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FAA policy aims to strengthen manufacturers’ self-certification programmes
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued new guidance designed to protect aerospace employees who perform certification work from what it calls “interference with those duties by employers”.
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US Navy’s AARGM-ER hits radar target in second test
The US Navy’s AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) hit a land-based radar target in its second test on 21 January.
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Icelandair opts for early termination of unused government-backed credit
Icelandair Group has notified that it is exiting the government-guaranteed credit facility which has been in place to support the company since September 2020. It entered agreements with the Icelandic government, as well as the financial institutions Islandsbanki and Landsbanki, for a credit facility worth up to $120 million. While ...
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Quebec delays exit from A220 partnership after investing to boost production
Airbus and the Canadian province of Quebec’s government are to provide a $1.2 billion funding injection to the A220 programme intended to increase the production rate of the twinjet. Each side’s investment will be proportional to its interest in the Airbus Canada partnership that builds the A220. The airframer holds ...
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Redmond to succeed Gallagher as Allegiant chief executive
Long-standing Allegiant Travel chairman and chief executive Maurice Gallagher is to hand the chief executive role to company president John Redmond from June.
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Frontier pitches Spirit acquisition as countering USA’s four mega airlines
Frontier Airlines expects its planned acquisition of Spirit Airlines will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in efficiencies and give the combined carrier the scale needed to better compete against the USA’s four mega airlines.
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American firms $200m Gol investment plan
American Airlines has firmed its planned $200 million investment in Gol, under which it is taking a 5.2% stake in the Brazilian budget carrier.
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Frontier Airlines to buy and merge with low-cost rival Spirit Airlines
Frontier Airlines is to acquire and merge with US ultra-low-cost carrier rival Spirit Airlines in a $6.6 billion deal announced today. Under the terms of the merger agreement, which has been unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors, Spirit is valued at $2.9 billion and the transaction has a ...
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Wet-lease operator SmartLynx to start introducing 737 Max jets
Wet-lease specialist SmartLynx Airlines is to expand its fleet with Boeing 737 Max jets, having agreed to take a pair from lessor SMBC Aviation Capital. The aircraft are both Max 8 variants, powered by CFM International Leap-1B engines. SmartLynx says deliveries of the aircraft are “underway” and that they will ...
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Norse Atlantic receives strong response to pilot recruitment drive
Start-up Norse Atlantic Airways claims it received over 3,000 applications to fill 50 positions for pilots, ahead of the airline’s planned serve launch from Oslo. The carrier says pilot training has commenced and training for cabin crew will begin soon, and it is setting up a US cabin crew base ...
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Wizz Air unionisation impasse spurs investor pull-out
One of budget carrier Wizz Air’s investors has opted to sell its shareholding, citing the airline’s policy of refusing to recognise employee unions. The Danish pension fund AkademikerPension says it is selling DKr22 million ($3.4 million) of shares. Its director, Jens Munch Holst, says the investor has held discussions with ...
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Komiaviatrans aims to expand network after avoiding bankruptcy
Russian regional carrier Komiaviatrans is aiming for expansion after an injection of aid from the local government allowed it to avoid collapsing into bankruptcy. The Komi republic’s ministry of economic development states that the airline had recorded debts of Rb4.2 billion ($55 million) in October last year. Government representatives approved ...
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Cathay Pacific expected to return to profitability in 2022: HSBC report
Cathay Pacific is expected to return to profitability in 2022 as a result of traffic rebound and pent-up travel demand, according to a HSBC research report, which states “the only way is up” for the embattled Hong Kong carrier.
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IndiGo keeps up fleet transformation as fuel costs bite
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo aims to largely switch to the Airbus A320neo family by the end of the year, and fully exit the baseline A320.
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Australia to fully reopen borders to vaccinated travellers from 21 February
Australia will reopen its borders to all fully-vaccinated travellers from 21 February, the first time the country has fully eased border restrictions since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Video leak shows last moments of doomed US Navy F-35C
Video has surfaced showing the last moments of a Lockheed Martin F-35C that crashed into the ocean after a failed landing aboard the USS Carl Vinson.
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Lockheed’s PC-21-based training system gains final acceptance in Australia
Australia has formally accepted Lockheed Martin Australia’s training system under the AIR5428 acquisition contract. The training system for navy, army, and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilots involves partners Pilatus and Jet Aviation, and is centred on the Pilatus PC-21 basic trainer. PC-21 Australia So far, ...
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RCAF CH-148 Cyclone tail cracks caused by electronic warfare, satellite equipment
Tail cracks found on the majority of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone helicopter fleet were caused by in-flight structural loads on electronic support measures and satellite communication antenna mounts.
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European industry hails ‘Toulouse Declaration’ as aviation sustainability breakthrough
Stakeholders from the airline, airports and aerospace industries have all expressed their support for the so-called ‘Toulouse Declaration’ on sustainability that was signed during a meeting of EU transport ministers today.
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First production Cessna SkyCourier breaks cover
Textron Aviation has rolled out the first production example Cessna SkyCourier twin-engined utility turboprop, as it eyes delivery to launch customer FedEx Express later this year.