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NewsJazeera turns in strong full-year financial results
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways has turned in a strong full-year performance with a net profit of over KD20 million ($65 million). It states that it built on a “quick return” to profitability in the second half of 2021, and points out that its financial results have exceeded pre-crisis figures. ...
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Yeti ATR 72 crash inquiry examines feathering of both propellers
Investigators are trying to understand why the propellers of both engines on a Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 transitioned to the feather position before the turboprop crashed during its approach to Pokhara. The aircraft, arriving from Kathmandu, had been conducting an approach from the west to runway 12 on 15 January, ...
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KLM and Swiss latest European carriers to restore China services
Dutch carrier KLM is to restore services to Beijing and increase frequencies to Shanghai this summer, while Swiss International Air Lines will resume passenger flights to the latter Chinese city.
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ZeroAvia plans commercial flights from Rotterdam by 2025
Advanced powertrain developer ZeroAvia is promising to launch commercial passenger flights of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft from Rotterdam The Hague airport in the Netherlands by 2025.
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Asia-Pacific aviation panel looks to bright 2023
A full-scale recovery is well underway in the Asia-Pacific airline market, according to an industry panel based in the region.
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ATSB gears up to investigate crashed Coulson 737 firefighter
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has laid out its next steps for investigating the 6 February crash of Boeing 737-300 firefighting aircraft.
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MHI shuts down SpaceJet regional aircraft programme
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has formally terminated the SpaceJet regional jet programme, citing challenges standing in the way of service entry.
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MiG-29K, LCA Navy conduct first flights from INS Vikrant
The RAC Mig-29K and Hindustan Aeronautics LCA Navy fighters have conducted the first flights to and from India’s new aircraft carrier, INS Vikra
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Southeast Asia ramp-up boosts South Korea’s January international arrivals
South Korea has recovered up to 58% of international passenger volume, led by a “significant” ramp-up of traffic to and from Southeast Asia following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions.
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MHI appears poised to terminate SpaceJet
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is reportedly poised to terminate its SpaceJet regional aircraft programme, having a placed the programme on “temporary pause” in 2020.
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Spirit Airlines loses $271m in Q4, searches for ‘sustained profitability’
Spirit Airlines is still searching for “sustained profitability” after losing $271 million during the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with a $87 million loss during the same three months of 2021.
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V-22s grounded over continued problems with hard clutch engagement
After the US Air Force and US Marine Corps failed to previously address the problem, the joint office overseeing the US military’s fleet of Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotors recommended a flight restriction on the problem-plagued craft over continued issues with hard clutch engagement.
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FAA plans to fine Unted $1.15m for missed safety checks between 2018 and 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to fine United Airlines $1.15 million after the carrier missed certain pre-flight checks pertaining to a fire warning system on its Boeing 777s during an almost three-year period –flying those aircraft in an ”unairworthy condition”.
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NTSB chair to warn lawmakers of potential for ‘catastrophic’ runway accident
The warning from NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy will come during a House hearing three days after what appears to have been an incredibly dangerous runway incursion event involving Southwest Airlines and FedEx jets at Austin.
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FAA approves US cargo operations for GlobalX
US carrier Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin cargo operations with its Airbus A321F aircraft.
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Not just a helicopter company: Bell makes a play for the future of vertical lift
The Textron subsidiary, which rose to 20th century prominence as the maker of the Vietnam-era UH-1 Huey and over a dozen commercial helicopter types, is envisioning a new future for itself pioneering the next era of vertical flight.
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Global air freight demand dropped below pre-Covid levels in 2022
Demand for air freight dropped below 2019 levels last year, as the sector experienced a comedown from the highs recorded in 2021 but still benefited from strong yields.
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Inquiry opens into firefighting 737 accident in southwest Australia
Australian investigators have opened an inquiry into an accident involving a Boeing 737 firefighting aircraft near Ravensthorpe in the southwest of the country.
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Phenom 100 destroyed in hard landing after crew’s de-icing dilemma
French investigators have determined that an Embraer Phenom 100 was destroyed in a hard landing after its crew persisted with an approach to Paris Le Bourget in icing conditions. The inquiry found that the aircraft’s weight and configuration would have prevented the aircraft from landing at Le Bourget if the ...
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UK mothballs H135s bought to replace Gazelle helicopter fleet
UK procurement officials are facing awkward questions over acquisition policy after it emerged that a fleet of Airbus Helicopters H135s purchased as replacements for the British Army’s elderly Gazelles has been mothballed before ever seeing active use.
