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Leidos to acquire Cobham Australia’s Special Mission business
US firm Leidos has announced the acquisition of Cobham’s Special Mission business in Australia.
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Garuda removes CRJ1000s, sole 737 Max from fleet
Garuda Indonesia is to return its Bombardier CRJ1000s to lessors, as part of a fleet rationalisation strategy that will see the carrier operate between 60 and 70 aircraft by year-end – lower than earlier estimates.
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Top US official’s flight to Taipei sets flight tracking record
More than 700,000 people tracked the aircraft of California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, who is third in-line for the US presidency, as she landed in Taiwan for an official visit over threats from leaders in Beijing.
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Boeing lands $57m contract for support of unmanned carrier tanker
The aerospace manufacturer is currently testing the US Navy’s first ever carrier-based autonomous refuelling aircraft.
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Unmanned aircraft disrupting military order: SOCOM chief
Citing on-going combat in Ukraine, the top general at the US Special Operations Command says commercial drones and military UAVs are upending the battlefield status quo.
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JetBlue Q2 revenue and costs rise, plans to integrate Spirit underway
JetBlue Airways boosted revenue in the second quarter of 2022 and has begun making preparations to swallow its newest prize, ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines.
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Air Canada Q2 revenue surges as it experiences rapid ramp-up
Air Canada slashed its quarterly loss as travel demand soared, and the company experienced “one of the steepest ramp-ups compared to any other airline in the western world”.
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Emirates restarts Stansted flights as it nears 75% of pre-crisis UK capacity
Emirates has resumed flights to London Stansted airport, bringing to three the number London gateways again served by the Middle Eastern carrier. Long an operator into London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports, Emirates added Stansted flights in mid-2018, only for the route to be dropped in March 2020 when the pandemic ...
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Amsterdam Schiphol airport extends capacity cap to October
Amsterdam Schiphol airport has extended passenger capacity restrictions through to October, as it seeks to overcome the staffing challenges that have disrupted operations at the KLM hub. The extension of the cap comes as the airport acknowledges “virtually all parties at the airport are [still] understaffed” – a situation that ...
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British Airways temporarily limits Heathrow short-haul ticket sales
British Airways is limiting sales of tickets for its short-haul flights from London Heathrow Airport for at least one week, citing an earlier request from the hub to restrict new bookings. Heathrow announced in mid-July that it would cap daily departing passenger numbers for the summer peak season at 100,000, ...
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India’s GMR Group signs aircraft engineer training contract with Airbus
Airbus has inked a contract with Indian conglomerate GMR Group for the training of new aircraft engineers.
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Lufthansa Group to explore large sustainable fuel supply pact with Shell
Lufthansa Group has reached a tentative seven-year agreement with energy firm Shell potentially covering provision of sustainable aviation fuel up to the end of the decade. Under the exploratory – and still non-binding – memorandum, Shell would use a broad range of feedstock to produce the fuel. The two sides ...
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Garuda’s Q1 losses narrow as costs decline
Garuda Indonesia narrowed its quarterly losses, as revenue held steady and overall costs declined.
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Rex expands jet fleet, eyes profitability following ‘sterling’ July performance
Australia’s Regional Express is to acquire at least three more jet aircraft by year-end, as the airline discloses “sterling” operational performance in July, the start of the new financial year.
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Boeing to open new sustainability research centre in Nagoya
Boeing has announced that it will open a new research centre in the Japanese industrial city of Nagoya.
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JAL eyes imminent return to profitability as losses continue to narrow
Japan Airlines expects to swing back to the black by the quarter ending 30 September, as passenger travel and cargo segments continue to recover.
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Raytheon wins training deal for RAAF Growlers, Super Hornets
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has signed an almost A$110 million ($77 million) training deal with Raytheon Australia.
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L3Harris and Air Tractor win Armed Overwatch competition for special ops air support
The partnership’s AT-802U SkyWarden prevailed over designs from Textron and Sierra Nevada in the competitive bid to provide reconaissance and close air support to the USA’s special operations troops.
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DynCorp receives $56m contract to maintain Saudi army aircraft
The Texas-based contractor will provide the Royal Saudi Land Forces’ Aviation Command with support and aircraft maintenance services.
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Swiss pilots press for better collective agreement after convincingly rejecting proposal
Swiss crew union Aeropers is seeking rapid amendments to a proposed collective agreement, in order to ensure stability of flight operations over the summer and autumn seasons. Aeropers members have rejected, by over 80%, the latest version of the proposal, after the airline rejected a previous proposal in February. The ...