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Aerial firefighters descend on Los Angeles amid ‘extremely challenging’ conditions
Aerial firefighting companies have rushed aircraft to Southern California to battle a wind-whipped inferno that has burned neighborhoods to the ground and that by some estimates could be the USA’s costliest blaze.
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China Airlines to upgrade A350 with ‘all-new’ cabin products
China Airlines will retrofit its Airbus A350s with “all-new” cabin products, with the first upgraded widebody to enter service in 2027.
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Russian autopilot and autothrust system for SJ-100 nears flight-testing
Russia’s Yakovlev and electronic systems specialist KRET have completed development of the autopilot and autothrust algorithms for the SJ-100 twinjet.

Japanese police receive two H160s

Japan’s National Police Agency has taken delivery of a pair of Airbus Helicopters H160 medium-twins, becoming the type’s first parapublic operator in Japan.

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CHC Helikopter Service wins $500m Aker BP deal in Norway

CHC Helikopter Service is to deploy six helicopters – including three on-order Leonardo AW189s – to support a new offshore contract with Aker BP in Norway.

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Leonardo faces £2bn damages claim for fatal Leicester City AW169 crash

Leonardo is facing a £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion) damages claim from the family of King Power Group founder and chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who was killed alongside four others when his AW169 helicopter crashed in the UK shortly after take-off due to a tail rotor failure.

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Proteus design confirms strong influence from AW09 helicopter

Leonardo Helicopters has finally revealed the design of the unmanned Proteus technology demonstrator it is developing through a £60 million ($75 million) contract for the UK Royal Navy, confirming the strong influence of the AW09 on the platform.

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PAL Express taps HAECO for Airbus narrowbody base maintenance

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Gazpromavia crash: Superjet pilots urged to watch for unreliable angle-of-attack clues

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Ural expects to complete removal of force-landed A320 from field within weeks

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Portuguese MRO firm Mesa to service Global A380 ahead of commercial operations

PAL Express taps HAECO for Airbus narrowbody base maintenance
Gazpromavia crash: Superjet pilots urged to watch for unreliable angle-of-attack clues
Ural expects to complete removal of force-landed A320 from field within weeks
Portuguese MRO firm Mesa to service Global A380 ahead of commercial operations

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AALTO launches milestone first stratospheric Zephyr flight from Kenya
Airbus subsidiary AALTO has launched its first stratospheric flight with a Zephyr air vehicle from a new operating base in Kenya.
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V-tail statistics: Windracers ups payload and performance on Ultra MkII cargo drone
UK developer Windracers will on 20 January begin assembling the first example of its newly revealed Ultra MkII cargo drone ahead of delivery to launch customer Norce around one month later.
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NASA completes first ever aircraft accident investigation on another planet
The US space agency and manufacturer AeroVironment will soon release a detailed review of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s final flight, which came at the end of three years of operations that saw 72 sorties and 2h of flight on the Red Planet.

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Vertical Aerospace raises $90m by issuing 15 million more shares

Vertical Aerospace has closed a deal under which it raised $90 million in proceeds, generating cash needed to help fund continued development of its VX4 electric air taxi.

Wright advances labours on Hercules hybrid with C-130 nacelle fit check for EPU

US advanced propulsion system developer Wright Electric has conducted an initial fit check of its WM2500 electric propulsion unit (EPU) related to its potential installation aboard a Lockheed Martin C-130 tactical transport.

Airbus to close A300-600ST Beluga airline just 14 months after gaining AOC

Airbus has confirmed that it will close its relatively young Airbus Beluga Transport operation, which was intended to cater to demand for outsize cargo carriage.

PAL Express taps HAECO for Airbus narrowbody base maintenance

PAL Express – the sister company of national carrier Philippine Airlines – has signed a base maintenance agreement with HAECO, becoming the MRO provider’s newest customer.

Boeing reports steep Q4 loss, still tracking for first 777-9 delivery in 2026

The company on 23 January disclosed preliminary 2024 financial results, saying its fourth-quarter loss reflects charges of nearly $3 billion against its commercial and defence aircraft programmes.

Supply chain troubles weigh on GE Aerospace’s engine output as progress comes in ‘fits and starts’

Material shortages and other supply chain problems held back GE Aerospace’s engine production last year, with the company delivering 10% fewer CFM International Leap turbofans than it did in 2023.

Germany flies A320 testbed modified to carry Eurofighter’s ECRS Mk1 radar

Germany’s DLR aerospace research centre has completed the first flight of an Airbus A320 adapted to conduct airborne testing of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for Eurofighter operator nations Germany and Spain.

Gazpromavia crash: Superjet pilots urged to watch for unreliable angle-of-attack clues

Crucial to the investigation into the Gazpromavia Superjet 100 crash outside Moscow is whether the pilots could have saved the aircraft after its automatic stall-protection system pushed it into a fatal dive.

Vertical seeks $90 million from latest funding round

Vertical Aerospace has launched a new $90 million funding round, partly tying when investors are able to redeem the warrants on offer to the flight-test progress of its VX4 aircraft.

AALTO launches milestone first stratospheric Zephyr flight from Kenya

Airbus subsidiary AALTO has launched its first stratospheric flight with a Zephyr air vehicle from a new operating base in Kenya.

Ural expects to complete removal of force-landed A320 from field within weeks

Russian carrier Ural Airlines expects all sections of the Airbus A320 which force-landed in a field will be removed by February, nearly one-and-a-half years since the occurrence.

Textron Aviation’s Q4 profit slips amid strike, while Denali certification continues

Textron Aviation’s fourth-quarter 2024 profit sunk by nearly one-half year on year, due largely to a machinists’ strike that halted production and held up aircraft deliveries.

P&W plans new European technology and innovation centre in the Netherlands

Pratt & Whitney is to open a new European research and innovation centre in the Netherlands.

Boeing needs another regulatory exemption prior to 737 Max 7 and 10 certification

Boeing is seeking temporary regulatory exemptions for a stall-management yaw damper (SMYD) system on the 737 Max 7 and Max 10, saying a classification change left it unable to demonstrate that the systems meet airworthiness standards.

Nordic ‘e-fuel’ producer Norsk lands investment from Boeing

Boeing has invested an undisclosed sum in Norwegian fuel developer Norsk e-Fuel as part of an effort to promote increased production and availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Portuguese MRO firm Mesa to service Global A380 ahead of commercial operations

Portuguese maintenance firm Mesa is to carry out the servicing of UK start-up Global Airlines’ first Airbus A380 following its ferry flight to Beja.

Asset transfer slips to end-January as Lilium Aerospace emerges

Lilium’s new owner Mobile Uplift Corporation (MUC) now expects to take ownership of the company’s assets by the end of the month, a slight slippage over a previous 20 January target.

Chinese start-up to explore high-speed, suborbital airliner

A Chinese start-up will conduct research into a “suborbital airliner” powered by a ramrotor detonation engine.

Lufthansa shows off re-assembled L-1649A Starliner ahead of centenary display

Lufthansa Group’s specialist vintage aviation division has unveiled the Lockheed L-1649A airliner which has been undergoing assembly in Hamburg over the last 18 months.

Italy renews aerial firefighting contract with Avinics

Emergency aerial services provider Avincis has been awarded a seven-year contract renewal to operate Italy’s government-owned fleet of 18 De Havilland Canada CL-415 firefighting aircraft.

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