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Starlux takes first A330neo; service entry expected by mid-year
Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines is due to take delivery of its first widebody, an Airbus A330neo which will operate flights within the Asia-Pacific region by the middle of the year.
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A330-800 nears certification at highest maximum take-off weight
Airbus is close to obtaining formal certification of the highest-weight version of the A330-800, after wrapping up flight-testing of the smaller A330neo variant. The 251t maximum take-off weight version of the twinjet is likely to receive formal European Union Aviation Safety Agency approval around April, FlightGlobal understands. Airbus had indicated, ...
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SIA Engineering unveils Leap engine MRO facility
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) has opened a S$9 million ($6.7 million) engine MRO facility in Singapore, which will service CFM International’s Leap engines.
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Bamboo Airways warms up to 777X, eyes international ramp-up
Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways has “expressed interest” in possibly ordering the Boeing 777X, as it eyes expanding its long-haul international network to 40 destinations by year-end.
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NTSB investigates crash of Joby prototype
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the crash of an experimental aircraft belonging to air taxi developer Joby Aviation.
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Alaska Airlines launches flight subscription plans
Alaska Airlines has launched a flight subscription service which will allow members up to 24 flights per year across three states in the western USA for a flat rate.
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Cathay traffic hits new low in new year, as Hong Kong tightens grip on pandemic
Cathay Pacific saw its passenger traffic plunge to a new low in a “difficult” January, as Hong Kong tightened restrictions to stamp out an insurgent wave of Omicron infections.
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Atlas posts Q4 profit as demand remains high
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, the parent of Atlas Air, reported a healthy profit for the fourth quarter of 2021 which it attributes to high demand, increased aircraft utilisation, lower maintenance costs and new and extended long-term customer contracts.
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Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant demos single-engine, sling-load and slalom flight
The Sikorsky-Boeing team behind the SB-1 Defiant demonstrator is pressing on with additional flight tests, five months after submitting to the US Army a proposal for the Future Long Range Air Assault programme.
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Struggling Trujet in final stage talks over $25m investment
Indian regional carrier Trujet is hoping to finalise talks in the coming days over a $25 million investment aimed at enabling it to restore flights.
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Cebu Pacific sees short-haul gains from high-density A330neos
Cebu Pacific will take delivery of three more Airbus A330neos this year — taking its current fleet to five examples — and the remaining 11 jets will follow over the next four years.
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United orders 25 Cirrus SR20s for pilot training
United Airlines’ pilot-training business has ordered 25 Cirrus TRAC SR20s and taken options to purchase a further 50, part of an effort by United to significantly ramp pilot training.
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Paris airports operator sees group traffic at 70-80% of pre-crisis levels this year
Paris airports operator Groupe ADP expects passenger numbers across its network to be between 70% and 80% of the 2019 levels this year and to recover to pre-crisis highs between 2023 and 2024.
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Airbus expects new German aerostructures operation to start up in July
Airbus has reached a preliminary understanding to establish a new aerostructures company in Germany, which will begin operating on 1 July. The airframer says some of the aerostructures assembly of fuselages – distributed across various areas of the company and its subsidiaries – will be integrated as a core activity. ...
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FAA chief Steve Dickson to step down on 31 March
Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson will leave the agency effective 31 March, roughly halfway into what was to be a five-year term.
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Air France-KLM could participate in Italian consolidation as it eyes Milan Linate growth
Air France-KLM has not ruled out participating in consolidation in the Italian market, despite conditions relating to the company’s Covid-19 state aid putting a block on acquisition moves.
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KLM chief relaxed on challenges posed by switch from Boeing to Airbus narrowbodies
KLM has time to prepare for the introduction of Airbus narrowbodies into its fleet, chief executive Pieter Elbers said today, and will take learning points from other carriers who have been through similar transitions.
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Freeing Qatar A321neo slots is ‘not self-serving’: Airbus chief
Airbus insists it is not taking a self-serving approach to the cancellation of aircraft orders for Qatar Airways, and that it remains interested in reaching a mutually-acceptable settlement in its dispute with the flag-carrier. The two sides have been engaged in a highly-public spat over fuselage skin-paint deterioration on several ...
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Air France-KLM saw long-haul recovery continue in December despite Omicron
Demand for long-haul travel continued to improve through to the end of 2021, according to Air France-KLM, even as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 prompted the introduction of further travel restrictions.
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ANA signs digital services agreements with GE, Boeing
Japan’s All Nippon Airways has tapped GE Aviation’s digital services for fuel management and has extended a Boeing digital toolbox contract for another five years.