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NewsCathay swings back to cash burn amid tightened restrictions
Beleaguered Cathay Pacific Group has swung back to a cash-burn position as the Hong Kong government’s tightening of coronavirus restrictions significantly crippled airline operations.
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NewsAirbus long-haul activity weakens but A220 sales prove buoyant
Airbus’s long-haul orders sank further into negative territory during February, although strong single-aisle sales – particularly for the A220 – left the airframer with positive net orders for the first two months of the year. Twenty A330-900s assigned to unidentified customers have been removed, Airbus’s latest backlog figures reveal. Although ...
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NewsCathay chairman stresses that carrier will survive
Cathay Pacific chairman Patrick Healy has expressed his “utmost confidence” that the embattled airline — and its home city of Hong Kong — are able to survive the pandemic crisis.
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NewsCargo helps Cathay Pacific narrow 2021 losses
Embattled Cathay Pacific Group significantly narrowed its losses in 2021, with its cargo business doing “exceptionally well” in the second half.
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NewsTask saturation caused Saab 340B crew to miss falling airspeed
A stick shaker activation on a Saab 340B operated by Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) highlights the dangers posed by task saturation in the cockpit, says the Australia Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
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NewsIndia, Malaysia to reopen borders in coming weeks
India and Malaysia are set to reopen their international borders, allowing foreign visitors from any country to enter.
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NewsPentagon slaps down Polish MiG-29 jet offer to Ukraine
The US Department of Defense (DoD), taken by surprise by Poland’s announcement that it would offer its RAC MiG-29 fleet to Ukraine via a formal transfer to the USA in Germany, says the plan is “not…tenable” and “raises serious concerns”.
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NewsCAE halts training and support for Russian carriers
Canadian flight training company CAE has suspended services and training to Russian airlines and aircraft operators amid that country’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.
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NewsPoland offers MiG-29 fighters for use by Ukraine, wants used US jets in return
Poland has offered its entire RAC MiG-29 fleet to the USA – to pass on to Ukraine to aid in its defence against Russia’s invasion – in exchange for used fighter jets, and encourages other NATO allies to do the same.
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NewsDHL orders another six 777Fs
Express package delivery company DHL Express has ordered another six Boeing 777 Freighters, handing the US airframer another in a long string of recent freighter aircraft sales.
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NewsJoby prototype experienced ‘component failure’: NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says in a preliminary report that a mishap involving a Joby Aviation all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) prototype last month was due to “a component failure”.
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NewsNetJets agrees to purchase Lilium’s all-electric air taxi
US business jet operator NetJets has secured rights to buy up to 150 electric air taxis from start-up German aircraft developer Lilium Air Mobility.
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NewsVolocopter taps former Airbus executive Hoke as new CEO
German urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter has named former Airbus Defence and Space chief executive Dirk Hoke to be its new chief executive.
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NewsCanada’s Air Transat and Porter team up with codeshares
Canada’s Air Transat and Porter Airlines have teamed up, reaching a code-share agreement beginning with flights this summer.
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NewsFARA first flight targets hinge on timely engine deliveries
Delays to the GE Aviation T901 engine could knock the planned first flight dates for the two contenders for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft contest.
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NewsSaunders takes commercial role as relaunched Flybe names management team
Philip Saunders, who most recently served as chief commercial officer at South African Airways, is to take up the same role at relaunched UK regional carrier Flybe.
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NewsAvianca orders another 88 Airbus A320neos
Colombia’s Avianca has ordered 88 Airbus A320neo aircraft to be delivered between 2025 and 2031.
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NewsParamount adds anti-UAV capabilities to Mwari
Light attack and reconnaissance platform will be offered with air-to-air missiles and cannon pods to counter what South African group says is an increasing MALE threat.
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NewsSikorsky mothballs S-76D but seeks international partner for licensed production
Sikorsky has effectively pulled the plug on its S-76D helicopter programme blaming the move on underwhelming sales and the medium-twin’s high production costs.
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NewsBoeing lands orders for 37 jets in February, deliveries slowed
Boeing landed orders for another 37 commercial jets in February, including deals for 32 737 Max and for five first-generation 777 Freighters.