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UAE receives third GlobalEye surveillance aircraft
The United Arab Emirates air force took delivery of its third GlobalEye surveillance aircraft from Saab on 20 February, just 10 months after receiving its first of the heavily adapted Bombardier Global 6000 business jets.
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British Airways secures £2bn loan facility from 11 banks
HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered, Santander and Citi are among the 11 banks in the syndicate that has extended a £2 billion (£2.8 billion) guaranteed loan facility to IAG-owned British Airways, Cirium understands.
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UK bans operations with PW4000-powered 777s
UK regulators have imposed a ban on operating Boeing 777s fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112 engines until protective action is carried out, following the powerplant failure on a United Airlines 777-200 over Denver. The UK Civil Aviation Authority says it is taking the “precautionary measure” until “appropriate safeguards” are ...
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Urgent checks ordered on Bell 505 collectives after pre-flight fracture
Operators of Bell 505 helicopters are being ordered urgently to inspect collective sticks on the type for cracks, after an incident in which the assembly fractured on an aircraft during pre-flight checks. Collective sticks are mounted to the left of each pilot’s seat and control the pitch of the helicopter’s ...
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MTU to grow narrowbody engine overhaul capacity in Berlin
German engine specialist MTU will start servicing CFM International CFM56-7Bs at its Berlin overhaul shop later this year.
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Seoul says Jakarta still in KF-X despite Rafale, F-15EX talk
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) insists that Indonesia is still committed to the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X fighter programme, despite media reports that Jakarta will obtain Dassault Rafales and Boeing F-15EX fighters in the coming years.
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AirAsia’s Fernandes offers rose-tinted outlook
AirAsia Group chief Tony Fernandes is optimistic that the AirAsia Group, which has been hard hit by coronavirus pandemic, will “potentially” achieve full recovery “within the next two years”.
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Talks on Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble continue
The governments of Hong Kong and Singapore are continuing discussions over a quarantine-free travel bubble between the two cities that was delayed last year after Hong Kong experienced a surge in Covid-19 cases.
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Domestic travel curbs punish China’s ‘Big Three’ traffic recovery
China’s three largest carriers started the year with domestic traffic continuing to decline, amid travel restrictions imposed to curb a resurgence in local coronavirus cases.
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FAA orders emergency PW4000 inspections as airlines ground 777s
The US Federal Aviation Administration is ordering emergency inspections of some Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777-200s in response to a 20 February in-flight uncontained engine failure.
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Japan grounds 31 PW4000-powered 777s after United incident
Japan has grounded Boeing 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, following the PW4077 failure aboard a United Airlines 777-200 on 20 February.
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Dutch probe shedding of 747 freighter engine parts over Maastricht
Dutch investigators have opened an initial probe into an incident in which a Boeing 747-400 freighter apparently shed engine parts after departure from Maastricht. The aircraft had “engine problems” and lost several metal parts after it took off from Maastricht-Aachen airport on 20 February, before diverting to Liege, says the ...
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United 777’s failed PW4000 appears uncontained, forward cowling missing
The 20 February failure of a Boeing 777-200’s Pratt & Whitney PW4077 turbofan was apparently an uncontained failure, with images showing damage similar to a 2018 event.
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United 777 suffers engine failure over Denver
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 suffered an engine failure just minutes after taking off, strewing debris across a Denver neighbourhood.
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Astro Aerospace to acquire eVTOL maker Horizon Aircraft
US autonomous aircraft developer Astro Aerospace has signed an agreement to buy Horizon Aircraft, a Canadian company developing its own electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
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Former Boeing chief Condit joins Boom’s advisory board
Supersonic aircraft maker Boom Supersonic has landed former Boeing chief executive Philip Condit as an advisor.
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Bombardier sells Mexico wiring business to Latecoere
Bombardier has sold its aerospace wiring business in Mexico to French aerospace company Latecoere for $45 million, closing a deal that had been in the works for more than one year.
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Lockheed Martin defends value of F-35 as USAF programme under new pressure
Lockheed Martin is defending the value of the F-35 stealth fighter as the US Air Force (USAF) is for the second time in two years considering buying a cheaper fourth-generation fighter aircraft for its fleet recapitalization plans.
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US airlines throw support behind voluntary Covid-19 contact tracing
US airlines are joining together to support a comprehensive contact-tracing programme to help fight the spread of the coronavirus.
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Mexico’s low-cost Volaris tracks ‘strongest recovery’ in the industry
Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris is on track for one of the fastest recoveries in the industry even though the coronavirus continued to drag on results in the fourth quarter 2020, the airline says on 19 February.