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AnalysisHow MRO providers see the post-Covid future
As airlines reduce their fleets, expecting it will take years until passenger demand returns to pre-crisis levels, MRO providers have to deal with excess capacity while having to support in-service aircraft under renewed cost pressure.
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AnalysisAssessing government support for Asia-Pacific carriers
When it announced a HK$39 billion ($5 billion) recapitalisation on 9 June, Cathay Pacific joined a growing list of Asia-Pacific airlines that have received government support amid the coronavirus crisis. The region appears to have learnt from its experience with SARS in 2003. Governments have responded quickly to Covid-19, jumping ...
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AnalysisGE Aviation and Embraer Commercial tap international sales experience with new CEOs
The new chief executives of GE Aviation and Embraer’s commercial aircraft division are well suited to help address the particular challenges facing those companies’ corners of the aerospace industry.
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Airline BusinessHow states have stepped in to support European carriers
Faced with an immediate drop in revenues from the virtual of grounding of international scheduled passenger flights, governments around the world have stepped in to find ways to keep carrier in business through the coronavirus crisis and beyond.
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NewsUS airlines take jets out of storage, add flights as recovery begins
North America’s airline industry has started a slow but noticeable recovery as carriers bring hundreds of jets back into service in response to a bump in travel demand ahead of the summer travel season.
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OpinionWhy cargo will no longer be boring in the new normal
Passengers sharing airliner cabins with freight? That could be just one legacy of an aviation industry turned upside down by coronavirus and feeling its way to recovery
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NewsEuropean price war threatens deepened cash-flow crisis
Airlines making their first tentative steps towards restart of operations are keen to convince the public that air travel is back. But making the case will not be easy – or cheap. Early indications are that many passengers are nervous about boarding an aircraft, especially older travellers. And given that ...
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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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NewsUSAF General Charles Brown confirmed as first African American service chief in US history
General Charles Q Brown was confirmed to be the next US Air Force chief of staff by the US Senate in a vote of 98 to 0.
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NewsAirlines to post record net loss of $84bn this year: IATA
IATA is projecting airlines will post their largest ever collective net loss this year, totalling $84.3 billion, and will remain in the red in 2021, as the association made its first projection of the scale of industry losses since the coronavirus crisis hit.
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NewsFrench government puts jobs and environment first in €15bn aerospace bailout
France’s government has unveiled a €15 billion financial support programme for the aerospace sector, intended to save jobs and transform smaller businesses while underscoring the need for environmental progress. The government states that support – which includes the funding already unveiled for Air France-KLM Group – will be a mix ...
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News‘Nothing off the table’ in Cathay business review: Chairman
Cathay Pacific chairman Patrick Healy has warned that “tough decisions will need to be made” by the fourth quarter of the year as part of “right-sizing” efforts.
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Airline BusinessAsia-Pacific travellers confront sea of restrictions
Prospective travellers in the Asia-Pacific are confronted by a dizzying array of immigration restrictions related to the coronavirus, although limited travel ‘bubbles’ mark baby steps toward a recovery. The region’s airlines have made much of their efforts to improve hygiene in the cabin through the wearing of masks by crew ...
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NewsWhy airlines are favouring newer jets over old, despite low oil prices
The coronavirus downturn and concurrent cheap fuel have not led the world’s airlines to favour older narrowbody aircraft over newer or more-efficient jets, despite predictions to the contrary.
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NewsPIA crash probe indicates no immediate need for A320 operator action
Preliminary information from the flight recorders of the crashed Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 in Karachi have not indicated any reason for A320 operators to take safety action. Airbus has contacted operators of the aircraft type following the 22 May accident which occurred as the PIA jet, arriving from Lahore ...
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OpinionWhy airline industry can only trust instinct to beat coronavirus
Tim Clark has delivered his view on the coronavirus pandemic with his usual succinct style: “A $15 trillion torpedo has hit the global economy.” And the fundamentals for the industry’s recovery are largely outside its control.
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Airline BusinessHow the airline industry has been hit by the crisis
After years of record traffic growth and unprecedented profitability, the airline industry is facing the sharpest and most sustained fall in air traffic demand as the coronavirus pandemic has brought international travel to a virtual standstill.
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InterviewRAAF F-35s on the rise Down Under
The commanding officer of the first Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron to operate the Lockheed Martin F-35 believes the type marks a step change. Wing Commander Darren Clare leads the RAAF’s 3 Sqn, based at RAAF Williamtown, New South Wales, where it is steadily building capability and understanding of ...
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NewsUS Air Force begins search to replace General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper in 2030
The MQ-9 was given initial operating capability in 2007 and has been used extensively against insurgents and terrorists in the Middle East. However, it is vulnerable to surface-to-air missiles fielded by advanced adversaries such as China and Russia.
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Airline BusinessNorth American carriers hunker down through crisis
While hard hit North American carriers may have found some comfort from state support packages and the size of its home markets, they have taken action swift action to limit cash burn to protect their businesses while waiting for passenger demand to return