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SkyWest sees continued improvement in Q2
SkyWest Airlines saw continued improvement in the second quarter of 2021, and expects to reach pre-pandemic flying levels by the first part of 2022.
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Presidential Rombac One-Eleven donated to Romanian aviation museum
Romania’s national aviation museum has formally received a licence-built Rombac One-Eleven, formerly in the presidential fleet of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, donated following a 27 May auction. Rombac locally licence-built the UK’s BAC One-Eleven. The auctioned aircraft (YR-BRE) was manufactured in 1986 and served as the presidential transport from 1986 to ...
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Hybrid airship developer HAV to float in IPO
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the designer of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship, is to seek a US public listing backed by a $200 million stake from investment firm Global Emerging Markets (GEM).
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Strong defence sales offset Leonardo’s flagging civil aerostructures business
Civil aerostructures was the only brake on growth in a strong first half for Italian aerospace and defence champion Leonardo.
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American takes minority stake in Indigo Partners’ JetSmart
American Airlines plans to take a minority stake in low-cost carrier JetSmart in order to broaden its network in Latin America further and help fuel the Chile-based carrier’s growth.
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Gol recovery on track as Brazil vaccinations climb: CEO
Brazil’s Gol experienced increased customer demand in the second quarter as the rate of vaccination against the Covid-19 virus also rises in the vast Latin American country.
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Sun Country will buy used aircraft – even if not yet needed
Sun Country Airlines is prepared to buy aircraft – even if it does not yet need them – to meet its goal of having 50 passenger aircraft by the end of 2023.
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Spirit Airlines loses $288m loss in ‘challenging’ Q2
Spirit Airlines says the second quarter of 2021 was “challenging” as the industry slowly bounces back, and that it still faces a “choppy recovery”.
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Profit jumps in second quarter at Textron Aviation as aircraft demand rebounds
Textron Aviation’s profits jumped in the second quarter to $96 million as the company’s aircraft deliveries neared pre-pandemic levels.
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UK aviation regulators and accident investigators extend remit to spaceflight
UK civil aviation regulators and accident investigators are to extend their authority to the spaceflight sector under a new broadening of their remit. Under the new regime the Civil Aviation Authority has initiated a system allowing commercial spaceflight companies – with a variety of launch vehicles – to apply for ...
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Britten-Norman to sell on former UK military Islanders
Rolls-Royce-powered turboprop BN2T-4S has been in service with armed forces since 2004, and nine examples will be refurbished and offered to export market by manufacturer.
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Airbus chief hints at frustration over supplier concerns with A320 ramp-up
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury has revealed signs of irritation over apparent supplier concerns with single-aisle ramp-up targets, stressing that the airframer has been transparent over its production-rate plans. The airframer brought monthly A320-family production down to just 40 aircraft last year but is intending to take this output to ...
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Singapore Airlines narrows quarterly loss as revenue ticks upward
Singapore Airlines Group narrowed its first-quarter losses on the back of revenue increase, though it warns that new coronavirus variants and fresh infection waves could dampen recovery momentum.
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Safran cautions on Airbus production targets
French group’s chief executive believes airframer’s aspiration to be building more than 70 single-aisle aircraft a month by the middle of the decade may be over-ambitious.
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Prospects pick up for Safran’s interiors business after low point
French aerospace company believes first half of the year was a trough for its cabin products division.
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Tempest powers ahead with latest £250 million development contract
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has kicked off the next stage of its Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme, awarding a £250 million ($350 million) contract to BAE Systems to lead the definition and initial design phase activity.
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Condor ordering seven A330neos and plans to lease nine more
German leisure carrier Condor’s long-haul fleet replacement will include orders for seven Airbus A330-900s directly from the manufacturer. But it will lease the other nine to provide the overall total of 16 aircraft. Condor has not specified the source of the leased jets. Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury confirmed during ...
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HAECO completes first 737-800 freighter conversion
HAECO’s Xiamen unit has completed its first Boeing 737-800 freighter conversion.
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Qantas to use IATA Travel Pass when international flights return
Qantas Group will roll out IATA’s Travel Pass digital health application when regular international flights return.
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Airbus to base new A350 freighter ‘predominantly’ on -1000 variant
Airbus indicates that its proposed A350 freighter derivative will be a light hybrid of its current variants but primarily based on the -1000. It is aiming for a 2025 entry into service for the twinjet, after the company secured board approval for its development, but the airframer is yet to ...