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Icelandair Group expects $100m second-quarter operating loss
Icelandair Group has revealed the extent of the coronavirus impact on the second quarter, indicating an operating loss of around $100-110 million. The company says its revenues for the three-month period to 30 June were down by 85% to some $60 million. Its operating loss in the same quarter last ...
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Ethiopian 777F suffers major fire in Shanghai
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777F has caught fire at Shanghai Pudong airport while cargo was being loaded. The carrier says in a statement that the aircraft is registered ET-ARH and was on a regular scheduled cargo service from Shanghai Pudong to Sao Paolo, and onward to Santiago. Videos ...
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Amid pomp and ceremony, last Qantas 747 heads into retirement
Qantas’s last Boeing 747 has flown into retirement, ending a half-century career with the airline. The aircraft, a 17-year-old 747-400ER registered VH-OEJ, took off from Sydney at just before 15:30 local time, operating flight QF7474 towards Los Angeles to deliver a load of freight, before heading to its final resting ...
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Rolls-Royce and Bell firm up engine option agreement for V-280
Rolls-Royce has confirmed an agreement with Bell to develop a propulsion option for the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor, a competitor in the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft programme.
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Raytheon tapped for aircraft self-defence missile work
Raytheon has secured a $375 million contract from the US government to develop a miniature self-defence missile (MSDM) that will form part of an aircraft’s defensive suite.
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India’s Rafales to be inducted on 29 July
The Indian air force (IAF) will induct its first five Dassault Rafale fighters at Ambala Air Force Station on 29 July, following the imminent arrival of the type. The event will mark a major milestone in New Delhi’s torturous path to obtain an advanced Western fighter. Source: Dassault ...
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Cathay delays Airbus deliveries, negotiates 777-9 deferrals
Cathay Pacific will defer delivery of its Airbus aircraft by up to two years, and is in “advanced negotiations” with Boeing about delaying the delivery of the 777-9 widebody, in a bid to “produce cash savings” in the short to medium term. The deferrals on Airbus aircraft, announced in a ...
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Qinetiq successfully teams H125 helicopter with ‘semi-autonomous drone’
Qinetiq has completed what it claims is the UK’s first demonstration of manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) using a standard Airbus Helicopters H125 light-single working in concert with a “semi-autonomous drone”.
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United suffers ‘most difficult’ quarter in its 94-year history
United Airlines posted a loss of $1.6 billion for the second quarter of the year as the global coronavirus pandemic brought commercial aviation to a near-standstill, decimating passenger demand and forcing the carrier to ground a large portion of its fleet.
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US pilot union calls for extension of airline financial aid
Pilot union Air Line Pilots, International (ALPA) has again called on the US Congress to extend its payroll support programme (PSP) another six months beyond the original expiry date of 1 October.
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Why Tempest might need more international partnerships
Without a defence budget large enough to self-finance development of its next-generation fighter, the BAE Systems Tempest, the UK will have to forge partnerships with foreign countries to help shoulder the cost.
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KinectAir joins with VoltAero for on-demand service and eyes future fleet of Cassio aircraft
A French aircraft developer and US software innovator have joined forces around a common vision of clean, efficient regional air mobility; is this a new era for personal transport or a replay of the failed air taxi dream?
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Russian budget carrier Pobeda taking four more 737-800s
Aeroflot Group’s low-cost operator Pobeda is set to receive four additional Boeing 737-800s in the space of a week. The airline acquired one aircraft on 21 July, taking its fleet of the type to 31. But Pobeda says it is due to take three more of the type “within a ...
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Alaska Airlines’ pilots approve measures that will prevent furloughs: union
Pilots at Alaska Airlines have reached an agreement with the carrier that they say will prevent the need for furloughs and layoffs when government payroll support ends later this year.
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Lockheed Martin to sell 40% stake in AMMROC to Abu Dhabi’s Edge
Lockheed Martin plans to sell its 40% stake in Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) to state-owned Edge of the United Arab Emirates.
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FAA set to propose order to lift Max grounding, public comment to follow
The Federal Aviation Administration is close to issuing a proposed order for lifting the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, a milestone that will kick off a 45-day public-comment period.
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Aegean Airlines to operate at half of 2019 capacity in August
Greece’s Aegean Airlines is operating around 40% of last year’s summer capacity in July, rising to half in August, as it looks to rebuild its schedules after the coronavirus grounding.
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Ryanair to axe Hahn base after pilots reject cost-savings deal
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is set to close its base at Frankfurt Hahn airport in November as part of wider cuts after failing to reach agreement on cost savings with German pilots.
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Safran and ZF press ahead with new military turboprop engine development
Partners deepen collaboration on Ardiden 3-derived powerplant as they eye possible pan-European UAV as launch platform.
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UK government consults on post-Brexit ETS replacement
Aviation emissions could be included in a new carbon tax under consideration by the UK government to replace the EU Emissions Trading System, which the country is set to leave when its Brexit transition period ends on 31 December.