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NewsFrontier reports lacklustre Q3 results as it struggles in ‘over-saturated’ core markets
Frontier Group Holdings struggled with soft third-quarter demand in its core markets and operational difficulties that company executives attribute to air traffic controller shortages.
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NewsFrontier adopting European ultra-discounter strategies amid ATC-related disruptions
Biffle describes how the Denver ultra-low-cost carrier is shifting its network and capacity strategy partly in response to ongoing operational difficulties it attributes to ATC staffing shortages.
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NewsNorthrop expects B-21 low-rate production contract by year-end
Defence contractor Northrop Grumman says it remains on track to fly the secretive B-21 Raider stealth bomber before the end of 2023, with the US Air Force expected to issue the company a low-rate initial production contract for the type shortly after that milestone.
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NewsSpirit Airlines posts ‘disappointing’ third-quarter results on price weakness
Spirit Airlines lost $158 million in the third quarter of 2023 as the carrier experienced price weakness in its core markets.
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NewsAir Inuit’s 737-800 freighters to be converted by Aeronautical Engineers
Canadian operator Air Inuit has selected US-based Aeronautical Engineers to convert three Boeing 737-800s into freighter configuration. The carrier had disclosed earlier this year that it planned to take three 737-800s to replace older 737-200s. Two of the three aircraft will be converted into a combi configuration. Aeronautical Engineers has ...
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NewsJetBlue urges DOT ’countermeasures’ against KLM over potential Schiphol slot losses
JetBlue Airways recently called on the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to retaliate against Dutch carrier KLM if JetBlue is expelled from Amsterdam’s Schiphol International airport due to capacity cuts.
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NewsJetBlue adds Dublin and Edinburgh to its European palette
JetBlue Airways is adding Dublin and Edinburgh to its palette of European destinations beginning in March.
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In depthBoeing pushing production rates to keep suppliers ‘hot’ despite delivery slowdown
While Boeing will deliver fewer than expected 737s this year due to a quality problem, the company is broadly working to speed up the pace of its entire 737 production system, aiming to hit a 38-monthly rate this year.
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NewsOverair nears assembly of prototype with flight testing on near horizon
After completing ground testing of its propulsion system last year, Southern California’s Overair is focusing on building and flying the production prototype of its ”Butterfly” air taxi.
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NewsNTSB sends team to investigate Houston-Hobby midair collision
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has sent a six-person team to investigate an incident in which two business jets collided on 24 October.
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NewsGulfstream pulls back 2023 delivery forecast and still hopes for G700 approval this year
Gulfstream has become the latest aerospace company to trim its 2023 delivery goals as supply chain troubles prove more difficult to overcome than some industry executives suspected.
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NewsNorthrop begins B-21 taxi testing ahead of first flight
The US Air Force confirms its next-generation stealth bomber is conducting ground taxi activities as part of a testing regimen leading up to the jet’s first flight by year-end.
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NewsPipistrel joins USAF electric aircraft effort
Textron subsidiary Pipistrel joins other electric aircraft manufacturers in the US Air Force’s Agility Prime initiative, which aims to explore potential military applications for battery-powered aviation.
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NewsMichael Whitaker confirmed as administrator of the FAA
The US Senate on 24 October unanimously confirmed Michael Whitaker as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, ending an 18-month period of uncertainty regarding the agency’s long-term leadership.
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NewsFixed-price defence contracts to weigh on Boeing until at least 2025
Led by cost challenges on the VC-25B presidential aircraft programme, Boeing’s defence business lost $924 million in the third quarter of 2023, with top executives warning recovery will not come until as late as 2026.
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NewsArcher’s Midnight air taxi hovers for first time
Archer Aviation’s Midnight aircraft has hovered off the ground, a milestone in the company’s progress toward certification and commercialisation of its air taxi design.
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NewsBoeing trims 737 delivery forecast as it posts $1.6bn third-quarter loss
Boeing has pared back the number of 737s it expects to deliver this year amid a quality issue involving pressure bulkheads, and lost $1.6 billion in the third-quarter of 2023.
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Airline BusinessCaribbean carriers seek collaborations to attract Latin American vacationers
As small Caribbean and Central American airlines struggle with taxation and infrastructure issues that also plague their much larger Latin American peers, the carriers are working on creative ways to boost connectivity and attract an increasingly travel-savvy South American clientele to their part of the hemisphere.
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NewsDefective disks push P&W to $2.5bn third-quarter loss as executives stress recovery plan
RTX executives insist Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has a workable plan to address a defective disk problem that forced it to recall thousands PW1100Gs engines and that pushed the company deep into the red during the third quarter.
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NewsHawaiian Holdings loses $49m amid Q3 engine issues and sagging demand
Hawaiian Holdings reported a second-quarter loss of $48.7 million during the third quarter as the airline company continues to be affected by engine issues and the Maui wildfires.