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Bird-hit Ural A321 lands in field after Zhukovsky take-off
Passengers have evacuated a Ural Airlines Airbus A321 which carried out an emergency landing in a field after a severe bird-strike on departure from Moscow.
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Air New Zealand and SIA to increase Singapore-Auckland capacity
Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines plan to operate 35,000 more seats on the Auckland-Singapore route over the 2020 northern summer scheduling period, using a combination of larger aircraft and more frequencies.
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Boeing delays 777-8 development
Boeing has put development of the long-ranging 777-8 on hold, just weeks after announcing a delay in the first flight of the larger -9 variant.
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PK AirFinance moves to seize 24 helicopters from Bristow
Beleaguered Bristow Group is facing a challenge to its restructuring plans after loan provider PK AirFinance moved to repossess two dozen helicopters operated by various subsidiaries of the offshore transport specialist.
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Embraer progresses with divesting its commercial aircraft unit
Embraer is well into the work of splitting off its commercial aircraft division into a joint venture controlled by Boeing – and the costs of the separation are now hitting Embraer's bottom line.
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Last set of A-10 ‘Warthog’ replacement wings installed
The US Air Force installed the last set of replacement wings on its fleet of Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, finishing the Enhanced Wing Assembly replacement programme which started in 2011.
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Competition bureau approves WestJet buyout
The Canadian Competition Bureau has granted approval without conditions for Onex Partners to acquire WestJet for around C$5 billion ($3.7 billion), removing another regulatory obstacle and bringing the Toronto-based private equity firm closer to completing the buyout.
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Southwest ups 737 Max sim order, first to go online in October
Southwest Airlines ordered another three Boeing 737 Max simulators from flight training company CAE in the second quarter of 2019, doubling its Max simulator orders ahead of the expected lifting of the Max's global grounding.
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Sala exposed to fatal level of carbon monoxide before Piper crash: AAIB
Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala was exposed to potentially lethal levels of carbon monoxide (CO) inside the Piper Malibu Mirage PA-46-310P that crashed on 21 January, killing him and pilot David Ibbotson, UK investigators say.
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ZeroAvia targets commuter market with hydrogen powertrain
Silicon Valley-based start-up ZeroAvia is developing a sustainable, low-cost alternative to conventional engines which it hopes will revolutionise the regional transport market and provide an “environmentally friendly” option for manufacturers and operators of business, commuter and general aviation aircraft.
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Air Canada names first new routes to be opened with A220s
Air Canada has disclosed Montreal to Seattle, as well as Toronto to San Jose in California, as the first new routes it will open using its new Airbus A220-300s.
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ANALYSIS: Shipment hike boosts first-half business jet billings
Business and general aviation manufacturers saw half-year billings climb by $1 billion year on year, as output increased across the industry, with the lucrative jet market registering its strongest performance for five years.
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TAP withdraws from London City
TAP Portugal is ending its services from London City airport to Lisbon and Porto at the end of October.
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An-26 undershot crew turned off ground-proximity alerts
Investigators in Cote d'Ivoire have concluded that an Antonov An-26 crew continued an approach below minima without making visual contact with the runway before the twin-engined aircraft crashed into the sea off Abidjan.
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Utair cuts half-year loss but labours under debts
Russian operator Utair is attributing an improvement in half-year financial performance to better fuel efficiency and aircraft utilisation, but acknowledges that it remain under pressure from a high debt burden.
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Embraer retains guidance despite drop in underlying Q2 profits
Embraer is maintaining its full-year financial and delivery guidance for 2019 after today disclosing an operating profit of $26.6 million for the second quarter, during which the manufacturer shipped 51 aircraft.
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Cabo Verde Airlines expands transatlantic network
Cabo Verde Airlines will launch flights in December to Washington DC and Porto Alegre in Brazil.
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GTLK obtains funds to support further L-410 acquisitions
Russian state lessor GTLK is to acquire additional locally-manufactured L-410 turboprops which will be offered to the country's airlines for modernisation.
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Stiff competition, high costs send Bangkok Airways into Q2 loss
Bangkok Airways slipped into a Bt530 million ($17.2 million) loss in the second quarter as intense competition crimped earnings, exacerbated by higher operating costs.
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Pobeda blames Chinese sources for booking site attack
Russian budget carrier Pobeda is blaming Chinese sources for a cyberattack on its reservations engine.