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NewsDiamond DA62 secures Chinese certification
Diamond Aircraft has secured Chinese certification for the DA62 – and is preparing to deliver the first example to a local owner in September.
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NewsEmirates secures rights to daily Mexico City service
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has revived plans to open a service to Mexico City, which will operate via Barcelona in Spain.
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No plans to market 737 Max differently: Ryanair chief
Ryanair will not be marketing the Boeing 737 Max differently to the other aircraft in its fleet, its chief executive confirmed today.
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NewsRyanair warns of base cuts over 737 Max delays
Ryanair is warning of base cuts and closures because it expects to have only half the number of Boeing 737 Max jets in service for summer 2020 than it originally expected.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The evolution of Airbus's biggest single-aisle
The launch by Airbus of its ultimate single-aisle – for the moment, at least – has put Toulouse on the front foot in the battle for the middle of the market. The vibe from the Paris air show was that the A321XLR was a good start – but by no ...
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NewsEASA indicates certification of ACJ319neo
Airbus appears to have secured European certification for the corporate jet version of the A319neo, some three months after its first flight.
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'New' name for Ryanair 737 Max is not actually new
While several media reports are claiming that Ryanair has rebranded the Boeing 737 Max, in the aftermath of the re-engined type's grounding, the chosen '737-8200' designation is not new.
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EASA approves CT7 engines for Bell 525
European regulators have approved the -2F1 variant of the GE Aviation CT7 engine that will power the Bell 525 Relentless super-medium-twin helicopter.
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Cathay, Lufthansa expand codeshare on Hong Kong-Europe flights
Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Group carriers are expanding their codeshare partnership on flights between Hong Kong and Europe, which takes effect on 17 July.
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Investigators probe another Belavia 737 excursion at Kiev
Investigators are probing an overrun by a Belavia Boeing 737-300 at Kiev's downtown Zhulhany airport late on 12 July.
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USA clears Greek MH-60R acquisition
The US government has cleared the potential sale of seven Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R multi-mission helicopters to Greece.
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Airline Business
ANALYSIS: 'Boring' Lufthansa seeks Eurowings reboot
Like several others before it, Eurowings has thrown in the towel on low-cost long-haul. That will allow it and parent Lufthansa to instead focus on getting the short-haul aspect of its operations right: a crucial task as it battles increasing competition in Germany from sleeker, nimbler rivals Ryanair and EasyJet.
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Heathrow staff back summer strikes in pay dispute
Trade union Unite today warned of "travel chaos" at Heathrow later this month after workers backed industrial action in a dispute over pay.
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OpinionHow the Airbus effect transformed A220 sales
Back when the Airbus A220 was still the Bombardier-owned CSeries, there was always the sense that the twinjet was a good product whose potential was hamstrung by, well, everything else.
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NewsArtificial runway lengths avert long A340 take-off rolls
Air France and Lufthansa introduced artificial reductions of runway length at Bogota as a precautionary measure after incidents involving prolonged take-off runs by Airbus A340s.
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New programmes' start-up costs hit FACC first-quarter profit
Austrian composites manufacturer FACC has cited start-up costs for new programmes after its first-quarter operating profit declined by nearly two-thirds.
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PICTURE: Faroe Islands carrier takes first A320neo
Faroe Islands carrier Atlantic Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, an airframe leased from US specialist Air Lease.
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NewsThomas Cook in talks with shareholder for £750m injection
Leisure firm Thomas Cook Group is holding discussions with its largest shareholder, as well as banks, over the terms of a recapitalisation amounting to £750 million ($926 million).
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Researchers trial camera-based auto-land system on light aircraft
Researchers at two German universities have tested an experimental automatic landing system on a light aircraft that uses optical information from onboard cameras and satellite positioning data, instead of ground-based navigation aids.
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Norwegian's Kjos jokingly labels his departure 'way overdue'
Norwegian's long-serving chief executive Bjorn Kjos joked during his final results briefing today that his departure from the airline was "way overdue".