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Defence leaders in Washington warn of debt default
As lawmakers and the Biden Administration debate raising the US government’s borrowing limit, civilian and uniformed military leaders say unpredictable budgets will set back critical modernisation and procurement programmes.
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Flightcrew unions seek to squash talk of ‘reduced-pilot’ operations
Pilot unions have come out swinging against what they call a campaign by Airbus and other manufacturers to promote regulatory changes allowing a single pilot to be alone in commercial aircraft cockpits during certain flight phases.
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Supply-chain hitches ‘no excuse’ for aircraft delivery delays: Air Lease
US lessor Air Lease is not prepared to let airframers blame the supply chain for aircraft delivery delays, with executive chairman Steve Udvar-Hazy insisting that the manufacturers’ problems are “self-inflicted”. Speaking during a first-quarter briefing, Udvar-Hazy said Airbus and Boeing were increasing production rates across their single-aisle and long-haul ranges ...
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LATAM posts profitable quarter, as passenger revenue jumps
LATAM Airlines Group posted another profitable quarter, driven by a strong rise in passenger revenue, after emerging from bankruptcy protection late last year.
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Vertical delays VX4 certification until 2026 and predicts industry-wide ‘timeline correction’
Vertical Aerospace has pushed back the expected certification date of its VX4 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft by around one year until the end of 2026 following an internal review of the process.
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Lilium starts latest windtunnel test campaign using 40%-scale Lilium Jet
Lilium has begun windtunnel tests of a 40%-scale model of its electric vertical take-off and landing Lilium Jet.
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Military helicopter sales push Leonardo first-quarter order intake higher
Leonardo’s helicopter division produced a strong first quarter of 2023, with two large military deals helping to lift the Italian aerospace champion’s order intake by more than 25% on the same period a year earlier.
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Seats among constraints backloading A350 deliveries
Airbus’s widebody delivery profile for the year will be heavily backloaded to the second half, with seat supply among the bottlenecks with which the airframer is having to cope. The manufacturer handed over just five A350s in the first three months of the year – to Starlux Airlines, Turkish Airlines, ...
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Jetcraft division acquiring 25 ‘sought-after’ CRJ200s for fleet placement
Aircraft trading specialist Jetcraft Commercial is to acquire 25 Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets, and is placing 10 of them with an undisclosed buyer. The company says the engines for the jets being placed will have separately-sourced engines. CRJ200s are equipped with General Electric CF34 powerplants. The other 15 aircraft involved ...
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Prague gets nod to acquire surplus AH-1Zs, UH-1Ys from USA
The US Department of State has approved a potential deal to supply the Czech Republic with eight surplus H-1-series combat helicopters.
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Emirates and Etihad tighten ties with interline aimed at UAE tourism
Middle Eastern carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways are to forge a closer co-operation through an interline agreement giving travellers greater flexibility when flying into and out of the United Arab Emirates. Under the agreement passengers will be able to purchase a single ticket allowing inbound flight to either Dubai or ...
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PD-35 core to be displayed at Moscow air show
Russian state technology firm Rostec is to show off the first core of the Aviadvigatel PD-35 high-thrust powerplant during the MAKS Moscow air show. The PD-35 is being developed as part of the engine family which includes the PD-14 for the Irkut MC-21 and the PD-8 for the Superjet variant ...
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Singapore’s Changi airport on ‘last stretch of recovery’ as passenger traffic hits new high
Singapore’s Changi airport’s passenger traffic could return to pre-pandemic levels sooner than projected, as the airport enters its “last stretch of recovery” with traffic hitting a new high in nearly three years.
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FAA publishes updated airspace changes for air taxi operations
The Federal Aviation Administration has released what it calls an “updated blueprint” for airspace and procedure changes to safely accommodate urban air mobility (UAM) operations in the national airspace system.
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Frontier loses $13m in Q1, shifts strategy to peak travel periods
Frontier Airlines is tweaking its network strategy to focus more on peak periods for leisure travel and “reducing under-performing flying”.
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India’s Go First replaced 510 GTFs, takes case against P&W to US court
Indian airline Go First has replaced 510 Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofans (GTFs) in recent years, and last month had 64 of what it calls “defective” GTFs, citing combustor and other issues.
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Turkish Airlines continues post-pandemic profit run in first quarter
Turkish Airlines extended its post-pandemic run of net profits for a seventh consecutive quarter, despite the period being marred by the devastating earthquakes centred in Kahramanmaras.
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Allegiant reports $56m Q1 profit on strong demand, ancillary revenue
Ultra low-cost carrier Allegiant Air’s leisure-oriented business is humming along smoothly and shows no sign of slowing.
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Kremlin targeted in apparent UAV strike
The Russian government says a kinetic strike by an unmanned aerial vehicle targeted the country’s seat of power in Moscow in the early hours of 3 May, with authorities attributing the attack to Ukraine.
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Hogan and Eurlings join board as Knighthood invests in Odys Aviation
Former Etihad Airways chief executive Jame Hogan is to join the board of advanced air mobility developer Odys Aviation as part of a deal under which advisory firm Knighthood Global is investing in the Californian company