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Paid contentGE partners on hydrogen flight demonstrator
Earlier this year, CFM International, a 50-50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, joined Airbus to announce plans to flight test a hydrogen combustion engine. Learn more in this video with Mohamed Ali, GE Aerospace’s vice president of engineering, who explains the opportunities and challenges of hydrogen-fueled propulsion.
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NewsBoeing and Wisk outline their concept for air taxi flights
Boeing and partner Wisk Aero have broadly defined requirements they view as needed for the unmanned electric air taxi concept to become reality. The companies on 20 September released a 64-page report predicting how an air taxi system – known as urban air mobility (UAM) – would actually work. The ...
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NewsSwelling pilot pay could force US regionals to contract, impacting communities: CEOs
Higher pilot pay rates at regional airlines could become a problem as carriers seek to balance a pilot shortage with maintaining flights to smaller US communities.
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NewsFreight lift helps ASL boost 2021 revenues by 25%
ACMI specialist ASL Aviation Holdings cites strong a performance across long-haul freight routes as a key driver in the company lifting revenues by one-quarter in 2021.
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NewsAustralian navy to receive new MH-60Rs from mid-2025
The Royal Australian Navy will receive 12 new Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters from mid-2025 to mid-2026, following a contract award from the US Navy.
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NewsBrazil’s Azul receives initial A350
Brazilian operator Azul has received its first Airbus A350, after the twinjet was ferried to the city of Belo Horizonte. The -900 aircraft, temporarily operating with the French registration F-WTAO, departed from a facility in Tarbes where it had undergone maintenance checks. It has been configured with 334 seats, according ...
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NewsTUI sees strong summer peak despite lingering disruption
European travel firm TUI expects its Markets & Airlines division will be “significantly profitable” despite airport disruptions for the quarter ending 30 September, the company says a pre-close of financial year statement.
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NewsP&W to open technology accelerator in Singapore
Pratt & Whitney has inked a collaboration agreement with Singapore’s Economic Development Board for the establishment of a technology accelerator in the city state.
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NewsUkraine International names airport executive as new chief
Ukraine International Airlines has named a new president, Kyryl Zvonarov, succeeding Yevhenii Dykhne. Zvonarov has been serving as deputy general director of Kyiv Borispol airport, the country’s main hub, for eight years. The airline says he has gained 25 years’ managerial experience in “various industries”. Dykyne has headed the flag-carrier ...
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NewsGeneral Atomics, Kratos highlight progress toward AI-driven combat aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Kratos have highlighted progress with autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).
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NewsUSAF clears KC-46 for global operations, troubles remain
The head of the US Air Force’s Air Mobility Command says airmen have developed workarounds for the problem-plagued refueller’s issues, calling the type “incredibly capable”.
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NewsSierra Nevada joins Bell’s ‘high-speed vertical take-off and landing’ project
Defence contractor Sierra Nevada will design mission systems for a high-speed vertical take-off and landing (HSVTOL) aircraft concept being developed by Bell.
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NewsEviation’s Alice completes high-speed taxi test, ‘final’ step before flight
Electric aircraft developer Eviation has released video of its Alice prototype completing a high-speed taxi test ahead of its planned first flight.
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US Air Force leaders stress importance of air dominance in countering rising threats
Speaking at the 2022 Air & Space Forces Association conference near Washington DC, US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and senior generals warned of the need to counter advancing authoritarian regimes – an uphill fight.
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NewsFAA denies Republic’s request to skirt 1,500h rule for new pilots
The FAA on 19 September shot down a request from Republic Airways that would have allowed some of its pilots to fly scheduled flights with only 750h of cockpit time.
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NewsEmbraer and L3Harris join to offer ‘Agile Tanker’ to USAF
Brazilian airframer Embraer has partnered with US defence contractor L3Harris to offer a special “tactical tanker” version of its KC-390 military lifter to the US Air Force (USAF).
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NewsJetBlue-Spirit deal will leave Frontier like ‘Southwest in the late ’80s’: CEO
Frontier Airlines’ chief executive insists a JetBlue Airways-Spirit Airlines tie up will give his company a cost advantage better than any a US carrier has enjoyed for decades.
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NewsSwitzerland signs contract to purchase 36 Lockheed F-35As
The government of Switzerland has signed a contract formalising its planned acquisition of 36 Lockheed Martin F-35As, a move following the country’s 2021 decision to acquire the US-made fifth-generation fighter.
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NewsAkasa Air to ‘aggressively’ ramp up operations as Delhi added to network
Indian start-up Akasa Air is to ‘aggressively scale-up” its operations in the coming weeks, as it reaches over 250 weekly flights by 10 October, about two months since it began operations.
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NewsAsia-Pacific 2022 traffic to fall below Europe’s: ACI
Airports Council International (ACI) says the Asia-Pacific will lose the top ranking in passenger numbers this year owing to the travel policies of China and Japan.