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Qantas axes plans to acquire charter operator Alliance Aviation
Qantas has scrapped plans to acquire resources charter operator Alliance Aviation – months after competition regulators opposed the deal – noting that “there is no reasonable path forward” for the merger now.
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Rolls-Royce plans November first flight for Pearl 10X powerplant
Rolls-Royce is targeting November for the first flight of the new Pearl 10X engine that will eventually power Dassault Aviation’s flagship Falcon 10X.
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Sun Country planning summer expansion to Canada
US ultra-low-cost carrier Sun Country Airlines plans to launch new routes from its base in Minneapolis to Montreal and Toronto in June 2024.
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In depth
Pentagon details ‘sharp increase’ in aggressive intercepts by Chinese aircraft
Military officials in Washington say they have logged some 300 incidents over the past two years in which aircraft from China’s People’s Liberation Army conducted what the Pentagon calls ‘coercive and risky’ intercepts of US and allied crews operating lawfully in the East and South China Seas.
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Air India Express rebrands and sets 170-aircraft target as 737 Max jets arrive
Air India Express has launched its new branding, weeks after taking delivery of its first two Boeing 737 Max jets, as Air India Group continues its transformation and growth under Tata Group ownership.
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Lilium signs up EMCJET as exclusive dealer in Texas
Lilium has signed up US aircraft broker EMCJET as exclusive dealer for the Lilium Jet in Texas until 2030 in a deal that also sees a commercial agreement for five production slots.
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Boeing to inject cash into Spirit AeroSystems under new deal to lift deliveries
Boeing has reached an agreement with struggling aerostructures firm Spirit AeroSystems under which it will provide a funding boost to stabilise and support future 737 Max and 787s production rate rises.
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Emirates strikes Neste deal to secure SAF for 2024-25
Middle East carrier Emirates has struck a major deal with Neste to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) during 2024 and 2025.
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Transavia to pick up routes as Air France signals end to Paris Orly flights by 2026
Air France has outlined plans to transfer operations of its domestic flights from Paris Orly airport to its leisure unit Transavia citing a “structural fall” in demand for the network carrier’s services.
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Royal Jordanian, Embraer ink component MRO agreement for new E2 jets
Royal Jordanian Airlines has signed a multi-year contract with Embraer for component MRO support covering its incoming fleet of E2 family regional jets.
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Singapore signs air services, MRO agreements with Mongolia, Hong Kong
Singapore’s civil aviation regulator has inked two separate agreements covering air services and aviation MRO with its counterparts in Mongolia and Hong Kong respectively.
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Interview
Wheels Up’s new chief executive lays out recovery plan as Delta ties tighten
Just two weeks into the job, the new head of Wheels Up arrives as this year’s NBAA business aviation show with a turnaround plan resting on operational rigour, more corporate business, fleet changes and closer ties with 39% owner Delta Air Lines.
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Electra believes ‘blown-lift’ eSTOL will take off with corporate customers
Chief product officer Marc Ausman outlines why Electra’s conceptual aircraft could impact the business aviation market.
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Tecnam closes on certification for short take-off and landing variant of P2012
Italian airframer Tecnam is nearing European certification for the short take-off and landing (STOL) variant of its P2012 Traveller, with first deliveries slated for January next year.
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Supply chain issues delay Cassio 330 first flight but VoltAero confident on overall schedule
VoltAero continues working towards a maiden sortie of its initial Cassio 330 prototype but supply chain issues have pushed back the milestone by around six months.
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Volocopter makes NBAA flying debut
German electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle developer Volocopter’s 2X prototype made its NBAA flying debut on Tuesday, continuing its charm offensive to convince the public of the appeal of advanced air mobility.
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Wisk building autonomous air taxi with plans for first flight in 2024
US air taxi developer Wisk Aero is assembling the production prototype of its sixth-generation aircraft in California and plans to fly the fully autonomous vehicle next year.
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United lifts Q3 profits a fifth on strong international demand
United Airlines’ net profits climbed by one-fifth in the third quarter to reach $1.1 billion, in part driven by a strong performance on its international routes in the Atlantic and Pacific regions.
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AB Jets orders three Bombardier Challenger 3500 jets
US charter operator AB Jets is adding three super-midsize Bombardier Challenger 3500 jets to its fleet, with the option of ordering a fourth aircraft by the end of 2023.
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FlyExclusive named fleet-launch customer for Citation CJ3 Gen2
North Carolina private aviation provider FlyExclusive has been disclosed as the fleet launch customer of Textron Aviation’s newly revealed Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2 light jet.