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Airbus deliveries halve in the first six months
Airbus delivered 196 aircraft over the first six months of the year, half the figure of 389 it had achieved at the same point in 2019. The figure means the airframer managed to hand over 36 aircraft during the month. These included four A350-900s for Iberia, Air France and SAS, ...
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Boom plans October XB-1 rollout as Aerion advances clean fuel project
US aerospace startups are progressing supersonic civil aircraft projects, with Boom Supersonic planning the rollout of a demonstrator aircraft this year and Aerion Supersonic launching an effort to help develop clean synthetic fuel.
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Hi Fly confirms LHT oversaw A380 freighter conversion
European wet-lease operator Hi Fly has brought into service a freight-optimised Airbus A380, which has been temporarily converted from passenger configuration in a project overseen by Lufthansa Technik.
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UK cabin crew join Ryanair pilots in accepting temporary pay cuts
Ryanair cabin crew members based in the UK have agreed to a temporary pay cut of up to 10% to avert job losses at the airline.
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Air Mauritius seeks buyers for five aircraft
Air Mauritius has put three Airbus widebodies and two single-aisle aircraft up for sale, weeks after entering voluntary administration amid the Covid-19 crisis.
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Garmin wins approval for G1000 NXi retrofit on Phenom 300
Garmin has secured US certification for the next-generation G1000 NXi integrated flightdeck on the Embraer Phenom 300, and says it will perform the first upgrades of in-service jets in the coming weeks.
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Armed Chinese UAVs arrive for Serbian air force duty
Serbia has taken delivery of six China Aerospace Science and Technology-built Cai Hong (“Rainbow”) CH-92As, marking the first acquisition of a Chinese armed unmanned air vehicle by a European military.
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Skeldar V-200 selected for Belgian/Dutch navy programme
UMS Skeldar has secured its third deal within two years to equip NATO navies with its Skeldar V-200 unmanned air vehicle (UAV), after being selected for a joint requirement for Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Superjet starts flight tests with domestic inertial navigation system
Irkut has commenced testing of a domestically-built inertial navigation system which will feature on a modified version of the Superjet 100. The system – known as the BINS-2015 – is intended to replace the foreign-supplied equipment used on serial Superjet aircraft. Irkut, which has absorbed the Sukhoi civil aviation division ...
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IBA highlights four-engined widebody pain as airliner values decline
Aviation consultancy IBA has outlined adjustments to all its commercial airliner market values to reflect the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Older four-engined widebodies and the Boeing 737 Max are among the worst affected, while “uncertainty” hangs over the Airbus A380.
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Why crisis could power lessors to 50% fleet penetration: Cirium
Why market opportunities created by pandemic could propel sector into an increasing share of industry’s assets
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SAA pilots isolated as other unions gradually back severance scheme
South African Airways unions have largely indicated acceptance of voluntary severance packages as part of the airline’s rescue, after the government warned that workers’ representatives that it cannot improve on the severance offers. Cockpit union SAAPA has not followed other unions’ gradual shift into accepting the proposals, but it appears ...
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El Al to slash workforce as part of rescue package agreements
Israeli flag-carrier El Al is set to shed 1,700 positions across three divisions as part of a restructuring programme. The airline says it has reached new collective agreements with its maintenance and administrative sectors. Chief executive Gonen Usishkin says the arrangement is “another step on the road to El Al’s ...
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Cathay Pacific mulls parking aircraft outside Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific Group is considering parking some aircraft outside of its Hong Kong base to protect them from the city’s hot and humid summer. The company tells Cirium it is looking into this “for operation management reasons”. “At the present time our aircraft are parked at Hong Kong International Airport, ...
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Auditor questions AirAsia Group’s survival
Accounting firm Ernst & Young has questioned the AirAsia Group’s ability to remain a going concern, citing deteriorating finances amid the coronavirus pandemic. It notes that the group suffered a full-year net loss of MYR283 million ($66 million) in 2019, a year in which liabilities exceeded assets by MYR1.8 billion. ...
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AerCap sees big drop in Q2 lease agreements
Lessor AerCap signed lease agreements covering only 10 aircraft in the second quarter of 2020, down from 48 in the same period last year. The 10 aircraft comprise one widebody and nine narrowbodies, while in Q2 2019 AerCap signed deals for four widebodies and 44 narrowbodies, says the company. Aircraft ...
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US government clears sale of VIP Black Hawk to Jordan
The US government has approved the possible sale of a single Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk to Jordan for use as a transport for the country’s royalty.
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Jiangxi Air applies to start international operations
Chinese carrier Jiangxi Air has applied to the country’s civil aviation authorities to start international passenger and cargo operations. A notice from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) states the Nanchang-based airline had applied to be able to fly to Hong Kong, Taiwan, as well as flights to “neighbouring ...
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Korean Air to sell in-flight catering and retail businesses
Korean Air is selling its in-flight catering and duty-free businesses and has signed a memorandum of understanding with local private equity fund, Hahn & Company. The investment firm describes itself as “specialising in buyouts and corporate restructurings in South Korea”, according to its website. Korean said in a statement today ...
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General Atomics to show Japan the maritime patrol capabilities of MQ-9B SeaGuardian
The company is trying to show that its MQ-9, an unmanned air vehicle designed for watching and striking terrorists, can use its 35h of non-stop flight time to patrol the world’s oceans in search of ships and submarines.