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New footage details Ukrainian F-16 pilot training in Denmark
Video footage has been released showing pilot training activities being provided to Ukrainian air force personnel using Lockheed Martin F-16s, just months before Kyiv is expected to begin operating the western fighter.
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SecInt Group details expansion plan on back of Polish acquisition
Uncrewed systems and surveillance specialist SecInt Group is promising to introduce a range of new and upgraded products as it builds on the recent acquisition of Polish aircraft manufacturer Marganski & Myslowski Aviation (MMA).
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Cargolux’s full-year figures illustrate return of cyclical freight activity
Freight specialist Cargolux Group achieved a full-year net profit of $286 million, but the figure is substantially down on the previous level of $1.6 billion. Cargolux generated revenues of $2.97 billion for 2023, over 40% lower than its 2022 performance. The carrier says the figures show the “cyclical nature” of ...
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Aeroflot claims lowest first-quarter net loss in five years
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot has turned in a first-quarter net loss of Rb6.9 billion ($75.3 million), but states that this is its lowest loss for the period in five years. It says the result – under Russian accounting standards – illustrates a “trend of progressive improvement”. Aeroflot says it achieved the ...
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Scandinavia’s Frost Air obtains own air operator’s certificate
Scandinavian ad hoc and sub-charter carrier Frost Air has been granted an air operator’s certificate from Danish regulators.
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Initial A380 for UK start-up Global arrives in Scotland for return-to-service work
UK start-up Global Airlines’ first Airbus A380 has arrived in Scotland ahead of undergoing maintenance and an interior refurbishment before being put into service. The ex-China Southern Airlines aircraft departed its storage location at Mojave on 30 April, for a 17h journey to Glasgow Prestwick via a refuelling stop at ...
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IATA’s Walsh blasts Germany for ‘unhealthy obsession’ with aviation taxes
IATA has blasted the German government for a rise in aviation taxes that went into effect on 1 May.
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German navy maintainers get ready for P-8A Poseidon introduction
The first technicians tasked with supporting the German navy’s future fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft are mid-way through a course being delivered via Lufthansa Technical Training.
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Prototype ‘Russified’ SJ-100 flown to Zhukovsky for flight-test campaign
United Aircraft has transferred the prototype import-substituted Yakovlev SJ-100 to Moscow’s Gromov institute for flight certification testing. The twinjet flew from the assembly plant at Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Moscow Zhukovsky airport, with an intermediate stop in Novosibirsk. United Aircraft says factory development testing has been completed. Although the aircraft is designed ...
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New owner of VIP 787 plays down prospects of imminent part-out
UK-headquartered parts specialist AJW Group insists it has no immediate plans to tear down a recently acquired Boeing 787-9 in order to salvage its components.
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Minimum quantity sought through New Medium Helicopter tender falls further, sources indicate
The UK could buy as few as 23 aircraft through its New Medium Helicopter (NMH) contest, FlightGlobal can reveal – a dramatic reduction on the up to 44 units originally envisaged for the programme and a total that exactly matches the size of one of the four fleets the platform was meant to replace.
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TrueNoord acquires another batch of regional aircraft from Nordic Aviation Capital
Lessor TrueNoord has taken over a batch of eight aircraft from Nordic Aviation Capital, its third such transaction with the company. TrueNoord says it has completed the acquisition agreement for seven Embraer 190s and a single De Havilland Dash 8-400. The transaction means it has committed to purchasing a total ...
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Elysian unveils advisory board drawn from across the ‘aviation ecosystem’
Dutch start-up Elysian Aircraft – which hopes to develop a battery-powered 90-seat airliner called the E9X – has added a swathe of senior executives to its advisory board.
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Lufthansa takes actions as it counts cost of strikes and new pay deals
While Lufthansa Group put much of the focus on strike disruption for the trebling of first quarter losses and a reduced profit outlook for the year, it is almost mindful of the cost implications related to the new pay deals it took to end the disputes.
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Air France-KLM looks past tricky first quarter towards ‘promising’ summer
Air France-KLM’s latest earnings release essentially left the group in a holding pattern for the coming year in financial terms, with executives expecting better times in the subsequent nine months after tricky operating conditions and one-off costs dented its early 2024 performance.
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Russian regulator tells carriers to consider cabin-heat risk in warm climates
Russian regulators are instructing carriers to take steps to avoid cabin discomfort when operating to destinations in warm climates, after an incident involving an Aeroflot Airbus A330-300 in Bangkok.
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Twenty airlines told to amend sustainability claims in EU ‘greenwashing’ crackdown
Twenty airlines have been told by the European Commission to bring their practices into line with European consumer law, after concerns that they are making misleading claims over sustainability. The notification to the carriers – which have not been identified – follows a multinational examination of claims that carbon dioxide ...
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Lufthansa sees revised capacity outlook in line with risk of delivery delays
Lufthansa Group believes it has already factored in the impact of aircraft delivery delays this year after scaling back its capacity growth aspirations.
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Spohr hopeful of ITA acquisition approval this summer
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr is optimistic it can secure approval for its planned acquisition of Italian carrier ITA Airways this summer amid what he describes as “constructive” talks with European competition regulators.
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Play finance chief steps down after steering IcKr4.6bn capital raise
Icelandic budget carrier Play’s chief of finance, Olafur Thor Johannesson, is stepping down from his position, resigning just a few weeks after the departure of chief executive Birgir Jonsson Johannesson will stay in the role until a successor is appointed. New chief executive Einar Orn Olafsson says Johannesson has been ...