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NewsVinci partnership tentatively chosen as strategic investor in new Polish hub airport
Developers of a new Polish central hub airport have selected a French-Australian partnership as the preferred strategic investor for the facility. The airport, capable of handling 40 million passengers annually, will be situated between the capital Warsaw and the major city of Lodz. French airports operator Vinci Group and Australian ...
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NewsFinnair to modernise Embraer cabin interiors as short-haul activity rises
Finnair is to revamp the interiors of its Embraer 190 fleet from next year, as the carrier highlights the growth potential in its short-haul operations. The carrier will introduce new seats, curtains and other features to the E190s of which it has 12, all operated on its behalf by Nordic ...
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NewsTAP enjoys high yields during profitable third quarter
TAP Air Portugal has reported a profitable third quarter during which its revenues were significantly above pre-pandemic levels, as it “accelerated” its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic downturn.
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NewsTurkish Airlines agrees to lease 28 Boeing jets from AerCap
Turkish Airlines is to lease 28 aircraft – including 25 Boeing 737 Max 8s – from Irish-based lessor AerCap from next year. Along with the 737 Max jets the carrier will lease three Boeing 787-9s. AerCap adds that Turkish Airlines will also extend leases on six Airbus A330-200s. The lessor ...
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NewsFinnair outlines full-year profit expectations after positive third quarter
Finnair Group has refined its full-year profit expectations, predicting a comparable operating result of €160-200 million ($170-212 million), and estimates that revenues will reach €2.9-3.1 billion. The upper threshold of the revenue prediction is around the pre-crisis figure recorded in 2019, although Finnair had previously doubted that this year’s revenues ...
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NewsSmartavia 737-800 skids off wintry Perm runway
Russian investigators are probing an excursion incident involving a Smartavia Boeing 737-800 as it landed at Perm in wintry conditions. The aircraft had arrived from St Petersburg on 24 October at 06:31, according to the Russian federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia. It conducted its approach to runway 21. Rosaviatsia states ...
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NewsKAI gets serious about single-seat version of FA-50
A single-seat version of the FA-50 will offer more room for fuel and reduce acquisition costs.
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NewsSevere bird-strike punctured cockpit of descending A320
US investigators have disclosed that a bird-strike involving a Delta Air Lines Airbus A320 last year was severe enough to penetrate the fuselage and affect pressurisation. The aircraft had been descending through 13,000ft on the MARWI3 arrival pattern to Omaha on 19 November 2022 when it was struck in the ...
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NewsAustralia’s Ferra to continue JDAM ER wing kit production, work on Powered JDAM
Boeing and Australia’s Ferra Engineering have signed a memorandum of understanding related to further Australian production of Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM ER) wing kits, and will explore applications for a powered version of JDAM.
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NewsQantas veteran Yangoyan named as new Qantaslink head
The Qantas Group has named Rachel Yangoyan as the new chief executive of regional unit Qantaslink.
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NewsBamboo gets fourth chief executive in 2023
Vietnam carrier Bamboo Airways has named a new chief executive, as the carrier embarks on a major restructuring of its business.
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NewsUS Army delivers FARA engines to Bell and Sikorsky
The delivery of the GE Aerospace T901 Improved Turbine Engines to the two finalists for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition sets up Sikorsky and Bell to fly their prototype designs in 2024.
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NewsLatin American airlines fear being left behind in race to secure SAF
Latin American airlines are concerned they may be left behind in the race to secure enough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to help achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
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NewsLatin American airlines set sights on returning to Venezuela
While Latin American airlines focus on managing numerous economic and regulatory challenges across the continent, some have started to look again at a country that has been out of the picture for much of the last decade as a possible target of expansion: Venezuela.
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NewsSpirit grounded A320s for airframe bracket inspections: FAA
The inspections that recently grounded 25 Spirit Airlines’ jets and caused dozens of flight cancellations across the carrier’s network involve potential fatigue cracking around airframe brackets on Airbus A320-family aircraft.
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NewsAir Canada begins retrofitting cabins of A320-family jets
The Montreal-based carrier recently rolled out changes to its Airbus A320 cabins, including new exterior cameras, upgraded seating, larger overhead bins, Bluetooth audio and colourful LED lighting throughout the cabin.
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NewsOff-duty Alaska Airlines pilot arrested over attempt to ‘shut the engines down’ on commercial flight
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was the person who attempted to shut off an Embraer 175’s engines during a 22 October flight, and authorities have seemingly charged that person with 83 counts of attempted murder.
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NewsLockheed Martin withdraws bid to produce new USAF aerial tanker
The military airframer’s withdrawal from the US Air Force’s tanker-fleet recapitalisation effort makes it all but certain the service will opt to procure more KC-46 refuellers from Boeing.
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NewsBaykar completes first flight of TB-3 UAV destined for Turkish aircraft carrier
Turkish uncrewed aircraft manufacturer Baykar Technologies says it completed the first take-off and landing test of its TB-3 naval unmanned aircraft designed to operate from Turkey’s first aircraft carrier.
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NewsQatar Airways chief Al Baker to step down in November
Qatar Airways has confirmed that its long-standing group chief, Akbar Al Baker, is to step down next month. Al Baker is to leave the post on 5 November, and will be succeeded by Badr Mohammed Al-Meer. Badr Al-Meer is the chief operating officer of Qatar Airways’ hub airport, Hamad International. ...