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Qatar Airways chief keeps pressure on Airbus over A350 fuselage issue
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker is keeping pressure on Airbus over a fuselage-degradation issue that grounded 20 of its A350s, while continuing to mull widebody freighter orders.
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Airbus Helicopters waits on go-ahead for H160M and Tiger MkIII developments
Airbus Helicopters is hopeful that a pair of development contracts will be signed off shortly allowing it to begin work on two key military programmes.
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US start-up airline Airbahn shows off first aircraft
Airbahn, a start-up passenger airline headquartered in Los Angeles suburb Irvine, published photos of its first aircraft, an Airbus A320, on social media on 24 November.
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SAS looks at fleet options for thinner network demand
Scandinavia’s SAS is evaluating fleet options to address lower demand on the company’s network, and is closing in on a decision. Speaking during a full-year briefing, chief executive Anko van der Werff said the company was assessing “what we can do, what we want to get” and was “nearing the ...
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More Eurofighters ‘the right choice’ for Spain’s Halcon need, Airbus claims
A repeat Eurofighter buy represents Spain’s best option for replacing an aged fleet of Canary Islands-based Boeing F-18 fighters, Airbus has claimed, after Lockheed Martin recently cited interest in its F-35 from Madrid.
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SAS to introduce new Connect and Link operating arms at Copenhagen
Scandinavia’s SAS is preparing to commence operations from Copenhagen with new internal operating models, known as SAS Connect and SAS Link, but insists they will not prove confusing to customers. SAS says market dynamics have “changed substantially” over the course of the pandemic and the shift requires the company to ...
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H145 to gain MUM-T capability boost
Airbus Helicopters will offer H145 light-twins in future with manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capability following a successful trial of the technology.
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C295 orders approaching 70 this year, Airbus says
Buoyed by its recent receipt from India of a long-awaited contract to produce 56 C295 medium transports, Airbus Defence & Space believes there are further strong opportunities to add to the type’s order book. New Delhi signed a production contract on 24 September, just over two weeks after its Cabinet ...
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Airbus touts autonomous refuelling advance, as USAF tanker opportunity nears
Airbus Defence & Space has announced plans to extend its work on automatic air-to-air refuelling – or so-called A3R – technologies by in the future incorporating fully autonomous functionality.
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Embraer and P&W partner for 100% SAF test flights
Embraer and engine supplier Pratt & Whitney are to collaborate on studies designed to culminate in a flight of an E195-E2 jet powered by unblended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
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Israel approves CH-53K purchase
Israel’s government has approved the acquisition of Sikorsky CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters for its air force.
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EasyJet posts heavy loss, but still eyeing capacity return
EasyJet expects to be close to returning to pre-crisis levels of activity late next summer after disclosing a pre-tax loss of £1.13 billion ($1.5 billion) for its pandemic-hit financial year just ended.
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El Al arm shows off automated monitor to speed turnaround times
Israeli carrier El Al’s technological investment division Cockpit Innovation is showing off an artificial intelligence tool intended to increase turnaround efficiency at airports. It will present the system – developed by one of its portfolio firms, IntellAct – at the World Aviation Festival event in London, which opens on 1 ...
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Australia extends domestic aviation support scheme as international reopening halted
The Australian government has extended a domestic tourism support scheme for another three months, as it pauses reopening international borders amid the discovery of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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GMF AeroAsia cuts nine-month loss as costs decline
Indonesia’s GMF AeroAsia narrowed its nine-month operating loss on the back of a significant decline in costs.
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US committee seeks more details from FAA about response to 737 Max crisis
US lawmakers have asked Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson for more information about how the agency responded to two issues related to the Boeing 737 Max.
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AeroVironment demonstrates ‘mini Predator’ using tactical UAV carrying loitering munition
AeroVironment is touting a “mini-Predator” configuration of its Jump 20 tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV), a retrofit allowing the small drone to launch multiple Switchblade 300 loitering munitions.
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Police intervene as people queue at Lubeck airport for ‘unapproved’ vaccine
German police have intervened after being informed that people were being injected with unapproved vaccines at Lubeck airport, some 50km north-east of Hamburg. Some 80 people were waiting in front of the airport building, Lubeck police states, when authorities moved in at about 15:00 on 27 November. Police and the ...
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Airbus flags early promise from 100% sustainable-fuel test flights
In-flight emissions tests of an Airbus A350 powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel indicate that the fuel releases fewer particulates than kerosene, while analysis points to lower density but higher energy content per unit weight. The tests have involved an A350-900 – powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines – chased ...
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Zambia Airways set to open domestic services from December
African start-up carrier Zambia Airways is set to commence domestic services on 1 December, operating from the capital Lusaka to the city of Ndola. The carrier is being set up in partnership with Ethiopian Airlines, which has a 45% share in the venture, while Industrial Development Corporation holds the 55% ...