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Senior snags new Boeing work
Boeing has continued to rejig its commercial aerospace supply chain, awarding new contracts to UK-headquartered Senior for work on the 737, 767 and 777.
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Boeing logs more than 500 net orders in 2021 as deliveries accelerate
Boeing landed another 79 net orders for new aircraft in December 2021, continuing its recent positive momentum and pushing its full-year total to 535 jets.
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GKN to produce structures and components for new Gulfstream business jets
GKN Aerospace confirms it has expanded its agreement with business jet maker Gulfstream to include the manufacturing of aerostructures and other components for the US airframer’s in-development G400 and G800 business jets.
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RAF completes Poseidon fleet, as ninth P-8A arrives in UK
The UK Royal Air Force has received the last of its nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft, with the twinjet having landed at its Lossiemouth base in Scotland on 11 January.
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Air Arabia A320 overran on take-off after wrong-runway error
United Arab Emirates investigators have disclosed that an Air Arabia Airbus A320 lifted off beyond the end of a Sharjah runway, after the captain opted to continue a take-off despite the jet’s turning onto the wrong runway for departure. The aircraft – bound for the Omani city of Salalah, with ...
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Falko adds to Eve investment with tentative commitment for 200 aircraft
UK-based lessor Falko Regional Aircraft has deepened its relationship with Embraer’s urban air mobility spin-out Eve, signing a letter of intent which could lead to a 200-unit order of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
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A220 stretch is ‘natural’ but ‘not a near-term decision’: Scherer
Airbus insists there is no immediate plan to look at stretching the A220, even though it indicates that it will need to consider the measure at some point. The airframer is concentrating instead on ramping-up production of the twinjet, in order to achieve profitability for the programme which it acquired ...
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Omicron-hit December caps tough year as Heathrow traffic falls again in 2021
London Heathrow airport handled 19.4 million passengers last year, marking a fall even on pandemic-hit 2020, as travel restrictions continued to hit the UK airport.
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Airbus closely watching Chinese outbreaks but no disruption at Tianjin
Airbus is watching for potential effects of the latest coronavirus variant on its industrial set-up in China, but has not yet seen any disruption to operations at its Tianjin plant. Chief executive Guillaume Faury, speaking during a 10 January briefing, acknowledged that the company was “very closely” monitoring the development ...
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US budget office sees fall in US Air Force, Navy aircraft availability
The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports that both availability rates and flying hours have declined for the US Air Force (USAF) and Department of the Navy (DoN) over the last two decades.
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Asia-Pacific air traffic improved in November, but Omicron poses uncertainty: AAPA
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has hailed a “notable improvement” in international traffic in the region, as countries began loosening travel restrictions and reopening borders.
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Korea’s T’Way eyes additional long-haul aircraft
South Korean low-cost carrier T’Way Air is considering the addition of more long-haul aircraft to complement three Airbus A330-300s it will introduce from February.
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Singapore targets ‘further recovery’ in travel demand in 2022
Singapore anticipates “further recovery” in passenger traffic this year — in line with global projections — as it reiterates its commitment to reopening its borders to all vaccinated travellers.
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Avengers collaborate to identify, transmit aerial threat data
Two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Avenger unmanned air vehicles have used sensor pods to spot long-range airborne threats and fuse the resulting data.
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‘Cargo-centric’ strategy reaps record revenue for China Airlines
China Airlines has disclosed record cargo revenues for 2021, as it doubles down on what it calls a “cargo-centric business model”.
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China’s aviation sector eyes profitability, 85% domestic traffic recovery in 2022
China’s aviation sector is hoping to turn the corner and return to profitability in 2022, after being in the red for nearly two years amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Raytheon, P&W and suppliers face civil suit related to alleged hiring manipulation
Raytheon Technologies, its subsidiary Pratt & Whitney and several P&W suppliers are the target of a new class-action lawsuit stemming from an alleged plot by those companies to manipulate labour markets.
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JetBlue’s Laurence joins Delta as VP of network planning
Former JetBlue Airways executive Scott Laurence will join Delta Air Lines as vice-president of network planning later this month.
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Turkish Airlines and Air Lease trim passenger A350 orders
Turkish Airlines and US lessor Air Lease each appear to have trimmed their commitments to the passenger Airbus A350, the airframer’s full-year backlog figures show. The Turkish flag-carrier has cut three A350-900s from its backlog, reducing the number to 20. Air Lease has also dropped a pair of A350-900s as ...
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Florida-based lessor Azorra signs for 22 A220s including business-jet version
US lessor Azorra has signed for 22 Airbus A220s which will include a pair of ACJ TwoTwenty business jet variants. The lessor is to purchase 20 of the larger -300 version of the twinjet. Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer disclosed the agreement during a full-year orders briefing. He says ...