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Norse Atlantic aims to raise NKr100m from follow-up share issue
Norse Atlantic Airways is preparing to conduct a follow-up share issue originally detailed during a private share placement in November last year. The new issue – comprising 9.1 million shares – is intended to raise just over NKr100 million ($9.7 million). Norse Atlantic says it will use the net proceeds ...
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Greek carrier Sky Express bolsters ATR fleet
Greek carrier Sky Express continued its fleet modernisation efforts by taking delivery of the first of two newly ordered ATR 72-600s in December.
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TUI 737 sink alert on go-around traced to insufficient thrust in storm winds
UK investigators probing an incident in which a TUI Airways Boeing 737-800 began losing airspeed and height, after its crew initiated a go-around in a thunderstorm, believe the pilots applied insufficient thrust for the manoeuvre. The aircraft had been descending to Manchester’s runway 05R, as it arrived from Zakynthos on ...
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Finnair names postal service leader as new chief executive
Finnair has named postal company head Turkka Kuusisto as the carrier’s new chief executive, succeeding Topi Manner. Manner is set to leave the carrier on 15 January. Kuusisto has led the state-owned Posti Group since 2020, having previously held a number of senior positions in the company. His career has ...
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Spanish eVTOL developer Crisalion nets €5.4m backing ahead of Series B funding round
Madrid-based electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) developer Crisalion Mobility has secured a new investment totalling €5.4 million ($5.9 million), including a contribution from the Spanish government.
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Cincinnati airport’s McGraw becomes first female chair of ACI World
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International airport chief executive Candace McGraw has begun a two-year term as chair of Airports Council International (ACI) World, meaning both airline and airport global trade bodies are chaired by a women for the first time.
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Maldivian considers leasing 787-8 under long-haul network plan
Indian Ocean region carrier Maldivian is looking to obtain a Boeing 787-8 to expand its network, just days after indicating plans to acquire an Airbus A330-200. The airline is aiming to branch into long-haul services and the latest request for proposals, issued by Island Aviation Services, centres on dry-leasing a ...
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H130 pilot lost control after entering cloud: ATSB
A helicopter pilot’s unfamiliarity with flying in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) contributed to the fatal crash of an Airbus Helicopters H130 in Australia, investigators have determined.
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AirAsia to resume A321neo deliveries in June; mulls A321LRs, A350s in long-term
AirAsia Aviation expects to resume deliveries of new Airbus A321neos this year, as the newly-merged carrier continues to return stored aircraft to service.
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Saudi government to develop Abha airport through privatisation initiative
Saudi Arabia’s government is building on its plans to enhance private involvement in the kingdom’s airports, offering a concession for the development of Abha airport. Abha is located in the Asir region, which lies in the southwest of the country. Saudi Arabia’s airports holding company Matarat says the concession is ...
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Taiwan’s AIDC makes case for locally produced basic trainer
AIDC says a locally produced trainer is good for the country’s aerospace workforce, and will be cheaper to sustain than international alternatives.
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Post-merger AirAsia targets return of Europe operations by year-end
A newly-merged AirAsia Aviation expects to relaunch flights to Europe by the end of this year, and is looking to expand its network to Africa, North and South America in the longer term.
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Dutch start-up Elysian breaks cover and pushes potential of all-electric 90-seater
Dutch start-up Elysian Aircraft claims newly published research supports its ambitious plan to develop an all-electric 90-seater for service entry in 2033, arguing that the potential for battery-powered aircraft has previously been significantly underestimated.
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Alaska Airlines cancels hundreds of Max 9 flights through 13 January
Alaska Airlines has cancelled all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 flights through 13 January in the aftermath of the 5 January incident in which parts of one such aircraft’s fuselage blew off during a flight from Portland, Oregon to Southern California.
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Lockheed delivers first Block 70 F-16s to Slovakia
The NATO member and former Soviet Bloc country plans to acquire 14 of the single-engined, multi-role combat aircraft – replacements for 13 RAC MiG-29 fighters Slovakia donated to Ukraine in 2023.
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Airbus Helicopters settles Grand Canyon crash lawsuit for $75m
A judge in Las Vegas has approved a settlement that will see Airbus Helicopters and sightseeing tour operator Papillon Airways pay a combined $100 million to the family of a victim in a 2018 fatal crash in the Grand Canyon – the lion’s share of which will be paid by the airframer.
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Supernal unveils conceptual S-A2 air taxi
Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary Supernal revealed its proposed S-A2 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle on 9 January during consumer electronics show CES in Las Vegas.
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Mesa Airlines at risk of de-listing from US stock exchange
Mesa Air Group recently received notice it is at risk of being de-listed from the US stock exchange due to continued delays in reporting its fiscal fourth-quarter results.
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Transavia France begins Airbus transition with first A320neo
Transavia France has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo twinjet, marking the beginning of its transition away from operating Boeing 737s.
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Global airline passenger traffic reached 99% of 2019 levels in November
Global passenger traffic was within 1 percentage point of 2019 levels in November last year, according to the latest data from IATA, as it closes on the pre-Covid peak.