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Avianca Brazil cancels some flights despite securing fleet
Financially troubled Avianca Brazil has cancelled about 3% of its daily operations today, even as the airline says it has secured the release of fleet to ensure that operations continue following yesterday's bankruptcy protection filing.
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VIDEO: Royal Air Maroc receives first 787-9
Boeing has delivered the first of four 787-9s ordered by North African carrier Royal Air Maroc.
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Opinion
OPINION: Air France's naming of female chief must set a new trend
The appointment of Anne Rigail as the new chief executive of Air France is a positive end to a year in which gender diversity among airline leaders was thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
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Eastar Jet adds 737 Max to component MRO deal with LHT
South Korean budget carrier Eastar Jet has extended its component maintenance agreement with Lufthansa Technik to its on-order Boeing 737 Max fleet.
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Airbus taps successor for retiring military aircraft chief Alonso
Airbus has appointed Alberto Gutierrez to replace Fernando Alonso as head of military aircraft at the airframer's defence and space division in January 2019.
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PICTURES: Lufthansa A380 arrives in new colour scheme
Lufthansa has revealed the first Airbus A380 to carry the German airline’s recently-revamped aircraft livery.
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Joramco wins follow-up MRO deal from Flydubai
Flydubai has renewed a heavy maintenance agreement with Joramco.
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AMAC readies Basel facility for ACJ320neo arrival
AMAC Aerospace is readying its completion centre in Basel, Switzerland, for the handover in early January of the first Airbus ACJ320neo.
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Airbus Corporate Helicopters makes Middle East debut
Airbus Corporate Helicopters has made its Middle East show debut at MEBAA. The move comes 18 months after the unit was created by its parent company to focus its efforts in the business aviation segment and bring it into line with its sister fixed-wing operation.
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Bell delivers two 429s to EDIC Horizon
Bell has delivered two model 429 helicopters to Abu Dhabi's EDIC Horizon International Flight Academy from a May 2018 order for the light-twins.
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RETROSPECTIVE: How the UH-1 'Huey' changed modern warfare
When the US Marine Corps received the last of its Bell UH-1Y Venom helicopters in April 2018 – some 61 years and six months after the prototype XH-40 first lifted off the ground – it was the beginning of the end for the pioneering rotorcraft.
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Hainan Airlines to serve Paris from Guiyang
Hainan Airlines is seeking rights to launch a daily Guiyang-Paris service from January.
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Rolls-Royce admits Trent 1000 disruption still 'high'
Rolls-Royce admits that the number of Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s remaining on the ground as a result of regulatory maintenance demands is still “high”, in spite of its rectification efforts.
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AirAsia coy on report of portfolio sale to Castlelake
AirAsia refuses to comment on a report that it will sell 30 aircraft to Castlelake, in what would be its second major portfolio transaction this year.
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AirAsia, KLIA2 feud continues with spat over passenger fees
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia has delivered a bitter rebuke following Malaysia Airports Holdings’ (MAHB) issue of a writ of summons for MYR9.4 million ($2.2 million) in claimed passenger service charges.
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Malaysia Airlines rebrands first class as 'Business Suite'
Malaysia Airlines has rebranded the first class product offered on its Airbus A350-900s and A380s as 'Business Suite'.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Asia-Pacific November 2018 deliveries report
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific took 88 of the 177 commercial airliners delivered in November 2018, well ahead of Europe airlines, which took 35.
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US Navy to buy two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft
Northrop Grumman was awarded a $49.9 million contract by the US Navy for long-lead parts and associated support for the production of two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
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GE begins second round of GE9X flight testing
GE Aviation's GE9X turbofan returned to the skies on 10 December, kicking off a second round of airborne testing during which the engine maker will evaluate the powerplant's software and performance in hot-and-high conditions.