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NewsPratt & Whitney contracted to study upgrading F135 engine
Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $1.5 million contract by the F-35 Joint Program Office to study engine upgrade requirements for Block 4.2 and later iterations of the stealth fighter.
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NewsNationalise Air Canada? Union floats idea of returning to government ownership
A Canadian union has floated the idea of re-nationalising legacy carrier Air Canada in light of the “disheartening impact” of the coronavirus pandemic and the government’s lack of support for the industry.
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NewsAir Canada will fly all-business-class A319s to warm-weather cities this winter
Air Canada will deploy all-business-class configured Airbus A319s on selected scheduled routes this winter as it searches for passengers after the coronavirus decimated Canada’s air transport industry.
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NewsCrisis impedes Airbus’s progress towards 13,000 deliveries
Airbus’s reduced productivity during the air transport crisis has obstructed its progress towards 13,000 deliveries, and it would need to hand over about 70 aircraft to reach the mark in October. The airframer highlighted its 12,000th delivered aircraft in May last year, with an A220 to Delta Air Lines. Analysis ...
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NewsDeal restores flights between India and Germany
India has struck a deal to restore flights to Germany, which had ended abruptly in late September amid a row over parity of services.
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NewsEurope certificates Tecnam’s diesel-powered P2010 TDI
Europe’s civil aviation regulator has certificated the Tecnam P2010 TDI – a diesel-engined variant of the Italian airframer’s piston single.
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NewsIATA downgrades Africa and Middle East traffic forecasts
IATA has sharply lowered its 2020 guidance for air traffic in the Middle East and Africa, citing “weaker-than-expected recovery” in each region.
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NewsIsrael’s Arkia to open Dubai services in early 2021
Israeli carrier Arkia has disclosed that intends to open services to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from the beginning of next year. Arkia’s planned service follows the signing of a new air services agreement between Israel and the UAE after the two sides agreed to normalise diplomatic relations. The ...
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NewsEl Al pilots lose legal bid to overturn cockpit efficiency agreement
Israeli flag-carrier El Al’s pilots have lost a legal bid to invalidate an efficiency agreement for cockpit crews, which was reached in mid-July in the absence of pilots’ representatives. This agreement was one of several revising terms for several groups of El Al workers. The new pacts were a condition ...
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NewsIranian Fokker 100 engine parts penetrate cabin after uncontained failure
Iranian investigators are probing the serious uncontained failure of a Fokker 100 engine which forced the crew to abort take-off from Tehran’s Mehrabad airport. The Iran Aseman Airlines jet (EP-ATE) had been operating a service to Ardabil, near the Caspian Sea coast in north-western Iran, on 13 October. Preliminary investigation ...
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NewsHow ST Engineering’s Lee Hui Fung led gender diversity drive
Lee Hui Fung is ST Engineering’s vice-president for Smart MRO, and has been in the industry for nearly 30 years. She tells FlightGlobal how gender diversity in the aerospace engineering sector in Singapore has changed for the better.
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NewsVietjet A321 suffers 4.27g hard landing at Dong Hoi
One of Vietjet Air’s Airbus A321s has apparently suffered structural damage after a hard landing at Dong Hoi airport in central Vietnam. FlightGlobal understands that the accident occurred in the early evening on 16 October as the aircraft, VN-A639, landed on a wet runway in Dong Hoi after operating flight ...
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NewsSIA Group utilised 70% of proceeds from June rights issue
SIA Group has utilised S$6.2 billion ($4.6 billion) of S$8.8 billion gross proceeds from a rights issue completed in June. The amount was drawn down between 8 June and 13 October, and besides a one-time S$2 billion repayment of a bridge loan from DBS Bank, key components are S$1.6 billion ...
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NewsAirAsia Berhad secured new loan: airline chief
Budget carrier AirAsia Berhad has agreed fresh funding as it seeks to navigate its way through the Covid-19 crisis. The Kuala Lumpur-based airline tells Cirium in a statement that it is unable to disclose the lenders or the amount being made available. Source: AirAsia AirAsia has confirmed that ...
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NewsCathay confirms 777-9 deliveries delayed to ‘beyond 2025’
Cathay Pacific has given an indication of the timeline surrounding deferrals of its Boeing 777-9 aircraft, confirming that the widebodies will only be delivered “beyond 2025”.
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NewsLessors baulk at Malaysia Airlines’ restructuring plan
Sixteen third-party lessors have exposure to Malaysia Airlines, which earlier this month announced an “urgent restructuring exercise” that would include a “drastic” relook at its network and fleet plans. Leasing executives from some of those lessors, who spoke to Cirium on condition of anonymity, are not happy about the plan, ...
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NewsKorean Air raising cash from government subsidy and land sales
Korean Air is looking to raise additional cash, seeking a government subsidy from the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) and separately, from the sale of land in downtown Seoul. “We cannot confirm the exact figures as we are still in discussion with the relevant parties,” the airline tells Cirium. ...
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NewsCathay shutters Cathay Dragon brand, axes 5,900 jobs
Cathay Pacific Group will cut 5,900 jobs, in a HK$2.2 billion ($284 million) restructuring exercise that will also see the Cathay Dragon brand cease operations effective immediately. As part of restructuring efforts, the group will eliminate 8,500 positions, or about 24% of its existing headcount. Of these, 2,600 ...
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AnalysisLandmark Taiwan MQ-9 sale would vex Beijing
A reported US plan to sell the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 unmanned air vehicle to Taiwan will complicate Beijing’s incessant prodding of the island’s defences.
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NewsAirAsia Group carriers weigh up Covid-19 measures
AirAsia Group carriers are seeking cash and eyeing tough restructuring measures as they grapple with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The group’s low-cost long-haul arm, AirAsia X has “run out of money” and needs fresh capital, newly appointed deputy chairman Lim Kian Onn told Malaysian paper The Star in ...