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Gulfstream amped up software testing to meet FAA’s post-Max oversight
Gulfstream completed comprehensive “model-based” software validation to clear FAA’s new hurdles for software approval.
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Top Aces’ private F-16 fleet wins USAF contract for adversary air
The Canadian company flies the world’s only fleet of commercially-operated F-16 fighter jets, which will now go head to head against US Air Force pilots in training.
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United to fly non-stop to Dubai, partner with Emirates
United Airlines and Emirates Airline will partner on flights between the USA and the Middle East beginning next year.
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Airbus to expand SAF flight trials after A400M test success
Airbus Defence & Space has detailed its success with conducting a first flight of the A400M tactical transport using a partial sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) load earlier this year, and announced plans to expand the trials activity to its other platform types.
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Transport Canada certificates Pratt’s powerplant for Gulfstream’s G400
Canada’s civil aviation regulator has granted a type certificate to Pratt & Whitney Canada’s (P&WC) PW812GA, the engine that will power Gulfstream’s in-development G400 large-cabin business jet.
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Edelweiss chief adds leadership of Eurowings Discover
Lufthansa Group is to bring its two leisure carriers Edelweiss and Eurowings Discover under one leader as the chief executive of the Swiss unit is to take on the same role at the recently launched German operation.
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Korean consortium eyes Jeju UAM service in 2025
A South Korean consortium plans to start a commercial urban air mobility (UAM) service on the resort island of Jeju in 2025.
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Project Heart pushes ahead with sub-regional plans as phase 3 funding kicks in
A UK government-backed consortium seeking to develop technologies that could revolutionise sub-regional aviation could begin tests of a highly automated, retrofitable flight-control system as early as next July.
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Asia-Pacific recovery momentum expected to continue: IATA regional head
Asia-Pacific carriers are expected to continue recovery momentum through the end of the year – with profitability in the near-term – though a key challenge will be making sure capacity “can catch up” with demand.
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Austrian Airlines receives first A320neo
Lufthansa Group carrier Austrian Airlines has received its first Airbus A320neo following a flight from Toulouse on 13 September. The aircraft (OE-LZN), fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines, arrived in Vienna as flight OS1472. It has been delivered with an all-white fuselage and fin, because it is to be ...
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Parker-Hannifin completes £6.3bn acquisition of UK aerospace firm Meggitt
US-based firm Parker-Hannifin has completed its £6.3 billion ($7.2 billion) acquisition of the UK aerospace company Meggitt. The transaction, says Parker-Hannifin, will provide complementary technologies and increase the aftermarket mix of its aerospace business. Closing of the acquisition follows a review of competition – and security – concerns, and the ...
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Indonesia’s Super Air Jet receives last of 10 A320s from lessor CDB
Lessor CDB Aviation has completed the delivery of the last of 10 Airbus A320 aircraft to Indonesian low-cost carrier and Lion Group affiliate Super Air Jet.
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'Set the record straight': Qantas chairman defends airline performance, embattled CEO
Qantas’ chairman Richard Goyder has defended the airline’s performance in recent months, as he hit back at critics of embattled airline chief Alan Joyce, who has faced renewed calls to step down.
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Taiwan signs deal for four MQ-9Bs: legislator
Taiwan has ordered four General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), which will bolster its surveillance capabilities against an increasingly aggressive China.
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Taiwan's Starlux to take first A350 in October, launch long-haul operations in April 2023
Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines is to take delivery of the first of 18 Airbus A350s in October, which it will deploy on flights to Los Angeles – its first North American destination – in April 2023.
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German government support fund sells entire remaining Lufthansa shareholding
Germany’s economic stabilisation fund has fully withdrawn its interest in flag-carrier Lufthansa, stating that its role in securing the company is complete. The fund contributed to the airline through state-aid measures implemented in 2020 as the pandemic crisis took hold. This aid took the form of a ‘silent’ participation of ...
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FAA and EASA approve Gulfstream’s G500/G600 software fix
The fix addresses a problem that has prevented G500s and G600s from landing if wind gusts exceed 5kt.
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GE completes testing of F-35 adaptive engine prototype
The experimental XA100 powerplant was built for the US Air Force under the service’s Adaptive Engine Transition programme, but may never be used operationally.
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Security concerns delay seaplane service from New York to DC area
Tailwind Air, a US regional airline that flies floatplanes, has postponed the launch of its service between New York harbour and the Washington DC area due to security concerns raised by federal authorities.
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Two decades of under-investment has left the US Air Force hollowed-out: Mitchell Institute
The airpower think tank says the USA’s fleet of combat aircraft is currently smaller, older and less ready than it has been in decades.