All Air Transport articles – Page 97
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In depthEmbraer downplays large narrowbody ambitions in favour of C-390 and E2 platforms
Brazilian airframer maintains it is focused on selling and improving the products it has already developed and further studying conceptual 50-seat aircraft powered by next-generation propulsion systems under its Energia project.
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NewsGo-around flap jam resulted in diverted 737’s landing below minimum fuel threshold
Danish investigators have determined that the additional fuel consumption arising from stuck flaps resulted in a diverted Boeing 737-800’s landing at Copenhagen with less than the required minimum fuel reserve.
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NewsFedEx Express ‘permanently’ retires 22 Boeing 757s amid softening demand
FedEx retired 22 of its Boeing 757-200s during its fiscal fourth quarter as part of an ongoing fleet modernisation plan.
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NewsMagnix introduces ‘breakthrough’ Samson battery line for electric aircraft
US electric propulsion developer Magnix is rolling out a new line of high-performance batteries known as Samson, promising “industry-leading energy density” to support the fledgling electric aviation industry.
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NewsLeonardo to pause Boeing 787 fuselage work at Grottaglie site
Leonardo is to halt production of composite centre fuselage barrels for the Boeing 787 at its Grottaglie site in southern Italy for four months as it wrestles to align production with lower short-term demand.
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NewsEASA defers runway-overrun system deadline as supply chain struggles
Commercial aircraft manufacturers are set to be granted a further 18 months to meet a European requirement to fit runway-overrun protection systems during production of newly-built aircraft.
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NewsRoyal Air Maroc chartering several aircraft to hike summer capacity
Royal Air Maroc is reinforcing its capacity for the summer season with plans to charter seven aircraft from international operators. The Oneworld member carrier says it will offer around 5% more seats, across a network of over 90 destinations, compared with last year. Chief executive Abdelhamid Addou says the airline ...
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NewsAzerbaijan Airlines to lease two more A320neos
Azerbaijan Airlines is to receive another pair of Airbus A320neo twinjets next year through a lease agreement.
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NewsNorse Atlantic talks with potential strategic investor end without deal
Scandinavian long-haul carrier Norse Atlantic Airways has ended talks with a potential strategic investor, without reaching an agreement.
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InterviewAero’s semi-private jet service lands between charter and first-class air travel
Aero occupies airspace somewhere between commercial and private flights. More specifically, it offers air travellers a hybrid of first-class flying and chartering an aircraft.
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NewsBoeing close to finalising acquisition terms with Spirit: reports
Last month, Boeing’s chief financial officer said by mid-year the airframer might finalise a deal under which it would acquire its struggling supplier Spirit AeroSystems.
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NewsEASA formally recommends enabling operation of ACAS Xa collision-avoidance system
Europe’s air transport regulator is formally recommending adoption of rules enabling aircraft to use the latest collision-avoidance technology within the continent’s airspace.
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NewsCourt rules ‘hidden’ defect in newly-introduced A350 relieved Finnair of compensation obligation
Finnair has successfully argued, in a long-running legal case, that it does not have to pay compensation over a flight cancelled after a previously-unknown technical fault was discovered in one of the carrier’s then-new Airbus A350s. The case centred on cancellation of a Helsinki-Bangkok flight on 25 March 2016, after ...
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NewsLufthansa-backed SAF producer Synhelion opens first solar fuels plant in Germany
Lufthansa Group-backed solar fuels start-up Synhelion inaugurated its first industrial-scale plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat.
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NewsCuracao’s JetAir ceases operations with bankruptcy filing
Caribbean airline JetAir has grounded its aircraft and cancelled all flights after its parent companies entered bankruptcy protection in a Curacao court.
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NewsJoby gains FAA nod to deploy software for planned large-scale air taxi network
Air taxi start-up Joby Aviation has gained regulatory clearance to deploy a suite of in-house software products designed to manage future air taxi operations and to enable the type of high-frequency, on-demand flights the company envisions.
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NewsSouthwest ‘Dutch roll’ not caused by 737 production or design: Boeing chief engineer
Boeing’s top engineer insists the 25 May incident involving a Southwest Airlines 737 Max 8 which experienced ‘Dutch Roll’ was due to factors specific to the aircraft involved rather than the jet’s design or to its production system.
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NewsNTSB investigates another runway close call at JFK
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating another runway incursion, this one involving a Swiss Airbus A330 and four other jets at New York’s John F Kennedy International airport on 17 April.
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NewsCroatia Airlines shows off modified colour scheme on first A220
Croatia Airlines has shown off its initial Airbus A220-300, which has been undergoing painting at the Montreal manufacturing facility. The twinjet (9A-CAE), powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engines, is the first of up to 15 A220s the flag-carrier plans to introduce, as it shifts to having a single-type fleet. ...
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NewsGE rolls out X-ray method to identify defects in metal engine parts
GE Aerospace will soon introduce new X-ray technology intended to help technicians better identify anomalies in metallic parts and allow airlines to keep some components in service longer.