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NewsTrans States Airlines to fold in April
Trans States Airlines, which announced last month that it would be shuttering at the end of the year due to consolidation and a pilot shortage, has told its employees that it will go out of business nine months earlier, on 1 April. It could be the first US airline to fall victim to the coronavirus that has decimated the industry.
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NewsUS general aviation braces for coronavirus hit
Flight instructors, flight schools, aviation museums, small airports and businesses associated with them are in for a rough ride as the coronavirus brings all US aviation- and travel-related commerce to a grinding halt in a short period of time.
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NewsF-35 ALIS open deficiencies grow to 4,700 over two years
The Lockheed Martin F-35’s Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) has reported several small improvements, but the system is still plagued by about 4,700 open deficiencies.
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NewsPresident Trump: US will ‘protect’ Boeing from coronavirus fallout
President Donald Trump says the US government will “protect” Boeing from the adverse effects of the coronavirus downturn, suggesting financial aid to Boeing and other aerospace companies may be part of a pending economic relief plan.
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NewsWestJet suspends international operations
Canada’s WestJet will shut down international operations as the coronavirus prompts governments to close borders and impose other measures to stop the spread of the virus.
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NewsTrump administration proposing aid package that would leave US carriers ‘in good shape’
The US government is working with Congress to pass legislation that would provide financial support a broad swath of US industry, including to the country’s airlines, which have been hammered in recent days by a collapse in demand.
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NewsUS airline group details $58bn government aid request
The group, as previously reported, has asked for $50 billion in support of passenger airlines. But it also requests $8 billion for cargo carriers, and tax breaks from a fund that generated almost $16 billion in fiscal year 2018 revenue. It is receiving criticism after many airlines spent free cash flow on stock repurchases recently.
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NewsBrussels Airlines to shut down for a month
Brussels Airlines has become the latest carrier to shut down services in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, suspending all scheduled flights for a month. It says the services will be gradually wound down and then halted on 21 March and will not restart until 20 April. “We need to ...
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NewsIATA warns government action needed to tackle airline liquidity crisis
Airline trade association IATA is calling for governments to urgently step in with financial support measures, warning a liquidity crisis resulting from the swathe of capacity cuts means many airlines are close to running out of cash.
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NewsPeru eyes double-digit deals for C-27J and Mi-171
Peru intends to acquire a range of new fixed- and rotary-wing transport aircraft across its armed forces in part to bolster the country’s resources to cope with humanitarian relief operations.
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NewsSwiss bolsters senior management to face coronavirus fallout
Swiss has shored up its management teams in order to provide greater corporate stability as the Lufthansa Group carrier deals with the consequences of the coronavirus outbreak. It has installed Markus Binkert as its chief financial officer – a position which had been left vacant – and appointed Thomas Frick ...
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NewsEHang partners with Seville to launch urban air mobility initiative
Chinese electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer EHang has joined forces with the Spanish city of Seville to develop and launch the country’s first urban air mobility (UAM) service.
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NewsAlitalia to be renationalised under broad emergency decree
Italy’s government has indicated that it will renationalise struggling flag-carrier Alitalia as part of a broad set of emergency measures in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The government says, in a decree published on 16 March, that the epidemic is being formally recognised as a “natural disaster and exceptional event”. ...
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NewsHoneywell pushes Forge into business aviation
Analytics platform integrates company’s existing tools with third-party services on single dashboard
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NewsLauda halts all flights until 8 April
Ryanair’s Austrian subsidiary Lauda has suspended all flights until 8 April. The Vienna-based airline has been serving more than 100 destinations across some 30 European countries and has stations in German cities Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Spanish island Majorca, and Croatian city Zadar. Source: Lauda Cirium fleets data shows ...
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NewsSecond UK arrival keeps RAF Poseidon fleet on target
The UK Royal Air Force’s second Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft arrived at Kinloss in Scotland on 13 March.
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NewsFrench air force plans Puma replacement with leased H225s
France has begun a process to replace its air force’s fleet of ageing SA330 Puma rotorcraft with leased Airbus Helicopters H225s.
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NewsFourth MC-21 flown to Moscow test centre
Russian airframer Irkut has flown its fourth flight-test MC-21-300 to Moscow to participate in the certification campaign for the twinjet. The aircraft, fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW1400G engines, was ferried with a crew of two pilots to the Gromov institute at Zhukhovsky airfield. It has been fitted with a ...
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NewsOutbreak halts talks on London Southend stake sale
London Southend airport operator Stobart Group has disclosed that it has been negotiating sale of a minority share in the airport, but that discussions have been suspended as a result of the coronavirus uncertainty. The discussions had signalled a value for the airport of £700-800 million, says the company, referring ...
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NewsAirbus halting French and Spanish production for four days
Airbus is to halt production across its French and Spanish facilities for four days to give the company time to implement strict hygiene measures in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The airframer says the decision follows introduction of new procedures in both countries intended to contain the illness. Airbus says ...