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PZL Swidnik inaugurates new AW149 production line
PZL Swidnik, the Polish subsidiary of Leonardo Helicopters, has opened a new production line that will build AW149 battlefield transports for the Polish Land Forces. Warsaw in 2022 ordered 32 of the super-medium-twin helicopters, with the agreement specifying technology transfer and local production. Source: Bartosz Glowacki Warsaw will ...
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US lessor ATSG shuffles senior leadership team
US freight carrier Air Transport Services Group shuffled its executive leadership team on 4 June, appointing current president Mike Berger as its chief executive officer.
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Turkish Airlines still keen on mixed fleet as talks on Boeing order continue
Turkish Airlines remains in talks with Boeing and engine manufacturers as it still hopes to seal an order for 225 aircraft.
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KrasAvia An-26 overruns at northern Russian island airport
Siberian investigators are probing an overrun involving an Antonov An-26 operated by Russian regional carrier KrasAvia. The aircraft had been conducting a charter flight from Norilsk, says the West Siberian transport prosecutor’s office. It landed at Dikson airport, on an island in the far north of the Krasnoyarsk region, at ...
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SIA, Riyadh Air ink agreement for potential commercial partnership
Singapore Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding with soon-to-launch Riyadh Air to explore a potential commercial partnership.
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RwandAir’s Makolo tells airline industry to ‘get on with it’ on diversity
RwandAir chief executive – and outgoing chair of the IATA board of governors – Yvonne Makolo believes the airline industry still has a long way to go on improving its record on diversity
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Joby eyes future autonomous eVTOL operations with Xwing acquisition
US air taxi maker Joby Aviation has acquired the autonomy division of start-up Xwing, enabling it to eventually deploy pilotless technology in its developmental electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
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Emirates president laments lack of airport investment in Europe and USA
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark has contrasted the investment in airports in the Middle East and Asia with activity in other regions, saying the latter are failing to keep pace.
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Suppressing growth ‘not a debate’ outside of Europe: Walsh
IATA director general Willie Walsh believes pressure to suppress air travel growth as a way of countering aviation’s climate change impact is only a debate in Europe and that it is “arrogant” to expect emerging countries to be deprived of the economic benefits of air connectivity the continent has enjoyed.
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Qantas confirms certification of extra fuel tank for ‘Project Sunrise’ A350-1000
Certification has been achieved for the third centre fuel tank in the Airbus A350-1000s that will operate Qantas’s ultra-long-range ‘Profject Sunrise’ flights.
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Pilatus takes stake in solar fuels manufacturer Synhelion
Swiss airframer Pilatus Aircraft has taken an equity stake in solar fuels manufacturer Synhelion as it seeks to support the production and global supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
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Airbus defence unit to display ‘Wingman’ concept at ILA Berlin air show
Airbus Defence & Space will unveil a full-scale model of a conceptual ‘Wingman’ asset during the ILA Berlin air show on 5 June.
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Dual hydraulic system failure preceded Fly Jamaica 757 overrun at Georgetown
Guyanese investigators have disclosed that a Fly Jamaica Boeing 757-200 suffered significant hydraulic failure as it returned to Georgetown’s Cheddi Jagan airport, with the subsequent loss of braking effectiveness causing the twinjet to overrun and sustain severe damage.
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Emirates and Lufthansa chiefs reiterate concerns over 777X delivery dates
Early airline customers continue to voice concerns as to whether they will recieve Boeing’s already delayed new 777X widebody next year as planned.
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Delta set to relaunch daily flights to Tel Aviv
US carrier Delta Air Lines is following through with previously disclosed plans to resume daily flights to Tel Aviv from New York on 7 June, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
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ANA assessing future aircraft needs to meet international expansion
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is in the process of assessing its future widebody and narrowbody needs, as it looks to focus on international expansion in the long term.
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Lufthansa, KLM and SAA pay $900m for ‘extreme delays’ in refunding passengers
The US government has secured more than $900 million in refunds for passengers who faced “extreme delays” in receiving compensation from for Covid-19-related flight changes and cancellations.
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WestJet to add three leased 737 Max 8s to fleet
Canadian carrier WestJet Airlines on 3 June disclosed plans to add a trio of Boeing 737 Max 8s that will integrate into its fleet this year.
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Mexicana orders 20 Embraer E2 aircraft
Mexicana de Aviacion, Mexico’s new government-run carrier, has placed an order for 20 Embraer E2 narrowbody aircraft, making it the first customer of the type in that country.
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Canada Jetlines seeking new chief executive with Eddy Doyle due to depart
Eddy Doyle, the founding chief executive of Canadian leisure and charter carrier Canada Jetlines, is retiring from the company on 30 June.