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WestJet returns to profit, nears Onex acquisition
WestJet returned to a second-quarter profit this year, while also moving one step closer to being acquired by private equity firm Onex by the end of 2019..
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NewsRETROSPECTIVE: How the press missed the Comet’s maiden flight
It’s an extraordinary fact that the maiden flight 60 years ago this month of the pioneering de Havilland Comet was an event missed by the British aviation press, because they’d all headed back to their London offices.
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Boeing needs to 'get its [act] together': Ryanair chief
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has expressed concern about slips in the timeframe for the Boeing 737 Max’s expected return to service.
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Scoot to take 16 new A321neos
Singapore Airlines’ budget unit Scoot is to take delivery of 16 new Airbus A321neos in the last quarter of 2020.
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NewsStart-up Air Antwerp receives Fokker 50
Start-up carrier Air Antwerp has received its first aircraft, a Fokker 50, painted in the operator’s colour scheme.
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NewsAer Lingus takes first A321LR
Aer Lingus has received its first Airbus A321LR, one of eight of the long-range twinjet type being delivered to the IAG-owned operator.
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NewsRegulators lift Airvan 8 grounding
Regulators have lifted a temporary grounding of the Mahindra Aerospace Airvan 8, after new information into the fatal crash of an aircraft (SE-MES) in Sweden on 14 July found the type is not unsafe to operate.
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NewsA220 embarks on six-stop Asian tour
The Airbus A220 test aircraft will be making its way to six points in Asia as part of a demonstration tour.
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Hainan Airlines warned for busting guarantees limit
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has issued Hainan Airlines a warning about the level of guarantees it provided to subsidiaries in 2018.
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SIAEC's first quarter profit up 74%
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) posted a dramatic increase in its operating profit in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, with a 74% jump to S$17.7 million ($12.9 million).
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Restated accounts show Garuda loss widened in 2018
Garuda Indonesia has restated its 2018 financial results, which now show that it made a full year operating loss of $139 million, instead of the $101 million operating profit disclosed in April.
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Alliance gains two year extension to BHP Iron Ore contract
Alliance Airlines will continue to provide fly in, fly out charter services from Perth to BHP’s Coondewanna and Barimunya mines for two more years.
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First AH-64E Apaches arrive in India
The Indian Air Force will receive its full complement of 22 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters by 2020, as its first four examples arrive at Hindan Air Force Station.
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Southwest outlines latest Max return-to-service plan
Southwest Airlines executives used much of the company’s second quarter earnings call to outline how the Boeing 737 Max grounding has affected its operations, finances and fleet plan.
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NewsCape Air team inspects two P2012 Travellers ahead of deliveries
Cape Air has edged closer to receiving its first Tecnam P2012 Travellers, with airline staff having recently inspected the first two of those aircraft at Tecnam’s headquarters in Capua, Italy.
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Genghis Khan Airlines launches operations
Chinese start-up carrier Genghis Khan Airlines has launched operations with the Comac ARJ21.
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OpinionAviation faces increasingly uncertain outlook
Glass-half-empty people generally do not run airlines; as the old saying goes, the industry has never made money. Like most old sayings, that one is not strictly true – but it is fair to note that “airlines” and “troubled” often go together.
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NewsAmbitious EcoPulse project must overcome significant hurdles
An all-French bid to devise a technical path to hybrid-powered flight highlights one of the most daunting challenges facing engineers looking to enlist electric propulsion in the battle against noise and emissions: the high voltages required by such systems.
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OpinionMax costs keep rising but airlines have few options
For months, Boeing has framed its 737 Max issues as a temporary, though unfortunate, setback to an aircraft programme that will surely rise again.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: L3Harris raises training game at new Gatwick centre
The new L3Harris, with its combined revenues of around $17 billion, may tower over CAE in terms of size, but in the reasonably new area of pilot training for the US defence systems giant it comes in a far second to the Canadian market leader. However, the company’s impressive London ...