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China’s lockdowns could push international air travel rebound to 2026
Some aviation analysts now think international air travel may not fully recover until 2025 or 2026 due largely to China’s continuation of its travel-busting “zero-Covid” policy.
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Aeroflot Group’s Rossiya names new general director
Aeroflot Group carrier Rossiya has named Yan Burg as its general director, formalising a position in which he has acted since early March. He joined the airline as technical director in October 2018, having previously worked for Russian Helicopters as well as Aeroflot. Burg has an educational background in aircraft ...
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Collins to ship 1MW motor to P&WC this month as hybrid project progresses
Collins Aerospace plans this month to ship a 1MW electric motor to Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC), advancing a project to demonstrate a hybrid-electric-modified De Havilland Canada Dash 8.
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Romania’s Blue Air delays service restart until 10 October
Romanian low-cost carrier Blue Air has pushed back its resumption of flights until 10 October, having initially cancelled flights until 11 September.
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Rolls-Royce had warrants for 50% stake in ACCEL partner Electroflight, documents reveal
UK propulsion specialist Rolls-Royce was in a position to acquire up to 50% of Electroflight – one of its partners in the record-breaking ACCEL project – with that interest subsequently highlighted by the battery provider’s administrator as a barrier to badly needed outside investment.
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Russian government prolongs loan subsidy scheme for lessors taking domestic aircraft
Russia’s government is extending a loan subsidy programme to ease the process through which lessors acquire domestically-built aircraft to lease to carriers. The programme – which was initiated a decade ago, in October 2012 – had applied to loans taken by lessors from 2008-21 but it will be extended, under ...
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Bell hopeful that Seoul will take another look at AH-1Z
Bell is in early discussions with Seoul about potential industrial collaboration on the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter should the type be selected for a South Korean requirement for 24 rotorcraft.
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EASA examines system to maintain flight-guidance while airspeed unreliable
European safety regulators have been assessing a request to implement a system on a large aircraft which will maintain flight-guidance functions despite the unavailability of reliable airspeed data. Unreliable airspeed typically results in the disconnection of the autopilot, autothrust and flight-directors. The system under consideration will have three operating modes, ...
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Airbus, Indonesian Aerospace reaffirm cooperation
Airbus and Indonesian Aerospace (PTDI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) reaffirming their longstanding industrial cooperation.
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Vietjet swings to operating loss in first half of 2022
Vietnam low-cost carrier Vietjet Air swung to an operating loss of D192 trillion ($8 million) in the first six months of 2022, compared with an operating profit of D157 trillion a year earlier.
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‘Inappropriate’ autobrake use led to China Eastern A321 runway excursion in Hong Kong
Hong Kong investigators have found that the “inappropriate” use of autobrake mode of a China Eastern Airlines Airbus A321 - coupled with inclement weather - led to the aircraft veering off the runway after landing.
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Air Transat gains ground, still posts Q3 financial loss
Transat AT, the parent company of Canadian airline Air Transat, reports stronger third-quarter financial results compared with the pandemic-stunted figures of last year but still operated at a loss during the three-month period.
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DARPA launches expeditionary vertical take-off X-plane effort
The Pentagon’s secretive research arm is seeking design submissions for a next-generation vertical take-off platform that can operate from ships and austere airfields with minimal support infrastructure.
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All outstanding Qatar A350-1000s cut from Airbus backlog
All the outstanding Airbus A350-1000s for Qatar Airways have been removed from the airline’s backlog, according to the airframer’s latest official monthly figures. Qatar Airways had 42 A350-1000s on order of which 19 have been delivered. But a legal dispute over skin-paint deterioration on Qatar’s A350s led the airline to ...
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Boeing expands purchase of F-15 electronic warfare systems from BAE
The deal will provide additional units of the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System under low-rate initial production.
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Air Transat orders four Airbus A321XLRs
Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat has placed long-term lease orders for four new Airbus A321XLRs that will be delivered within several years, US lessor Air Lease Corporation (ALC) said on 8 September.
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United commits to Eve air taxi order with $15m investment
United Airlines has disclosed a $15 million investment in electric air taxi developer Eve and conditionally agreed to purchase 200 of Eve’s in-development aircraft.
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Poland to buy almost 100 Apaches as defence spending accelerates
Poland intends to acquire almost 100 new attack helicopters, having selected the Boeing AH-64E Apache for its long-running Kruk requirement.
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An-24 wing-strike probe warns over pressing approaches in poor weather
Russian investigators have established that an Antonov An-24B which landed at Ust-Kut with a damaged wing had been attempting a non-precision approach in poor weather before sustaining a serious left-hand wing-strike. The Angara Airlines aircraft (RA-47848) had been conducting a second approach to runway 30, following a go-around initiated by ...
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MD Helicopters looks to new chapter after takeover ends years of turmoil
MD Helicopters’ new owners insist they can breathe new life into the company after completing the acquisition of the US rotorcraft manufacturer’s assets on 15 August.