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NewsEmbraer shows images of new hybrid-electric short take-off transport
Brazil’s air force previewed renderings of a proposed Embraer hybrid-electric short take-off military and commercial transport aircraft for the first time on 13 November in a video at a defence seminar.
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NewsLatent flaw missed in Transavia 737 angle-of-attack sensor
French investigators have determined that a Boeing 737-800 experienced two successive unreliable air data incidents, after an overnight technical check failed to uncover a latent flaw in its angle-of-attack sensor. The Transavia aircraft (F-GZHO) had been ferried from Norwich to Paris Orly on 7 February 2018, after undergoing maintenance, but ...
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NewsAzul expects year-end leisure passenger revenue to exceed 2019
Brazil’s Azul expects domestic leisure passenger revenue to exceed last year’s figures in the coming weeks as the airline prepares for a strong summer travel season in the Southern Hemisphere.
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NewsHeathrow airport workers vote for December strikes
Thousands of workers at London Heathrow airport have voted to take strike action in December over the operator’s proposals to cut costs amid the coronavirus downturn.
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NewsFrench aerospace investment fund poised for further deals
Ace Aero Partenaires, the public-private investment fund backed by the top four companies in the French aerospace industry, hopes to conclude its next set of deals in the coming months, with the aim of hitting “cruise speed” by mid-2021.
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NewsEuropean airlines have hit lowest point: HSBC
European airlines can expect improving prospects towards the end of this year and next, bank HSBC has predicted, citing the progress being made on airport testing and vaccines.
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NewsTravel bubbles a ‘big step in right direction’: AAPA chief
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) sees the establishment of travel bubble arrangements — such as the recently-announced example between Singapore and Hong Kong — as a “big step in the right direction” to restarting cross-border travel amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsKrasAvia introduces ex-Swedish ATR 72s as it awaits Il-114-300s
Russian carrier KrasAvia has started introducing ATR 72-500s to replace older Soviet types, as it awaits the arrival of new Ilyushin Il-114-300s. Krasnoyarsk-based KrasAvia has taken two ATRs, the latest arriving at its Krasnoyarsk base on 14 November. It says the aircraft have been acquired with the support of the ...
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NewsStobart Group still plans airline exit despite Aer Lingus franchise setback
Stobart Group still intends to divest its regional operator Stobart Air by the end of the financial year, despite Irish carrier Aer Lingus’s deciding not to renew a franchise agreement with the company. Aer Lingus has been using Stobart Air for regional connections for several years and Stobart Group had ...
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NewsEtihad becomes latest carrier to schedule UAE-Israel flights
United Arab Emirates carrier Etihad Airways is to open full services between Abu Dhabi and the main Israeli hub at Tel Aviv, from the end of the winter season. Etihad Airways will serve the Tel Aviv route daily, and year-round, from 28 March next year. Its reservations system indicates it ...
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NewsQantas celebrates centenary in shadow of pandemic, quietly hopeful about future
Qantas chief Alan Joyce has expressed optimism about the carrier’s prospects of its ultra-long-haul Project Sunrise, stating that the “business case for that is going to be even better” once the gloom surrounding the coronavirus crisis lifts.
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NewsKorean Air to take over rival Asiana
In a major shake-up of the country’s airline industry, the owner of South Korea’s flag carrier Korean Air has announced a W1.8 trillion ($1.62 billion) takeover bid for embattled rival Asiana Airlines.
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NewsAlliance Aviation acquires Toll Group MRO unit
Australia’s Alliance Aviation will acquire transportation and logistics giant Toll Group’s MRO unit, in what it calls a deal of “great strategic value”.
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NewsCroatia Airlines to shore up liquidity with Kn350m government injection
Croatia Airlines is to hold an extraordinary general assembly to approve a recapitalisation scheme which involves raising Kn350 million ($54.7 million) through a share issue. Under the proposal, to be discussed at the 14 December assembly, the share capital of the airline would increase from Kn277.8 million to Kn627.8 million. ...
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NewsCathay’s ‘very difficult’ October sees first traffic decline in months
Cathay Pacific cut capacity in October — the first time in nearly half a year — as it saw passenger load factor for the month plummet to its lowest since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsUS Navy orders second batch of TH-73A training helicopters from Leonardo
The US Navy has awarded Leonardo a $171 million firm-fixed price contract for 36 more examples of the TH-73A trainer helicopter.
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NewsHawaiian Airlines’ frequent travellers can redeem miles for Covid test
Hawaiian Airlines says that frequent fliers can redeem air miles to pay for a coronavirus test that would allow them to bypass the state’s 14-day mandatory quarantine.
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NewsAvianca slides to $156 million third-quarter operating loss
Avianca Holdings has posted an operating loss of $156 million for the three months ended 30 September.
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NewsDARPA awards contracts for teaming manned and autonomous aircraft in aerial dogfighting
Several months after an artificially intelligent software program beat an experienced fighter pilot in a simulated aerial dogfight, DARPA is moving onto the next phase of its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program: teaching autonomous programs to team with human pilots in combat.
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NewsSikorsky plans to autonomously fly multiple UH-60 Black Hawks in formation in 2021
Landing multiple helicopters in a small landing zone – especially an area hidden in a cloud of dust and criss-crossed with enemy gun fire – is one of the more complicated and dangerous manoeuvres US Army pilots must be able to perform. Now, DARPA wants to see if a computer can do it for them.