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NewsGECAS sees soft landing for airline earnings in 2020
GECAS believes industry earnings may decline slightly into 2020, but positive wider economic conditions and strong passenger demand for air travel will prevent any significant drop.
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NewsFAA and IATA optimistic on reception of 737 Max review
Regulatory officials are optimistic that safety authorities in Europe and other regions are confident in the US Federal Aviation Administration’s safety review process to return Boeing 737 Max aircraft to service. Regulators outside the USA have vowed they will not rely on FAA approval and conduct their own reviews as ...
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NewsAir France-KLM downplays Malaysia Airlines stake rumours
Responding to rumours that it plans to acquire a stake in Malaysia Airlines, Air France-KLM states that it “is not a current party to the sales process” of the Kuala Lumpur-based carrier “at this stage”. However, the Franco-Dutch airline group confirms in a statement that it “had previously been in ...
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NewsUnited Q4 2019 non-fuel unit costs up 2.7%
United Airlines’s non-fuel unit costs (CASM ex-fuel) increased by 2.7% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2019, while full-year non-fuel costs rose by 1% compared to 2018. In the third quarter of 2019 United’s non-fuel unit costs increased by 2.1% in the third quarter compared with the same period in ...
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NewsAmerican sees 1.7% growth in Miami passenger traffic
American Airlines served 30.3 million passengers at Miami International airport in 2019, a year-over-year increase of 1.7% and the most passengers it has carried through Miami since establishing the hub 30 years ago, the Dallas-based airline states 21 January. American operates more than 340 daily flights from Miami, including routes ...
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NewsEtihad training arm wins EASA approval to train 777/787 pilots
Etihad Airways’ training unit has received European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval to train Boeing 777 and 787 pilots on behalf of airlines based in Europe and those outside the continent which follow its safety standards. Etihad Aviation Training, which has 11 full-motion simulators including five 777 and 787 ...
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NewsWestJet strikes 737 Max flights through late June
Canadian carrier WestJet Airlines says it has taken the Boeing 737 Max jet out of its schedule until 24 June, following Boeing’s announcement earlier today that it does not expect the aircraft to be re-certificated until “the middle of 2020”.
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NewsBoeing now expects mid-year certification of 737 Max
The FAA says it has set no timeframe for when the certification work will be finished.
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NewsDutch reject notion of US pressure during Turkish 737 crash probe
Investigators from the Netherlands have defended their inquiry into a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash near Amsterdam, after suggestions that the final report into the accident was watered-down in response to US remarks. The Dutch Safety Board, in its response, has published in full a human-factors analysis which contributed to ...
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NewsUS Navy’s Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey completes first flight
The US Navy envisions using the CMV-22 to ferry Pratt & Whitney F135 turbines to and from aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is powered by the F135 and the service needs the ability to replace the stealth fighter’s power plant while at sea.
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NewsBoeing schedules first 777X flight for 23 January
Boeing has scheduled the 777X’s maiden sortie for 23 January, an event that will finally kick off the revamped widebody’s delayed flight-test programme and potentially keep the airframer on track to begin deliveries in early 2021.
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NewsSAA cuts back flight schedule to conserve cash
South African Airways has cancelled a number of domestic and international flights over the coming week, to preserve finances, just a day after insisting that operations to all destinations were continuing as normal. The flag-carrier says that, as part of a “responsible strategy to conserve cash”, it is cancelling several ...
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NewsAer Lingus ‘held back’ by A321LR delivery delays
Aer Lingus chief executive Sean Doyle has bemoaned the impact that delayed deliveries of Airbus single-aisle aircraft have had on the Irish flag carrier’s expansion plans.
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NewsCapacity discipline and rival’s collapse boost EasyJet revenue
EasyJet’s revenue rose nearly 10% in its fiscal first quarter, driven by strong demand and the collapse of UK rival Thomas Cook, prompting the low-cost airline to raise guidance for the remainder of the year.
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NewsTwo anti-aircraft missiles fired from north towards UIA 737: inquiry
Iranian investigators have disclosed that two missiles from a Tor-M1 anti-aircraft system were fired before the loss of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 shortly after departure from Tehran. The Civil Aviation Organisation states that secondary radar contact with flight PS752 was initially lost at 06:15, about 3min after take-off, ...
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In depthBoeing 747 marks 50 years since Pan Am service debut
This week marks exactly 50 years since the 747’s first passenger service with Pan Am
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NewsUK orders four more H145 Jupiter training helicopters
The UK Ministry of Defence has ordered an additional batch of four Airbus Helicopters H145 Jupiter trainers for operation by the Ascent Flight Training joint venture.
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NewsAirbus to build first A321neo line at Toulouse in place of A380 facility
Airbus is to increase its A321 production capability, by converting its A380 facilities in Toulouse in order to accommodate a digitally-enabled A321 final assembly line. It will introduce A321 production to Toulouse for the first time – Airbus’s largest single-aisle variant is currently built in Hamburg Finkenwerder and Mobile. The ...
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NewsElbit demonstrates 24h firefighting using liquid pellets
Elbit Systems is offering the prospect of round-the-clock airborne firefighting after demonstrating a method of dropping liquid pellets from 500ft – more than four times higher than the normal altitude for water bombing.
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NewsCitilink connects Avalon to Indonesia with Denpasar service
Melbourne’s Avalon airport will be connected to Indonesia for the first time, when Citilink launches a Denpasar service this month. From 24 January, the low-cost arm of Garuda Indonesia will carry 178 passenger and cargo on a daily service operated with Airbus A320neos, says Avalon airport. Cirium data shows that ...