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West Atlantic ATP veered off runway as crew botched crosswind landing
Swedish freighter operator West Atlantic has reinforced crosswind training after investigators attributed a significant British Aerospace ATP excursion at Birmingham airport to inexperience and incorrect technique. Although the ATP, arriving from Guernsey on 22 May last year, carried out an initial crabbed approach to runway 33 in windy conditions, the ...
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Lufthansa Group fleet fell by six aircraft in 2020, but dozens will follow
Lufthansa Group’s fleet was just six aircraft smaller year on year on 31 December 2020, as it made tentative steps towards a much larger reduction.
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Spirit chief bets on A320neos and A321neos for capacity growth
Spirit Airlines continues to target mid-2021 as the inflection point when its capacity returns to pre-pandemic levels and is betting on new Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft for its expansion plans, two executives from the carrier said during an online discussion on 3 March.
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South Korea outlines broad-based support for aviation industry
The South Korean government has outlined broad measures to support and eventually revitalise the local aviation industry. For airlines, these are focused on capturing synergies.
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Hope lies in leisure and cargo as Lufthansa suffers 2020 loss of €6.7bn
Lufthansa Group is prepared to offer up to 70% of its pre-crisis capacity from the coming summer season, as it reports its latest steps towards emerging from the pandemic as a structurally smaller operator.
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ATR stands by regional ambitions in Asia-Pacific
After a challenging 2020 in the Asia-Pacific, turboprop maker ATR stands by its perspective on the importance of regional connectivity.
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Interview
SriLankan Engineering ready to resume growth overseas
Despite the industry-wide upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, SriLankan Engineering is hopeful of its chances to grow overseas, more than five years since its last foreign venture.
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SpaceX Starship lands upright, then explodes
SpaceX’s Starship Serial Number 10 (SN10) prototype rocket landed safely under its own power after a test flight that took it to an altitude of 33,000ft. Eight minutes later, it blew up.
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Sky Regional to cease operations end-March: reports
Sky Regional airlines will cease to operate from 31 March after Air Canada transferred all of its Air Canada Express flying to Jazz Aviation, according to numerous reports in Canadian media.
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US Navy researching hypersonic anti-ship missile ‘Screaming Arrow’ for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
The US Navy is researching what it would take to develop an air-breathing hypersonic anti-ship missile that could be carried and launched from the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
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South Sudan leader grounds Supreme Airlines after L-410 crash
South Sudan’s leader has ordered the suspension of local operator South Sudan Supreme Airlines after the fatal crash of a Let L-410 turboprop. President Salva Kiir Mayardit says he is directing the ministry of transport and the civil aviation authority to “suspend” the carrier’s operations. “This measure is necessary for ...
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Volocopter grabs €200m in Series D funding
German urban air mobility developer Volocopter has raised another €200 million in Series D funding as it pushes toward certification of its VoloCity autonomous, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) passenger drone aircraft.
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NetJets takes purchase rights for 20 Aerion AS2 supersonics
Fractional aircraft ownership company NetJets has thrown its support behind Aerion’s AS2, acquiring rights to purchase 20 of the in-development business jets.
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Ryanair chief says profitability might return for year after next
Ryanair could return to profitability in the fiscal year ending 31 March 2023, but only under a scenario featuring “continued success” of the vaccine rollout programme.
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Opinion
Airline cash-burn figures focus the mind
While the US majors have made significant progress on reducing their daily cash burn, the magnitude of the figures is till noteworthy
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EASA to order Airbus windshield checks after Sichuan A319 blow-out in 2018
Airbus A320-family operators are set to be instructed to carry out repetitive inspections of windshield components after a main cockpit window on a Chinese A319 blew out in cruise nearly three years ago. About 40min after taking off from Chongqing for Lhasa, the Sichuan Airlines aircraft had been flying at ...
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Boeing will come through ‘extremely difficult’ time: AerCap chief
AerCap chief executive Aengus Kelly believes Boeing is facing an “extremely difficult” time as it tackles problems with its 787 production programme, but he is confident the US manufacturer can resolve its issues.
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Start-up Flyr outlines expansion plans after securing ramp-up funding
Norwegian start-up Flyr intends to establish an employment ratio comparable to low-cost airlines within Europe, aiming for a figure of 36 employees per aircraft within five years. Flyr claims this will bring it into line with the level of Ryanair and below that of EasyJet and Wizz Air. The company ...
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Mesa plans joint venture to fly CRJ900s in Europe
Mesa Air Group on 2 March announced a conditional agreement with London-based Gramercy Associates to launch a joint venture to operate Mesa’s Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft on passenger or cargo routes in Europe by the end of 2021.
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Canadian airlines lost 23% of international market share: WestJet chief
Airlines in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic have lost 23% of their market share on international routes to competitors in Europe and the USA whose governments have provided sector-specific relief funds, WestJet chief executive Ed Sims said during an online discussion hosted by multinational aviation group Eurocontrol on 2 March.