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NewsLaGuardia Terminal B arrivals hall opens
A new arrivals and departures hall at LaGuardia airport’s Central Terminal opened on 10 June, marking another stage in the completion of the terminal’s overhaul.
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NewsBoeing CEO lays out plan to combat racial discrimination
Boeing has pledged to take additional steps to promote diversity and equality and to address racial discrimination following nationwide protests calling for reforms to address inequality.
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AnalysisBoeing faces ‘critical few months’ amid pandemic: analysts
Aerospace industry analysts suspect regulators will re-certificate the 737 Max later this year, but they stress that the company’s challenges extend well beyond that programme.
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NewsPipistrel Velis Electro earns first all-electric aircraft type certification
Pipistrel’s Velis Electro has become the first all-electric aircraft to secure certification anywhere, following European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for the two-seat type on 10 June. Development of the aircraft – a variant of the Virus SW 121 – took less than three years, says EASA, which attributes ...
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NewsCoronavirus could be killed in aircraft interiors using heat, early results show
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has shown that common ground heaters could be used to raise the temperature of aircraft interiors to levels sufficient to kill the coronavirus and other biological contaminants.
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NewsAmerican Airlines sees encouraging demand trend
American Airlines says it has transported an average of 127,000 passengers daily in June so far, up from a low of 32,000 passengers in April, as travelers once again take to the sky while the global coronavirus crisis enters its fourth month.
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NewsFuselage join begins for first Il-114-300
Fuselage mating has commenced for the first Ilyushin Il-114-300 to be manufactured using serial production technology. The aircraft is being assembled at the Lukhovitsy plant of RSK MiG near Moscow. Joining of the fuselage sections is being performed on an automated rig specially designed and built for the task, says ...
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NewsLatest MC-21 test aircraft flown to Ulyanovsk for painting
Irkut has transferred its fourth MC-21-300 flight-test aircraft to Ulyanovsk to undergo painting, six months after it first flew. The aircraft, fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW1400G engines, carried out its maiden flight in December last year and was moved to Moscow Ramenskoye to join the rest of the test ...
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NewsExternal carriers should be handed repatriation services: South African opposition
South Africa’s shadow public enterprises minister is insisting that the government ease air transport pressures by allowing other operators to conduct repatriation services. Ghaleb Cachalia, from the opposition Democratic Alliance party, argues that South African Airways – which has been mired in a drawn-out business rescue process – does not ...
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NewsJet fuel prices firming on stronger crude and tighter supply
Jet fuel prices have continued to increase following the dramatic declines earlier in the year, although with the collapse in demand it remains extremely weak by normal standards. Energy data provider ICIS – which like Cirium is RELX-owned – priced jet fuel for barge delivery to northwest Europe at $309-310 ...
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NewsEuropean Commission approves €1.2 billion bailout for TAP
Portugal has won approval from the European Commission to provide a €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) state rescue loan to its national carrier TAP to address “immediate liquidity needs”.
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NewsMoldovan start-up HiSky signs for dry-leased A320
Start-up European operator HiSky Moldova has agreed to acquire its first aircraft, an Airbus A320, under a deal with US lessor Air Lease. HiSky Moldova will receive the used aircraft in July, according to the lessor. It intends to operate from its Chisinau base initially to six destinations, including London, ...
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NewsFinnair embarks on €500m share issue
Finnair has embarked on a €500 million rights issue which will centre on the release of up to 1.279 billion new shares in the company to strengthen its equity and liquidity. The issue carries conditions including limiting managers’ salaries up to 2022 and restricting it from making acquisitions. Finnair will ...
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NewsPhilippine Airlines parent slips into first-quarter loss
PAL Holdings, the parent company of Philippine Airlines, has posted an operating loss of Ps6.55 billion ($131 million) for the first quarter of 2020, a sharp reversal of the Ps2.53 billion operating profit in the same period last year. Revenue for the quarter ended 31 March fell 18.3% year on ...
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NewsHyundai Development renegotiating Asiana acquisition: reports
Hyundai Development (HDC) is looking to renegotiate its acquisition of a 31% stake in Asiana Airlines from Kumho Industrial. This has been sparked by an increase in Asiana’s debt burden and HDC appealed to the airline’s state-funded creditors to offer it support, Reuters reported on 9 June. HDC has notified ...
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NewsUK embarks first operational F-35Bs in HMS Queen Elizabeth work-up
Lockheed Martin F-35Bs from the Royal Air Force’s frontline 617 Sqn have performed the unit’s first landings aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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NewsAustralia to test balloons for high-altitude ISR work
Australia’s Department of Defence has commenced a series of trials to deploy high-altitude balloons with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) payloads into the upper atmosphere.
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NewsIndia’s DGCA frets over more loss of control incidents
India’s aviation regulator has identified airprox incidents, runway incursions and unstable approaches among its eight safety priorities, following a spike in cases during 2018. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has also flagged in-flight loss of control as a new area of concern, following a two-fold increase in ...
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NewsUSAF, Boeing conduct critical design review for T-7A Red Hawk
The US Air Force and Boeing have conducted the critical design review for the developmental T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer.
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NewsUS flight attendants call for extension of government aid until year-end at minimum
The union representing US flight attendants has called on Congress to extend government financial assistance for airlines through the end of the year.