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Jet's international flights suspended until 15 April
Jet Airways has suspended all international flights until 15 April.
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Package of new/used A380s pitched to BA was uncompetitive: Cruz
An Airbus offer of new and used A380s to British Airways in its recent widebody competition "did not even come close" to the winning Boeing bid of 777Xs, the airline's chief executive Alex Cruz has revealed.
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Southwest removes 737 Max from schedules through August
Southwest Airlines has removed the Boeing 737 Max from its schedules through 5 August, representing a more conservative estimate for when it expects the grounded aircraft to return to the air.
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NewsPICTURE: Dutch investigate F-16 damaged by own gunfire
Details have emerged of an incident early this year during which a Lockheed Martin F-16AM from the Royal Netherlands Air Force was damaged by its own gunfire during a training flight.
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OpinionET302 interim report raises more questions
A preliminary report into the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 accident of 10 March has resolved some of the mystery behind flight ET302’s loss, but also raised new questions for me as FlightGlobal’s test pilot – and who operates the type for a major carrier.
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OpinionAutonomous lethal drones a legal challenge
Are they lethal autonomous weapons systems, with the tidy acronym “LAWS” – or killer robots? Either way, politicians, soldiers, society and the aerospace industry that serves them must grapple with the question: how far should we go in marrying artificial intelligence (AI) and unmanned air systems – or, to use their more emotive name, drones?
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NewsVista Global snaps up JetSmarter
Business aviation holding company Vista Global has entered into an agreement to acquire US online charter marketplace JetSmarter in a move designed to bolster and complement its growing portfolio of products.
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PICTURE: Qazaq Air receives first purchased Q400
Bombardier has delivered the first of two Q400 turboprops ordered by Kazakhstan's Qazaq Air, a carrier that launched in 2015 using leased Q400s.
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NewsPilot academy OSM orders fleet of all-electric aircraft
Scandinavian pilot-training organisation OSM Aviation Academy has ordered 60 electric aircraft from US manufacturer Bye Aerospace.
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SIA halts plans to transfer 737-800s to Scoot
Singapore Airlines has halted plans to transfer 14 737-800s from regional unit SilkAir to low-cost carrier Scoot following the worldwide grounding of 737 Max aircraft in March.
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Light helos target Australian special forces opportunity
Bell, Airbus Helicopters, and Leonardo are gearing up to address Canberra’s requirement for 20 special forces rotorcraft.
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Japan certificates A350 ahead of first delivery to JAL
Japan’s transport ministry has awarded type certification for the Airbus A350, ahead of the first delivery of an A350-900 to Japan Airlines in June.
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PICTURE: JAL's Zipair reveals livery
Japan Airlines' budget unit Zipair Tokyo has revealed the livery that its Boeing 787-8s will wear when it launches operations in 2020.
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SpiceJet to lease 16 additional 737-800s
SpiceJet will lease 16 additional Boeing 737-800s to cover capacity shortages caused by the grounding of its 737 Max jets and facilitate further growth.
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Jet Airways fleet woes continue as more jets grounded
Jet Airways disclosed on 11 April that 10 more of its aircraft have been grounded due to lease payment defaults.
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Avolon achieves IG status with pricing of $2.5bn benchmark deal
Avolon has priced a $2.5 billion private placement, earning its first investment grade rating.
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Boeing has completed 96 flight tests of 737 Max software update
Boeing has completed 96 test flights of 737 Max aircraft equipped with the flight-control software update it hopes will persuade regulators to lift the aircraft’s grounding.
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Allegiant is first customer for Airbus data service
Allegiant Air, the first user of Airbus Skywise Health Monitoring, now has access to numerous data sources in a single dashboard that alerts staff to issues with Airbus A320s and suggests solutions.
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US Marine Corps to add more autonomy to Kaman K-Max helicopters
The US Marine Corps (USMC) plans to retrofit its two Kaman K-Max helicopters with additional autonomous capabilities to further its cargo delivery experimentation with the aircraft.
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Faury appoints Airbus's new executive team
Airbus’s new chief executive, Guillaume Faury, has appointed a top management team after he took over the helm from Tom Enders yesterday.