggest carriers recorded year-on-year domestic passenger traffic growth for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak began. Releasing their traffic results for September, the ‘Big Three’ — comprising Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines — each carried more passengers compared to the same month ...
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NewsBoeing bolsters leadership council with nine new executives
Boeing has beefed up its executive council with several new executives, a move the company says brings more diversity, perspective and expertise to a top leadership panel.
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NewsUganda Airlines’ first A330-800 emerges in full colours
Airbus has rolled out the first A330-800 for Uganda Airlines, following completion of the twinjet’s livery painting. The aircraft, MSN1977, has been shown off in the full colour scheme. Uganda Airlines ordered two of the aircraft last year. The A330-800 is the smaller of the two A330neo variants. Like the ...
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NewsTransat down to 160 flight attendants in November: union
Canada’s Air Transat will be laying off more flight attendants and closing a west-coast base in the coming weeks as the coronavirus continues to take its toll on the country’s air transport industry, the Canadian union for public employees (CUPE) says.
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NewsOlder Be-200s proposed for international firefighting squadron
Russian state technology firm Rostec has put forward a proposal to establish a special squadron of Beriev Be-200 amphibious firefighting aircraft to provide international assistance for combating wildfires. The initiative was brought up by Rostec general director Sergei Chemezov in the context of the Hydroaviasalon forum, which specialises in the ...
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NewsNorthrop Grumman APG-83 radar declared operational for National Guard F-16s
The US Air Force has declared that the Northrop Grumman APG-83 scalable agile beam radar has met full operational readiness for use on the Air National Guard’s Lockheed Martin F-16s.
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NewsFAA finalises new commercial spaceflight rules
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised new rules it says streamline oversight of commercial spaceflight, enabling continued expansion of the commercial space industry.
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OpinionThe factors at play as 737 Max closes in on operational return
As controversial narrowbody nears FAA recertification, Max Kingsley-Jones, senior consultant at Ascend by Cirium, outlines key issues around jet’s revival.
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NewsEASA readies draft airworthiness directive for 737 Max
European regulators will next month publish a draft airworthiness directive (AD) which should enable the Boeing 737 Max to return to service in the bloc before year-end.
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NewsAirlines delaying setting schedules to ‘last minute’
Market uncertainty means traditional network planning rules have disappeared in North American market
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NewsAir Canada chief Rovinescu to retire in early 2021
Long-standing Air Canada chief executive Calin Rovinescu is to retire in February and will be replaced by his deputy and chief financial officer Michael Rousseau.
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NewsThales launches compact AESA radar
Thales has unveiled the AirMaster C, a new version of its active electronically scanned array (AESA) airborne surveillance radar that combines a smaller footprint with several advances in technology.
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NewsCyberattack probe: How British Airways security flaws let data theft unfold
Cybersecurity investigators have detailed the British Airways customer data theft which has resulted in a £20 million ($26 million) fine being imposed on the UK flag-carrier. The figure is in line with the expectations of parent company IAG, which had disclosed in its first-half results that it was setting aside ...
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NewsTeam Tempest partners detail FCAS progress
The UK’s Team Tempest group has outlined the financial and employment benefits of the nation’s future combat air system (FCAS) project, as it prepares to submit an outline business case proposal to advance the effort.
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NewsGeneral Atomics buys RUAG’s Dornier 228 programme and German MRO business
Swiss aerospace and defence group RUAG is to sell its German-based business aviation and helicopter MRO operation, and Dornier 228 production line to US firm General Atomics