All News articles – Page 340
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Pilotless Black Hawk flies medevac, resupply missions in DARPA experiment
The Pentagon’s secretive weapons development office, working with helicopter maker Sikorsky, successfully modified a UH-60 Black Hawk to fly without pilot input.
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Boeing scraps plan for services revenue to hit $50 billion this decade
Boeing has ditched a goal for its aircraft service division to grow its revenue to $50 billion annually in the coming years, saying doing so would lead to “indiscriminate” investment.
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Boeing’s next new aircraft is years away but 787 updates are imminent: executives
Boeing’s product development timeline became clearer on 2 November when the company said it will soon reveal a higher-gross-weight 787, while indicating it will not launch a clean-sheet aircraft.
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Atlas Air posts $60.1 million Q3 profit with acquisition looming
Third-quarter profits were down year-on-year for Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, the parent of cargo and passenger carrier Atlas Air, as the airline grappled with “operational disruptions”.
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Labour and supply chain costs push Spirit AeroSystems to $128m Q3 loss
Aerostructures manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems sunk further into the red during the third quarter, as costs from its Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 programmes pushed the company to a $128 million loss.
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Greater consideration of risks might have averted BA 787 nose-gear collapse
UK investigators believe a British Airways Boeing 787-8 nose-gear retraction accident at London Heathrow might have been prevented if health and safety risks in an airworthiness directive had been given greater attention by the operator. The accident occurred when a nose-gear locking pin was inserted in the wrong location on ...
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Russian lessor GTLK renegotiates debts with several carriers
Four Russian carriers have renegotiated lease debts with the state lessor GTLK, in the wake of pressure from sanctions and the aftermath of the pandemic. IrAero and Azimuth, along with the regional operators SiLA and Aeroservis, have settled debts on “mutually beneficial terms”, says the lessor. It adds that the ...
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TAP chief welcomes acquisition interest as carrier reports record Q3 revenue
TAP Air Portugal’s chief executive has welcomed the interest from Air France-KLM – and potentially others – in acquiring a stake in the Star Alliance carrier as it reported its highest-ever third-quarter revenue and forecast a “good” full-year performance.
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Monte adds to orderbook with CAeS conversion deal
Monte Aircraft Leasing has further increased its potential orderbook for low-emission aircraft, signing a letter of intent with the UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) for 40 hydrogen-electric conversion kits for the Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.
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Rolls-Royce to hike spare-engine sales to reinforce fleet resilience
Rolls-Royce large civil engine flying hours are gradually increasing but still remain about one-third down on pre-crisis levels, the company has disclosed. The flying-hours figure reached 65% of 2019 levels in the four months to the end of October, and 62% for the year so far. Rolls-Royce says this is ...
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Bullish Korean Air betters Q3 profit as passenger revenue soars
Korean Air saw a significant jump in its third-quarter operating profit, amid an upswing in passenger revenue following South Korea’s move to ease all Covid-19-related travel restrictions.
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Indonesian Aerospace bags CN-235, N219 commitments
Indonesian Aerospace has issued a raft of announcements, including an order for a single CN-235-220 as well as commitments for its 19-seater N219 turboprop.
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Fuel-price pressure prolongs Royal Jordanian’s financial misery
Royal Jordanian Airlines edged into a third-quarter operating profit, with a surplus of JD5.3 million ($7.4 million), but net losses for the quarter and the nine-month period were worse than last year’s figures. The flag-carrier generated revenues of JD452 million for the nine months to 30 September – including JD363 ...
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Australia-South Korea flights get year-end capacity boost with Jetstar, Qantas entry
Australia’s Jetstar has commenced operations from Sydney to Seoul Incheon, the first in a series of newly-launched flights between Australia and South Korea.
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Australia cleared to buy 24 new C-130J tactical transports
The US government has cleared the possible sale of 24 Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports to Australia, as Canberra looks to replace and expand its Super Hercules aircraft.
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AirAsia India to merge with Air India Express by end-2023
Air India has kickstarted a review process that will ultimately result in the merger of low-cost carriers Air India Express and AirAsia India, after fully acquiring the latter operator.
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Air New Zealand takes first A321neo configured for domestic operations
Air New Zealand has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo for deployment on domestic services.
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Joby Aviation pushes back commercial service launch to 2025
Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Joby Aviation has pushed back the timeline for its vehicle’s entry into commercial passenger service to 2025.
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Allegiant, hit hard by Hurricane Ian, reports third-quarter loss of $46.5m
Allegiant Travel Company, parent of Allegiant Air, reported a loss of $46.5 million in the third quarter as revenue – and costs – surged significantly.
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Boeing rolls out plan to hike deliveries to 800 jets within several years
Boeing plans to significantly hike commercial aircraft deliveries in 2023, aiming to hand over up to 80 787s and 450 737s next year after overcoming nagging supply and labour problems.