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El Al signals intention to restart limited number of flights
Israeli carrier El Al is aiming to start restoring flights this month, beginning with a gradual resumption of cargo services on its aircraft. It says the cargo flights will begin returning on 21 September. El Al is intending to follow these flights with a restoration of passenger operations from 1 ...
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Opinion
Why crisis means 2020 is the year of freighters and preighters
Chris Seymour, head of market analysis at Ascend by Cirium, looks at how the cargo market has coped during the pandemic
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BAE to design fly-by-wire system for Aerion’s AS2 supersonic business jet
UK aerospace company BAE Systems will develop the fly-by-wire flight-control system for Aerion Supersonic’s AS2 in-development high-speed business jet, adding another high-profile supplier to Aerion’s roster of partners.
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Ryanair could order more Max jets by year-end: Davy
Ryanair may “take advantage of market softness” and add to its Boeing 737 Max orderbook by the end of the year, Davy Research has predicted in a new report.
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Union criticises Lufthansa’s launch plan for new leisure unit
German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit has expressed scepticism about Lufthansa’s planned a new leisure subsidiary Ocean, and intends to oppose efforts by the airline to employ crews without collective labour agreements.
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Crisis spurs competition regulator to prolong Oneworld transatlantic pact
UK competition regulators have imposed interim measures to address concerns over transatlantic routes operated under the Oneworld alliance’s joint business arrangement, having opted not to accept concession proposals put forward earlier this year. Oneworld carriers British Airways and American Airlines had offered slots at London Heathrow or Gatwick to alleviate ...
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SAA creditors to meet as critical rescue funds fail to materialise
South African Airways’ rescue practitioners are to call a meeting of creditors to discuss the future of the troubled company after doubts emerged over crucial government funding for the airline’s business plan. The practitioners had warned on 10 September that procuring the funding necessary to support the plan was one ...
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MEBAA show takes short flight from December to February
December’s Middle East Business Aviation Association show in Dubai is the latest event to fall victim to the coronavirus crisis. However, unlike most other air shows which had been due to take place since the pandemic began in March this year, organisers have rescheduled the biennial gathering for 22-24 February 2021 rather than cancelling outright.
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VietJet plans service resumption to North Asian destinations
VietJet Air plans to resume passenger service on flights to Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, starting 29 September. From Ho Chi Minh City, the budget airline will operate one weekly flight each to Tokyo Narita and Seoul Incheon, as well as Hanoi-Taipei Taoyuan with the same frequency. Source: ...
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Israel’s dormant Arkia to ‘survive’ after deal to cut workforce
Israeli leisure carrier Arkia’s employees have agreed a restructuring which involves cutting about a quarter of the airline’s personnel, reducing its workforce to around 400. The agreement follows months of negotiations and includes a phased salary-reduction mechanism to be imposed across all the company’s activities – although it will not ...
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E-2D set to receive major cockpit upgrade
The US Navy’s Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye airborne early warning and control aircraft is to get an extensive cockpit refurbishment, including the addition of head-up displays (HUDs). The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) says it has awarded Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems $34 million for the requirements phase of the ...
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Honeywell demonstrates UV cleaning on Shandong Airlines 737
Honeywell recently completed demonstrations of its UV cabin cleaning system at Shandong Airlines, the first time the aerospace solutions provider is doing so on a Chinese carrier’s fleet. Honeywell states that its UV Cabin System can “treat an aircraft cabin in less than 10 minutes for just a few dollars ...
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SpiceJet swings to loss in first quarter
Indian budget carrier SpiceJet swung to a loss in the April to June period, but its chairman remains confident that the airline will see a significant improvement in its operating environment. The Gurugram-based carrier’s operating losses widened to Rs5.68 billion ($77 million) in the first quarter of the fiscal year ...
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Chinese ‘Big Three’ expected to report profits in Q3: HSBC
A HSBC Global Research report predicts that China’s three main airlines will report profits for the quarter ended 30 September, led mainly by a rapid recovery in domestic air travel demand in recent months. It notes that the ‘Big Three’ — Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines ...
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USAF Special Ops wants VTOL aircraft with ‘jet speed’ to replace CV-22
The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is looking to leap ahead with the aircraft that replaces its Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey.
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Lockheed Martin aims to put laser weapon on aircraft in five years
Its Tactical Airborne Laser Weapon System would be used to shoot down incoming tactical missiles, for instance, air-to-air missiles or surface-to-air missiles.
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How the X-47B influenced Northrop Grumman’s MQ-Next proposal
If Northrop Grumman’s proposal for MQ-Next looks a lot like the company’s X-47B unmanned air vehicle (UAV), that’s because the new SG-2 flying wing concept draws a lot of its features from the demonstrator jet.
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Vietnam Airlines plans one-way 787 flights to Tokyo Narita
Vietnam Airlines plans to operate several one-way flights to Japan later this month with Boeing 787s. The flights will depart Hanoi at 23:45 on 18, 25 and 30 September. Flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Narita will depart at 00:00 on 30 September. Cirium fleets data show ...
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Raytheon to cut another 6,500 jobs, bringing tally to 15,000
Raytheon Technologies now intends to cut 15,000 commercial aerospace and general corporate jobs, up from a previous estimate of 8,500 job cuts.
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United pilots reach tentative agreement to avoid furloughs
United Airlines’ pilots have reached a tentative agreement with the carrier to avoid furloughs until the middle of next year.