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NewsNew Air Baltic chief takes over with carrier's IPO yet to materialise
Air Baltic’s new chief executive, Erno Hilden, has stepped into the top post as the carrier faces pressure over its financial performance and progress with its delayed initial public offering. Hilden says the carrier – which emerged from “some of the most challenging years” in the aviation industry – is ...
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NewsBarry Biffle out as CEO of Frontier Airlines
The airline does not specify a reason for parting ways with Biffle, who has held Frontier’s top spot since March 2016.
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NewsMatt Koscal in line to become CEO of Republic Airways in 2026
Regional airline company Repubic Airways Holdings has revealed more details of its leadership transition plan amid ongoing efforts to integrate Mesa Air Group.
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NewsBAE Systems to supply updated IFF system for Seoul’s KF-21 Boramae fighter
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has awarded BAE Systems Inc an $11 million contract to provide updated identification friend or foe (IFF) equipment for integration with its in-development KF-21 fighter.
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News‘Revamped’ Azul secures court approval for Chapter 11 restructuring plan
Brazilian carrier Azul has received court approval for its Chapter 11 reorganisation plan, clearing the way for the airline to emerge from bankruptcy protection early next year after eliminating $3 billion in liabilities.
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NewsUS Air Force places $240m Lot 2 order for Kongsberg Joint Strike Missiles
The US Air Force has awarded Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace a $240 million contract for Lot 2 production of its air-launched Joint Strike Missile.
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In depthMaterial failure involved in more than half of serious Osprey safety incidents since 2021
A multi-year review conducted the US military’s airworthiness authority for the V-22 tiltrotor found that out of 12 Class A mishaps in recent years, seven featured material failure as a causal or contributing factor.
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NewsSpirit receives $50m lifeline as shutdown speculation swirls
Florida-based ultra-low-cost carrier reaches agreement with creditors for emergency funding as it faces potential operational shutdown and liquidation amid ongoing restructuring efforts.
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NewsCanada picks Global 6500 for six-unit RCAF buy
Bombardier is to supply six Global 6500 business jets to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) under a C$753 million ($546 million) contract.
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NewsUK takes latest Jupiter HC2 pair ahead of Brunei and Cyprus deployments
Airbus Helicopters has handed over another pair of H145-based Jupiter HC2 utility rotorcraft to the UK armed forces ahead of their deployment ‘in-theatre’ early next year.
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NewsChina completes first flight of Jetank ‘swarm carrier’ drone
China’s state-owned AVIC has completed the first flight of its Jetank drone swarm carrier, designed to deploy dozens of smaller uncrewed aircraft from an internal hive module.
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NewsAirbus details next round of fuel-saving fello’fly tests following GEESE success
Airbus will next year launch a further round of flight tests under its fello’fly initiative as it bids to bring the fuel-saving Wake Energy Retrieval (WER) concept into commercial service in the first half of next decade.
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NewsSwitzerland to trim F-35A purchase, with cost rises leaving 36-unit buy ‘not financially feasible’
Switzerland’s acquisition of Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters will fall short of its contracted 36 examples due to budget limitations, the nation’s Federal Council has announced.
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NewsGermany firms 20 H145M LKH options, taking total commitment to 82 helicopters
Germany has exercised options for 20 Airbus Helicopters H145Ms, adding to the 62 examples of the light-twin it ordered in December 2023.
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NewsAirbus holds on to some older Belugas while preparing for A320neo-family ramp-up
Airbus is intending to keep part of its A300-600ST Beluga fleet in operation until around mid-2027, as it continues its ramp-up of A320neo production.
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NewsKLM Cityhopper starts putting increased-capacity E195-E2s into service
Dutch carrier KLM’s Cityhopper division has started operating Embraer 195-E2 twinjets with increased capacity. The airline is fitting four additional economy-class seats to all 22 of the type, aiming to convert them by June next year. This will take the E195-E2’s overall accommodation to 136 seats. KLM says this has ...
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NewsAustrian Airlines starts transferring E195 fleet to Italian sister carrier
Lufthansa Group’s Austrian Airlines has begun phasing out its Embraer 195 regional jets, transferring an initial aircraft to Italian sister carrier Air Dolomiti. Austrian is modernising and simplifying its fleet and, instead of its 17 E195s, will introduce six more Airbus A320neos – each configured with 180 seats – the ...
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NewsCebu Pacific expands long-haul operations with addition of Riyadh
Cebu Pacific will begin flying between Manila and Riyadh, marking the low-cost operator’s entry into Saudi Arabia.
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NewsJetBlue A320 crew startled by encounter with ‘unseen’ military tanker north of Venezuela
A JetBlue Airbus A320 crew reported a close encounter with a US Air Force tanker aircraft operating without an active transponder during climb-out from Curacao on 12 December, forcing the commercial flight to halt its ascent.
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NewsVueling flight data supports validation of European gate-to-gate emissions model
Flight-data monitoring from Spanish carrier Vueling has been used to validate a European methodology for calculating carbon emissions based on fuel burn for gate-to-gate scenarios. Pan-European air navigation service Eurocontrol developed the estimation methodology – which uses radar and aircraft performance data – and has published results since 2019. Under ...