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Dana MD-82 skids off Lagos runway during storm rain
Nigerian investigators have initiated a safety probe after a Dana Air Boeing MD-82 suffered a runway excursion while landing at Lagos. The aircraft (5N-BKI) had been arriving from the capital, Abuja, on 23 April. According to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, the aircraft was observed by air traffic control to ...
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Finnair scales back full-year guidance after strike-hit first quarter loss
Finnair has slightly scaled back its full-year revenue and capacity expectations for 2024 after posting a first-quarter comparable operating loss of €11.6 million ($12.4 million) for the first three months of the year.
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Volaris remains ‘sceptical’ of Pratt & Whitney progress on GTF engines, says CEO
Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris is facing an uphill battle in 2024 as it deals with a capacity shortfall caused by a substantial part of its Pratt & Whitney-powered narrowbody fleet being out of service for much of the year.
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F-35 deliveries set for third-quarter resumption in interim ‘combat training’ standard, Lockheed says
Lockheed Martin is confident that it will be able to resume deliveries of its F-35 stealth fighter in the third quarter of this year, with the US Department of Defense to begin by taking updated aircraft in an interim “combat training-capable” standard.
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Beta transitions eVTOL from hover to forward flight and back
In a major milestone for electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies, the start-up has successfully transitioned a full-scale prototype of the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) variant of its Alia aircraft from hover to wing-borne forward flight – and back to hover.
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Uncertain fate awaits VIP Dreamliner, as nine-year-old 787 is readied for storage in UK
Uncertainty surrounds the future of a Boeing 787-9 that has arrived for storage in the UK having sat for almost a decade at Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg airport following its delivery.
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Lufthansa City Airlines to debut on 26 June with Munich-Birmingham link
New Lufthansa Group operator, Lufthansa City Airlines, will begin ticket sales tomorrow ahead of its operational launch on 26 June.
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Thai cargo start-up Pattaya takes delivery of initial ATR freighter
Thai start-up regional carrier Pattaya Airways has taken delivery of its first aircraft, an ATR 72-500 freighter.
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Mental ill-health focus in aviation should address prevention not just support: working group
Although support for personnel dealing with mental health difficulties has increased in the aviation industry, there is an urgent need to draw attention to the issue of prevention, according to a human factors working group at the Royal Aeronautical Society. Mental health among pilots became a high-profile matter after the ...
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Volaris squeezes out $33m first-quarter profit despite capacity cut due to GTF groundings
Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris has disclosed a first-quarter profit of $33 million – its first since 2019 – as the company kept a sharp eye on costs and despite the hit to capacity caused by the enforced grounding of Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF)-powered aircraft.
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Ten killed in Malaysian helicopter collision during display practice
A collision between two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters has resulted in the death of 10 crew.
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Asia-Pacific carriers strengthen codeshares, Auckland’s China network grows
Star Alliance partners Air India and All Nippon Airways have entered a codeshare agreement covering the two carriers’ networks.
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ST Engineering’s wing-in-ground AirFish to begin sea trials in Singapore in Q3
ST Engineering’s in-development AirFish 8 wing-in-ground craft will begin trials in the third quarter of this year, paving the way for eventual service entry in 2025.
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Ukraine aims for transfer of stranded An-124
Ukraine is planning to “confiscate” a Volga-Dnepr-owned Antonov An-124 aircraft that has been grounded at Canada’s Toronto Pearson Airport since the start of the war in the country.
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Harbour Air plans to buy 50 Magnix propulsion systems for envisioned all-electric fleet
Canadian seaplane operator Harbour Air has signalled its intention to purchase 50 electric propulsion systems from US developer Magnix, a move supporting the airline’s goal of creating a fleet of all-electric De Havilland Canada aircraft.
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NASA prepares to retire DC-8 airborne laboratory
Described by the American space agency as the “largest flying science laboratory in the world”, the modified DC-8 airliner was in service with NASA for 37 years, supporting a wide range of scientific missions with a configurable sensor package.
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JetBlue continues C-suite overhaul with Daniel Shurz leading revenue and network planning
US carrier JetBlue Airways continues building a new management team under the helm of recently installed chief executive Joanna Geraghty.
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Textron Aviation Defense and Leonardo tout M-346 as ‘low-drama’ solution for US Navy UJTS bid
Textron Aviation Defense and partner Leonardo believe their offer of the latter’s M-346 Master and integrated training system will offer the US Navy a proven, low-risk solution as the service gears up to replace its aged fleet of Boeing T-45 Goshawk jet trainers.
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Robin Hayes to succeed Jeffrey Knittel as Airbus Americas CEO
Former JetBlue Airways chief executive Robin Hayes will succeed Jeffrey Knittel as chairman and chief executive of Airbus Americas, effective 3 June.
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Embraer increases maximum take-off weight of E195-E2
Embraer has quietly upped the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of the E195-E2 by 500kg (1,100lb) as part of a planned series of performance improvements for the E2 family.