All North America articles – Page 218
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Airline Business
Airline Business special: CEOs to watch in 2021
As the Covid-19 crisis moves into its second year, we feature some of the airline chiefs whose success or otherwise will be bellwethers of the industry’s recovery in 2021.
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FAA orders emergency PW4000 inspections as airlines ground 777s
The US Federal Aviation Administration is ordering emergency inspections of some Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777-200s in response to a 20 February in-flight uncontained engine failure.
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United 777’s failed PW4000 appears uncontained, forward cowling missing
The 20 February failure of a Boeing 777-200’s Pratt & Whitney PW4077 turbofan was apparently an uncontained failure, with images showing damage similar to a 2018 event.
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United 777 suffers engine failure over Denver
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 suffered an engine failure just minutes after taking off, strewing debris across a Denver neighbourhood.
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Astro Aerospace to acquire eVTOL maker Horizon Aircraft
US autonomous aircraft developer Astro Aerospace has signed an agreement to buy Horizon Aircraft, a Canadian company developing its own electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
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Former Boeing chief Condit joins Boom’s advisory board
Supersonic aircraft maker Boom Supersonic has landed former Boeing chief executive Philip Condit as an advisor.
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Bombardier sells Mexico wiring business to Latecoere
Bombardier has sold its aerospace wiring business in Mexico to French aerospace company Latecoere for $45 million, closing a deal that had been in the works for more than one year.
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US airlines throw support behind voluntary Covid-19 contact tracing
US airlines are joining together to support a comprehensive contact-tracing programme to help fight the spread of the coronavirus.
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United to add Boston-Heathrow route
United Airlines will launch a daily nonstop route from Boston Logan to London Heathrow this year, assuming travel restrictions diminish and demand materialises.
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Airline Business
Boeing 737 Max service return in the Americas gathers pace
Airlines across the Americas are first to test customer appetite for the aircraft in much-changed operating climate
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Atlas reports $495 million profit for 2020
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings generated an operating profit of $495 million for the full year 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic downturn making it the worst year in history for air cargo demand, reversing its fortunes from an operating loss of $461 million in 2019.
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Terrafugia to shut down US operations: reports
US-based flying car manufacturer Terrafugia will reportedly shut down US operations after it pulled the plug on local development of its two-seater Transition aircraft.
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NATO declares initial operating capability for RQ-4D Phoenix fleet
NATO has declared initial operating capability for its fleet of RQ-4D Phoenix unmanned air vehicles.
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NASA’s Mars helicopter ‘Ingenuity’ arrives on the red planet
NASA is preparing to fly the first unmanned robotic rotorcraft on another planet after its latest rover successfully landed on the planet’s surface on 18 February.
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Brazil drops WTO subsidies suit against Canada, calls for negotiations
Brazil has dropped a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in which it alleged that Bombardier, when developing the jet now called that A220, received unfair subsidies from Canadian governments.
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Surf Air Mobility acquires Ampaire
Shared private aviation company Surf Air Mobility is acquiring electric aviation firm Ampaire, calling the latter’s hybrid-electric powertrain technology a “critical component” of Surf Air’s plan to expand in environmentally-friendly regional transportation.
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US Air Force begins retiring group of 17 B-1B bombers
In all, the service plans to retire 17 B-1B supersonic bombers to free maintenance funds and labour for the 45 examples of the aircraft that will remain in the fleet. The reduced fleet should also free up funds for buying the in-development Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber.
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Universal Hydrogen lands former Airbus chief as advisor, secures funding
Alternative fuel developer Universal Hydrogen has formed an advisory panel composed of former top-level Airbus executives, including former chief executive Tom Enders and former chief commercial officer (CCO) John Leahy.
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American and JetBlue unveil first phase of collaboration
American Airlines and JetBlue Airways have unveiled new routes as they begin to consummate their strategic partnership.
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De Havilland clarifies that Dash 8 production will cease in first half of 2021
De Havilland Aircraft confirms its expects to stop producing Dash 8-400s in the first half of 2021.