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NewsCanada Jetlines exploring potential partnership with Qatar Airways
Start-up leisure specialist Canada Jetlines is exploring a potential partnership with Qatar Airways that could include non-stop flights between Toronto and Qatar’s capital city of Doha.
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NewsAvianca to launch routes from Boston and Orlando to El Salvador
Colombia’s Avianca will launch flights from Boston and Orlando to San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, bginning in June.
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NewsUS Army advances five rapid prototype developers for RQ-7B replacement
Following a competitive evaluation by the US Army, AeroVironment, Griffon Aerospace, Textron, Sierra Nevada and Northrop Grumman have all received funding to support rapid prototyping of a replacement for the service’s RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle.
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AnalysisWhy Western air forces are taking fresh aim at their ‘carbon problem’
The defence world is fast waking up to the profound influence climate change will have on warfare. How will this impact play out and can the sector manage its greenhouse gas emissions?
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NewsUS releases video footage of Russian Su-27 colliding with Reaper over Black Sea
The US military has released video footage of a Black Sea incident during which a Russian air force Sukhoi Su-27 repeatedly harassed a US Air Force (USAF) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper, culminating in a collision which resulted in the remotely piloted air vehicle’s loss.
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NewsBoeing sees shift in delivery finance mix as air transport market recovers
Boeing is expecting expanding use of export credit and debt to finance aircraft deliveries, as it predicts that recovering production and travel will drive the need for financing almost back to pre-crisis levels this year. It is forecasting industry delivery funding, covering the main commercial aircraft types, at $94 billion ...
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NewsFlair sues lessor Airborne over ‘unlawful’ aircraft repossessions
Flair Airlines has taken lessor Airborne Capital to court over what it alleges were “unlawful and immeasurably destructive actions” relating to the repossession of four aircraft, as the airline stresses that it is “here to stay” despite the operational snags.
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NewsAir Canada pilots’ union to vote on combining with ALPA
The union representing more than 4,500 Air Canada pilots has reached an agreement in principal that would allow a combination with the much larger labour group, Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA).
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NewsAvelo Airlines adding second 737NG to new base in Raleigh-Durham
Start-up discount carrier Avelo Airlines plans to add a second Boeing 737NG to its new operational base at Raleigh-Durham International airport in North Carolina.
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NewsUS regulators approve deal to take Atlas Air private
US cargo carrier Atlas Air has received regulatory approval to be acquired by an investor group led by Apollo Global Management, which would de-list Atlas from the Nasdaq stock exchange.
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NewsPacific Propeller wins ‘urgent’ overhaul work for USAF’s C-130H fleet
Washington state-based MRO provider Pacific Propeller International has received what it describes as an “urgent contract” from the US Air Force to replace propeller barrels on the service’s fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130H transports still equipped with a legacy propulsion system.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: March 2023 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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NewsPentagon and Lockheed resume F-35 deliveries following engine fix
The US military is accepting new deliveries of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters for the first time since December, when a previously unidentified engine issue caused the crash of an F-35B undergoing certification at the company’s assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas.
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NewsUS regional carrier Envoy Air expects six more Embraer 175s
American Airlines Group is assigning six more Embraer 175s to subsidiary US regional airline Envoy Air.
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NewsBeta to develop conventional electric aircraft amid eVTOL regulatory, infrastructure hurdles
Electric aircraft company Beta Technologies has shifted to pursue certification of a conventional fixed-wing electric aircraft – while still developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. The US company has for years been flight testing a conventional fixed-wing electric aircraft as part of its eVTOL programme, which ...
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NewsDOT challenge to Spirit acquisition ‘unprecedented’: JetBlue chief executive
JetBlue’s chief executive Robin Hayes called the US Department of Transportation’s decision to get involved in its proposed acquisition of discount carrier Spirit Airlines “unprecedented”.
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NewsBoeing’s orders and deliveries slowed in February
Boeing’s commercial aircraft orders and deliveries slowed in February following a strong start to the year the previous month.
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NewsSouthwest now expecting 10 fewer Boeing aircraft deliveries in 2023
Bob Jordan, chief executive of Southwest Airlines, reveals that the company is now anticipating 10 fewer aircraft deliveries this year than previously disclosed.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Index shows global revenue surging above pre-Covid levels
The latest Airline Business Index shows the global airline industry’s revenue soared above 2019 levels in the final quarter of 2022, as the sector edged closer to its pre-Covid size.
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NewsAir Greenland’s retired A330-200 ferried to Arizona for spares supply
Air Greenland’s long-serving Airbus A330-200, one of the first of the variant to be delivered, has left the fleet and been flown to Arizona for parts supply. The aircraft – which carried out its final scheduled service on 16 February – conducted a ferry flight from Copenhagen to the US ...