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  • Il-114-300 roll-out
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    Ilyushin shows off flight-test livery for Il-114-300

    2020-01-02T10:38:00Z

    Ilyushin has rolled out the first prototype of the modernised Il-114-300 turboprop, after it was painted ahead of certification flight tests. The aircraft features a simple livery with the name of the Ilyushin aviation complex on the fuselage and the model designation on the nose, with a Russian flag on ...

  • Med-View Airline 737
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    Med-View 737 depressurisation not reported to investigators

    2020-01-02T09:17:00Z

    Nigerian specialists have disclosed that a serious depressurisation incident involving a Med-View Airline Boeing 737-500 was not reported to the country’s investigation authority. The aircraft (5N-BQM) had been cruising at 32,000ft en route from Abuja to Lagos, with 34 occupants, on 23 July. Lagos’s runway 18R had been closed and ...

  • Jetstar A320
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    Jetstar carriers in codeshare partnership with Air France-KLM

    2020-01-02T07:52:00Z

    Jetstar and Jetstar Asia have signed codesharing agreements with Air France and KLM for flight connections in Singapore and Denpasar. . The deal allows KLM to place its code on Jetstar-operated flights from Denpasar to four Australian destinations, the carrier says. Meanwhile, Air France and KLM will ...

  • J-20 with WS-10
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    Beijing celebrates new year with JF-17, J-20 progress

    2020-01-02T07:43:00Z

    The Block III version of the Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 fighter has conducted its maiden flight, and China appears to be making progress with indigenous engines for the J-20 stealth fighter. Social media accounts covering Chinese defence aerospace developments were busy over the holidays, with two notable developments. ...

  • EGAT
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    Taiwan’s EGAT announces management reshuffle

    2020-01-02T06:41:00Z

    Evergreen Aviation Technologies (EGAT) has announced a management reshuffle with the retirement of chairman Michael Chang and vice chairman JC Liou. Company president NH Huang succeeds Chang as chairman effective 1 January, EGAT says in a stock exchange disclosure. Liou has been seconded full-time to EGAT’s manufacturing division in an ...

  • LOT 787-9
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    ​ LOT sharpens US focus with Washington link

    2020-01-02T01:45:00Z

    LOT Polish Airlines will next year extend its US network with the launch of flights from Warsaw to Washington Dulles. The airline will operate the Dulles route three times per week from 2 June 2020 using Boeing 787s, the US airport has disclosed. “A direct flight from Warsaw to Washington ...

  • 727
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    Boeing clashes with FAA over 727 auxiliary tank explosion risk

    2019-12-31T18:33:00Z

    Boeing and the US FAA have clashed over a safety modification for Boeing 727s, with the regulator rejecting three attempts by the airframer to have the proposal withdrawn. The FAA’s concern centres on 727s fitted with Boeing’s body-mounted auxiliary fuel tanks. It argues that the fuel-quantity indicating system presents a ...

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    How crucial single-aisle strategies a decade ago will shape the 2020s

    2019-12-31T14:09:00Z

    Deciding how best to use emerging engine technologies to counter new entrants and meet customer demand in the single-aisle segment were to prove among the biggest calls Airbus and Boeing made in the last decade

  • Turkish 737 Max
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    Turkish Airlines reaches 737 Max compensation agreement

    2019-12-31T08:29:00Z

    Turkish Airlines has reached an agreement with Boeing over compensation for the financial impact relating to the grounding of the 737 Max. The carrier is intending to introduce 75 Max jets to its fleet, comprising 65 Max 8s and 10 of the larger Max 9. But while it has received ...

  • Jeju Air Boeing 737-800
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    Jeju Air delays acquiring majority stake in Eastar Jet

    2019-12-31T06:50:00Z

    Jeju Air has delayed acquiring a majority stake in compatriot Eastar Jet as it needs time to conduct due diligence on the latter. Jeju expected to complete the stock sale and purchase contract by 9 January, but this has been pushed back until the end of the month. “The above ...

  • AirAsia Evac
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    ​Passengers evacuate AirAsia A320 via slides, carrying bags

    2019-12-31T02:53:00Z

    An AirAsia Airbus A320 made an emergency landing on 30 December at Langkawi, with passengers disembarking via three slides. The aircraft was operating flight AK9327 for Kuala Lumpur, says the airline. It cites a “technical issue” for the turnback. Video: AirAsia flight AK9327 makes emergency return landing at ...

  • BOC Aviation A321 neo
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    BOC Aviation orders 18 A320neos

    2019-12-31T02:12:00Z

    BOC Aviation has placed an order for 18 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, scheduled for delivery in 2022 and 2023.

  • airsial-a320
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    Pakistani start-up AirSial to lease trio of A320s from AerCap

    2019-12-31T02:04:00Z

    AerCap has disclosed an agreement to provide Pakistani start-up carrier AirSial with three used Airbus A320s.

  • Dash8
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    Network attack disrupts RavnAir Dash 8 fleet

    2019-12-31T00:45:00Z

    Ravn Air Group on 30 December says it expects schedule disruptions through January as its Alaska-based regional airline recovers from an attack on the company’s networks that forced it to cancel flights of its De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100s.

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    Delta Air Lines completes 20% acquisition of LATAM

    2019-12-31T00:35:00Z

    Delta Air Lines says it has successfully acquired the 20% equity stake in LATAM airlines group for $1.9 billion, completing a deal it had announced earlier this year.

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    Air Kiribati takes delivery of first Embraer 190-E2

    2019-12-30T18:18:00Z

    Air Kiribati, the flag carrier of the central Pacific island nation of the same name, has taken delivery of the first of two Embraer E190-E2 jets, giving it the ability to significantly expand its footprint and directly connect parts of its far flung republic which comprises 32 atolls and one raised coral island across all four hemispheres.

  • Bek Air F100
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    Crashed Fokker 100 oscillated sharply before losing height: Bek Air

    2019-12-30T18:00:00Z

    Kazakh carrier Bek Air has disclosed details of the in-flight upset which affected the Fokker 100 which crashed on take-off from Almaty on 27 December.

  • Asiana Airlines Airbus A350
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    Hyundai-led acquisition of Asiana Airlines closes

    2019-12-30T13:07:00Z

    Asiana Airlines will soon change hands, after a consortium formed by Hyundai Development (HDC) and Mirae Asset Daewoo committed to a W2.5 trillion ($2.2 billion) deal.

  • Jetstream 32
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    Gust lock left on before Jetstream excursion at Munster

    2019-12-30T09:53:00Z

    German investigators have determined that a British Aerospace Jetstream 32 did not have a modification intended to prevent inadvertent take-off with engaged gust locks before it suffered a damaging excursion during departure from Munster. According to cockpit-voice recorder information the crew – while preparing to line up on runway 25 ...

  • F-35 fires AMRAAM
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    Raytheon receives $768 million AMRAAM deal

    2019-12-30T06:54:00Z

    Raytheon has secured a $768 million contract from the US Air Force to produce Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) for the US military as well as foreign partners. The deal covers production lot 33 and will be completed in 28 February 2023, according to the US Defense Department’s contract ...