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NewsJet2 ‘wave of excitement’ over UK green list fails to reach all airlines
The UK government’s latest update to its ‘green list’ of travel destinations has prompted a mixed reaction from some of the country’s airlines.
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NewsLufthansa to temporarily bring back five A340-600s to offer first class from Munich
Lufthansa is to temporarily reactivate five Airbus A340-600s on flights from Munich next summer to provide a first-class product offering from the airport.
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In depthHailing Russia’s latest rotary revolutionaries
Owner of the Kamov and Mil design houses – more famed for military aircraft – is quietly increasing its share of the civil market too as the company seeks to establish a better balance.
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NewsUAC sees export prospects for Il-112V transport
Now in flight-testing, the Il-112V will start replacing aged Antonov transports in Russian military service – but can it also attract international customers?
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NewsHow Moscow’s iconic fighter brands are targeting tougher international market
With famous design bureaux RAC MiG and Sukhoi gradually consolidating under United Aircraft, Russia’s military aviation sector continues to target fighter exports, despite US and Chinese rivalry.
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In depthIl-114-300 set to become Russia’s local hero
Russia’s Il-114 is approaching service entry in its -300 guise, almost 30 years after the Ilyushin design’s emergence – and with local demand rising, it looks set to make a successful return.
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NewsRussia’s SKOL claims medical fleet restriction endangers patients
Russian operator SKOL is protesting that moves to seize its leased fleet risks the health of individuals in need of medical evacuation, particularly in the current pandemic crisis. SKOL has turned the Russian ministry of transport for assistance following federal aviation regulator Rosaviatsia’s decision to remove 35 aircraft and helicopters ...
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NewsIcelandic start-up Play details IPO ahead of small growth market listing
Icelandic budget start-up carrier Play is seeking to raise IcKr3.9-4.3 billion ($32-35 million) from an initial public offering, with its shares listing on a small-company stock market. Play is launching its first flights on 24 June, coinciding with the opening of its share subscription period. The offering will comprise two ...
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NewsInvestor Bain Capital backs Icelandair with plan to take 16.6% stake
Investment firm Bain Capital is to take a 16.6% share in Icelandair Group, through the IcKr8.1 billion ($66 million) acquisition of new shares in the company. Bain Capital has entered a binding agreement to subscribe to 5.66 billion new shares. Its acquisition is conditional upon shareholders agreeing to the transaction ...
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NewsFinnair and China’s Juneyao Air seal joint-venture agreement
Finnair and Juneyao Air have signed a joint-venture agreement that deepens the carriers’ commercial relationship on services between Finland and China.
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NewsAustrian converts last ‘preighter’ for passenger service
Austrian Airlines is reconverting the last aircraft it had temporarily turned into a freighter during the Covid-19 pandemic, as long-haul passenger services resume.
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NewsLufthansa tentatively reinstates full US network from second half of July
Lufthansa tentatively plans to reinstate its full US network from the second half of July, using its “big Atlantic fleet”, amid uncertainty over when Washington will relax its travel restrictions.
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NewsRussian lessor GTLK redistributes repossessed SKOL fleet
Thirty-three of the 35 aircraft and helicopters at the centre of a lease payment dispute involving Russian carrier SKOL have been assigned to new operators. Russian state lessor GTLK is transferring five Let L-410 twin-turboprops, as well as 21 Mil Mi-8 and seven Kazan Ansat helicopters under the new contracts. ...
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NewsBoeing gets $599m contract for new UK Chinooks
Boeing has been awarded a $599 million contract to begin producing 14 CH-47 Chinook Block II transport helicopters for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF).
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NewsA320neo crews told to stay alert for abnormal take-off airspeeds
Airbus is emphasising the importance of A320neo-family airspeed checks during take-off, after developmental simulations identified potential effects on aircraft response from consistent erroneous airspeed indications. Erroneous indications within the same speed range could arise from false information being derived from two or three blocked pitot probes. Airbus computational simulations, conducted ...
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NewsNew Aer Lingus chief sees long road to recovery
Aer Lingus chief executive Lynne Embleton insists there is no strategic retreat from the Irish regions but that restructuring is required as a result of the Covid crisis which has inflicted around €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in damage on the airline.
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NewsRussian-powered MC-21 heads for painting at Ulyanovsk
Irkut has sent the first Russian-powered MC-21 for painting at the Spektr-Avia facility located within Ulyanovsk’s Vostochny airport. The twinjet – number 73055, the first example of the MC-21-310 variant – is fitted with Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines. It carried out its first flight in December last year and Irkut intends ...
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NewsUK F-35s make first combat strikes from HMS Queen Elizabeth
The UK has for the first time demonstrated its restored Carrier Strike capability, with Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightnings operating from the 65,000t vessel HMS Queen Elizabeth striking targets in the Middle East on 18 June.
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NewsNumber of aircraft parked at Europe’s airports drops to pandemic low
The number of aircraft inactive for more than seven days in Europe has dropped to the lowest level since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, in what Eurocontrol describes as “a good sign for the summer ahead”.
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NewsRussian medical helicopter operator SKOL's fleet stripped over debts
Russian federal aviation regulator Rosaviatsia has withdrawn 35 aircraft from the operating certificate of diverse operator SKOL, after claims by state leasing firm GTLK that the carrier has failed to keep up payments for its fleet. SKOL is based in the exclave of Kaliningrad and offers a variety of services ...