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IndiGo orders another 300 A320neo-family jets
Indian budget carrier IndiGo has placed a firm order for 300 Airbus A320neo-family jets – a mix of A320neos, A321neos and A321XLRs.
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Air Nostrum CRJ1000 acquisition faces state-aid scrutiny
Spanish carrier Air Nostrum's fleet modernisation is being assessed by the European Commission, which suspects it might have violated state-aid regulations.
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Crew unaware of collision before A330 take-off halted
Pilots of an Air France Airbus A330-200 had been preparing to take off from Paris Charles de Gaulle, unaware of a ground collision with a Delta Air Lines A330-300, before air traffic control intervened to prevent the departure.
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France buoyed by first upgraded Atlantique 2 deliveries
French defence minister Florence Parly has welcomed the delivery of the first two Dassault Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft upgraded to the new standard 6 specification.
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Trent blade limit ‘insufficient’ before Norwegian 787 failure
Italian investigators have disclosed that there was no engine de-pairing requirement in place for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s fitted to a Norwegian Boeing 787 before one of its powerplants failed after take-off from Rome. The engines were subject to a modification – under a service bulletin designated 72-H818 – which ...
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ANA's first-half profit hit by slower growth and higher costs
All Nippon Airways' parent company saw its first-half operating profit decline 25% to Y78.8 billion ($724 million) as slower revenue growth and the costs associated with expansion at Tokyo's two metropolitan airports took a toll.
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Alaska Airlines cancels all Santa Rosa flights due to wildfire
Alaska Airlines cancelled all of its scheduled service to the Santa Rosa, California airport, north of San Francisco, due to a massive wildfire nearby which has burned tens of thousands of hectares and forced 180,000 residents to flee their homes.
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Start-up Starlux identifies initial A321neo routes
Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines is to deploy its first three Airbus A321neos on services to Vietnam, Macau and Malaysia.
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Avianca to codeshare with Gol as it overhauls business
Avianca has disclosed that it will begin a codesharing agreement with Brazil's domestic market leader Gol, further expanding the Colombian flag carrier's network in South America's largest aviation market as it moves forward from a challenging year.
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Silverstone under safety audit as Dash 8 loses wheel
Kenya's civil aviation regulators has disclosed that Silverstone Air Services is being subjected to an audit, after another incident involving a turboprop operated by the regional carrier.
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Boeing’s plan to get the KC-46A tanker back on schedule
Amid criticism from the US Air Force that it is moving too slowly towards fixing the KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tanker Boeing is touting incremental improvements that is says should help get its troubled programme back on track.
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A220 operators told to limit engine thrust at high altitude
Operators of Airbus A220s are facing operational limitations of the twinjet's engines, following several serious incidents involving powerplant failure.
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Venezuela air sector in 'havoc' despite broader regional growth
Though Venezuela's airline industry has descended into shambles, the broader Latin American air transport sector is on track to expand at a leading pace in the coming decade, says industry group IATA's regional vice-president for the Americas Peter Cerda.
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Private investment driving aviation growth in Brazil: minister
Brazil is entering a new growth cycle that will see private investment driving expansion of commercial aviation, according to the country's minister for infrastructure Tarcisio Freitas.
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FAA administrator: 737 Max will be made safe
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is giving no clue about when his agency might clear Boeing's 737 Max to fly.
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Embraer’s growth tied to health of Latin American economies
Brazilian planemaker Embraer sees its future success in Latin America closely tied to the region’s economic prosperity and political stability as its current customers, both in its home country as well as amongst its Latin American neighbors, mull their next metal move.
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Czech Republic signs up to NATO tanker effort
The Czech Republic has become the sixth country to join NATO’s multinational tanker fleet following the signature of a memorandum of understanding in Brussels on 24 October.
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Brazilian air force receives first Phenom 100EVs
Brazil’s air force has received a pair of Embraer Phenom 100EV light business jets for use by its 6th air transport squadron.
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Nordica stops own-brand flights but subsidiary to expand
Estonian carrier Nordica has suspended operations carried out from Tallinn under its own brand, owing to cost pressures.
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NH Industries outlines upgrade path for NH90
Three-way consortium NH Industries (NHI) is in negotiations with operators of its NH90 military helicopter over future upgrades for the 11t-class platform, even as it works through a retrofit programme on early build examples.