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NewsCanada’s OWG launches with initial flight to Cuba
The inaugural revenue flight of new Canadian airline OWG has taken off from Toronto’s Pearson International airport, headed to Santa Clara Abel Santamaria airport in Cuba.
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NewsElectric Cessna 208B suffered partial power loss during test flight
Electric propulsion company Magnix confirms that an electric-powered Cessna 208B Grand Caravan landed under degraded power after an issue with an inverter during a test flight.
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NewsEmbraer completes first European Praetor conversion
Embraer has completed the first conversion in Europe – the programme’s 12th overall - of a Legacy 450 business jet to a Praetor 500 at its Paris Le Bourget facility.
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NewsEASA approves weight increase for H135 as Airbus Helicopters seals new orders
Airbus Helicopters has secured European certification for a new alternate gross weight (AGW) on the H135 light-twin, which increases maximum take-off weight to 3,100kg.
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NewsSingle Air Greenland A330-800 gives Airbus first long-haul order in months
Air Greeland has formally placed its order for a single Airbus A330-800, nearly a year after disclosing it had selected the twinjet to replace its A330-200. The carrier will receive the aircraft in time to ensure long-haul continuity between Greenland and Denmark from the end of 2022. Chief executive Jacob ...
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NewsSupplier selection adds fresh charge to Faradair’s BEHA hybrid programme
UK start-up Faradair Aerospace will shortly begin a two-year engineering effort as it works to integrate a newly selected propulsion system into the first prototype of its BEHA hybrid-electric aircraft.
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NewsHard-hit Latin American airlines set for an uneven recovery
Latin American airlines’ climb out of the coronavirus-driven downturn will likely be bumpier than their peers on other continents. Economic instability coupled with widely divergent travel restrictions, newly imposed taxes and a lack of government financial aid will make for an uneven recovery.
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NewsWhat will the Biden administration’s defence budget look like?
After several fat years under the administration of President Donald Trump, the US Department of Defense budget is likely to be trimmed down under President Joe Biden. Although, the difference between the two administrations is not likely to be huge.
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NewsAeroflot approves transfer of over 40 Superjets to Rossiya
Aeroflot has approved plans to transfer over 40 Sukhoi Superjet 100s from its fleet to sister carrier Rossiya, as part of a restructuring of its short-haul network operations. Over the course of December this year to August 2021 it intends to shift 17 aircraft leased from Sberbank, another 20 from ...
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NewsAlliance Aviation signs for another 16 E190s
Alliance Aviation has signed for 16 Embraer 190 aircraft and one spare GE Aviation CF34 engine from US-based Jetran LLC in a A$85 million ($65 million) deal, marking the completion of its short-term fleet expansion plans.
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AnalysisChinese airpower reaches for the big leagues in 2021
The development of Chinese airpower will continue to be a major defence theme in 2021, as observers look for enhancements of existing types and the possible emergence of a new stealth bomber.
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NewsRex slams Qantas for ‘opportunistic’ regional market expansion
Australia’s Regional Express has alerted the country’s competition watchdog on what it called an “opportunistic strategy of flooding the regional airline market with excess capacity” by rival Qantas.
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NewsFaradair chooses MagniX for electric aircraft project
US electric propulsion specialist MagniX will collaborate with UK-based Faradair Aerospace to deliver an 18-seat Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft (BEHA) by 2026, giving the sustainable aircraft sector a good-news boost during an otherwise bleak year for aerospace.
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NewsCanada ‘validates’ Max updates ahead of January order
Canada’s civil aviation regulator has “validated” Boeing’s 737 Max updates, indicating it will lift the jet’s grounding in January.
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OpinionAvoiding mass disruption in the aerospace supply chain
If you thought 2020 was a bad year for aerospace, be prepared, as 2021 has the potential to be even worse. And counter-intuitively, it will be increasing, not weakening, demand that triggers a squeeze on the whole supply chain.
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NewsF-35 deliveries to reach 121 units this year, Lockheed says
With just two weeks of 2020 remaining, Lockheed Martin expects to end December having delivered a total of 121 F-35 stealth fighters this year.
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NewsUS Air Force deploys first automated quadcopter for base security
The US Air Force has deployed its first automated unmanned air vehicle security system for an airbase.
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NewsSignature Aviation in sale talks with Blackstone after rejecting rival approach
Signature Aviation is in talks with private equity firm Blackstone over a possible cash offer for the company, after rejecting a rival approach from Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
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NewsAeroflot Group to divest eastern carrier Aurora
Aeroflot Group is to withdraw from the ownership of eastern Russian carrier Aurora Airlines, by selling its majority stake in the company. Aurora Airlines serves a route network from Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladivostok. It operates a fleet of 10 Airbus A319s as well as about a dozen turboprops, mainly Bombardier ...
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NewsJetBlue expands across sun destinations
JetBlue Airways is launching a major expansion to southern sun destinations - including four new airports - in a broad effort to snag more of the vacation market from its competitors as the air travel industry slowly climbs out of its coronavirus-driven hibernation.