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  • Alaska president Minicucci (left) and CEO Tilden. Alaska
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    Minicucci to succeed Tilden as Alaska chief executive next year

    2020-11-09T14:24:00Z

    Alaska Air Group chief executive Brad Tilden is to step down from the role on 31 March 2021 to be succeeded by Alaska Airlines’ president and long-time company veteran Ben Minicucci.

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    Positive vaccine news comes just as airline industry needed it the most

    2020-11-09T13:51:00Z

    Carriers in the northern hemisphere are heading into a winter season that is likely to be bleaker than even their worst pre-pandemic nightmares could have imagined.

  • Wizz Air Airbus A321
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    ​Wizz pares new Norwegian domestic routes

    2020-11-09T13:36:00Z

    Wizz Air is temporarily pulling back several of its new Norwegian domestic services during November. That carrier says it has “decided to implement some short-term temporary flight cancellations” following recommendations from the Norwegian government that individuals hold back from domestic travel. Source: Wizz Air “The airline continues ...

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    ​South Africa's Comair to restart with 15 aircraft on 1 December

    2020-11-09T13:34:00Z

    South African carrier Comair will initially operate 15 aircraft across its two airline brands when it restarts flights from 1 December.

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    Three Russian operators to take Superjets through leasing tie-up

    2020-11-09T11:35:00Z

    Three Russian carriers are to be supplied with a total of eight Sukhoi Superjet 100s under an agreement reached between airframer Irkut and PSB Leasing. Aeroflot is to take five of the twinjet type, another pair will go to Azimuth Airlines, and one to Red Wings. The Azimuth and Red ...

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    Crew hiked A320 approach speed before tailwind landing overrun

    2020-11-09T09:34:00Z

    Investigators probing an Airbus A320 overrun at Sylt have been unable to understand why the crew increased the aircraft’s speed during approach, despite the presence of a moderate tailwind and a water on the runway. The Air Berlin aircraft (D-ABHO) landed long, some 930m beyond the threshold of Sylt’s runway ...

  • Norwegian Boeing 737 Max at Edinburgh
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    Norwegian warns of ‘uncertain future’ after government rejects support request

    2020-11-09T09:33:00Z

    Norwegian is facing “a very uncertain future” after Norway rejected requests from the airline for further financial support. Oslo notes that in respone to the coronavirus crisis the state’s extraordinary contribution to aviation in Norway so far in 2020 amounts to NKr13 billion ($1.4 billion). Source: Norwegian ...

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    Garuda sees quarterly losses narrow on revenue uptick

    2020-11-09T08:21:00Z

    Garuda Indonesia trimmed its quarterly losses — led by a modest uptick in revenue — as it saw some degree of domestic recovery amid the coronavirus crisis. Releasing its results for the quarter ended 30 September, the Indonesian flag carrier posted an operating loss of $346 million, reversing the $171 ...

  • SIA A380
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    SIA edges capacity up as brutal 2020 nears end

    2020-11-09T05:15:00Z

    Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group passenger capacity continues to rise as 2020 draws to a close, with the airline basing a fuel hedging metric on the assumption it will operate nearly 50% of pre-pandemic capacity by the end of 2021. In December 2020, the Group expects to operate 16% of pre-coronavirus ...

  • Air Canada B787-9-Rockies
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    Canada considers financial aid for aviation industry

    2020-11-09T01:33:00Z

    The government of Canada has said it is considering financial aid for that country’s aerospace industry, as the coronavirus crisis drags on.

  • Last TXL flight
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    Berlin Tegel closes after final flight departs for Paris

    2020-11-08T18:08:00Z

    Berlin Tegel has ceased commercial operations following the departure of the last flight from the German capital airport, an Air France service to Paris Charles de Gaulle. The Airbus A320 lifted off from runway 08L at about 15:39 on 8 November. Tegel is closing as a result of the new ...

  • Etihad Airways Boeing 787-10 landing 2
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    Etihad overhauls management as it adapts to being ‘mid-size’ carrier

    2020-11-08T16:29:00Z

    Several senior Etihad Airways personnel, including chief commercial officer Robin Kamark, are stepping down from the Middle Eastern carrier as it undertakes an extensive reshaping to adapt to the changed market situation. Etihad Airways says it is overhauling its business model to emerge as a “mid-sized” carrier, focusing on a ...

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    Ethiopian takes same-day delivery of a pair of A350s

    2020-11-07T19:20:00Z

    Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of another pair of Airbus A350-900s, both aircraft being handed over on the same day. The aircraft – MSN412 and MSN431, respectively ET-AYB and ET-AYA – departed Toulouse almost simultaneously for Addis Ababa in the early hours of 7 November. Ethiopian chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam ...

  • SIA 77W cargo cabin
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    SIA converts two 777-300ERs into temporary freighters

    2020-11-07T15:30:00Z

    Singapore Airlines has modified two Boeing 777-300ERs to carry cargo in the passenger cabins, tapping into freight as an alternative revenue stream as it copes with depressed passenger demand from the coronavirus crisis. The carrier states that the first of the two converted aircraft took off on 5 November, ...

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    US Air Force receives first two Sikorsky HH-60W combat rescue helicopters

    2020-11-06T23:43:00Z

    The US Air Force received its first pair of Sikorsky HH-60W combat rescue helicopters at Moody AFB on 5 November.

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    Triumph completed G650 wing work sale to Gulfstream in August

    2020-11-06T22:25:00Z

    Aerospace company Triumph Group confirms that in August it completed a planned sale of G650 wing work Gulfstream for proceeds of $52 million.

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    Hot pursuit: car chase at Van Nuys airport disrupts operations

    2020-11-06T19:57:00Z

    A car breached security at Los Angeles-area Van Nuys airport, leading police on a high-speed car chase across a runway, several taxiways, the apron and through the field’s perimeter fence before the driver surrendered.

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    Southwest plans to furlough 42 workers after cost-cutting talks break down

    2020-11-06T19:54:00Z

    Southwest Airlines has warned a group of employees that their jobs are in danger after talks with the workers’ union about cost-cutting measures across the company broke down.

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    Former SpaceX, Tesla engineer to lead Boeing’s software team

    2020-11-06T18:48:00Z

    Boeing has hired a former SpaceX and Tesla executive with autonomous technology experience to lead its software development team.

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    October surge appears to take Airbus past 13,000 deliveries

    2020-11-06T18:27:00Z

    Airbus appears to have delivered its 13,000th aircraft during October, although it has not identified the specific operator involved. The airframer delivered 72 aircraft over the course of the month, its highest monthly figure this year, taking its overall total for 2020 to 413. Airbus’s backlog figures show 13,039 deliveries ...