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Brazil receives first H135 for its navy
Brazil’s navy has inducted its first of an eventual three Airbus Helicopters H135s, which will see use on operations in the Antarctic region.
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Sustainable fuel advances must parallel electric aircraft evolution: Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce’s chief technology officer, Paul Stein, believes that revenue passenger flights with electric aircraft are possible by 2029, but insists that substantial advances in sustainable aviation fuel production must accompany the drive towards such technology. While hybrid-electric aircraft could potentially be in service by the end of the decade, Stein ...
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IATA steeled for ‘tough times’ after January fall in cargo demand
IATA is warning that “tough times are ahead” after cargo tonne-kilometres declined 3.3% in January.
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Finnair, Wizz latest European carriers to extend cuts to counter coronavirus
Finnair and central European budget carrier Wizz have become the latest European carriers to detail more plans for cuts in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Airbus’s Scherer: SARS outbreak illustrated industry’s resilience
Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer is uncertain whether the air transport impact from the coronavirus outbreak will translate into an effect on the airframer. Speaking during the A4E aviation summit in Brussels, Scherer pointed out that the aircraft manufacturing business “operates to longer cycles”. Source: Ed Telling ...
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Asian carriers cut operations as coronavirus outbreak persists
Asian carriers have announced further reductions as the coronavirus outbreak persists. Starting this week, Korea Air is suspending most European and US flights through April, while changes to Japan service remain in place until the end of May. It is also reducing operations to major cities such as Chicago, New ...
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Thai Airways sold six widebodies last year
Thai Airways International sold six widebodies last year as part of its strategy to “continuingly sell decommissioned aircraft”. The flag carrier says in a stock exchange filing that it disposed of five Airbus A330-300s and one Boeing 747-400 in 2019. It did not disclose the names of the buyers. Cirium ...
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Singapore extends entry restrictions to stem coronavirus outbreak
New travel restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus take effect in Singapore today, barring the entry of new visitors who visited South Korea, Iran, or northern Italy in the past 14 days. Citizens and permanent residents returning from these regions will have to self-quarantine for 14 days. ...
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Lockheed delivers 500th F-35
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 500th F-35 fighter, with the fleet also surpassing the 250,000 flight hour mark. The 500th example delivered is an F-35A that will serve with the Vermont Air National Guard, says Lockheed. An image of the jet shows it bears the registration number AF5343. ...
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Ryanair chief leaves door open to Airbus order
Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary would be open to ordering Airbus A320s – provided the European manufacturer can come up with the right offer. “The A320 is a great aircraft,” he told Cirium at the A4E aviation summit in Brussels, although he stresses that so too is the Boeing ...
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Airline chiefs sanguine on coronavirus impact
Leaders of some the largest airlines in Europe believe that the coronavirus will only have a limited impact on demand for air travel on the continent. Speaking at the A4E aviation summit in Brussels on 3 March, IAG’s outgoing chief executive Willie Walsh acknowledged that the group had seen a ...
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US State Department approves sale of eight Boeing KC-46A tankers to Israel
Problems and delays with the KC-46A have put the programme several billion dollars in the hole. Foreign Military Sales are seen as critical to Boeing’s ability to make a profit on the programme.
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The airlines setting the pace in promoting women pilots
Five well-known carriers are partnering with CAE in an innovative scholarship scheme that recognises the need to bring more women pilots onto the flightdeck
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From cabin to cockpit
After starting in the back of the aircraft, Alex Hawthorne completed an MPL with easyJet and became a first officer with the airline two years ago. She is based in Venice
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Dreamliner dreaming
Daniela Saucedo, 20, is beginning her career in aviation as a trainee with CAE Phoenix, where she is a flying ambassador for the national carrier’s cadet programme after receiving the CAE Women in Flight scholarship. She explains why she wants to be a pilot, and aspires to fly the Boeing 787 for Aeromexico
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What keeps women grounded?
Research by CAE using interviews and other data sources has begun to get to the bottom of why so few females want to be pilots in the first place, and how this can be addressed
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Helping pilots on their career path
Judy Choi is an Airbus A320 and A330 flight instructor with CAE in Hong Kong. She explains what first got her excited about aviation and what she enjoys about her job
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One of the few
Kathy McCullough flew 747s for Northwest until her retirement on medical grounds. An active member of ISWAP, she explains what she learned in more than 30 years as a pilot
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Breaking barriers
Why, deep into the second century of aviation, is being an airline pilot still a largely male preserve, and what can the industry do to attract more young women to the profession?
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Ten of the pioneers who paved the way
From a pre-First World War French aristocrat to a modern-day former Afghan refugee, women aviators have been making history for over a century. We celebrate 10 of the best