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NewsJazeera blames currency fluctuations as first quarter performance dips
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways is blaming adverse foreign currency effects for a first-quarter net loss of KD2.7 million ($8.8 million). The figure is a reversal of the KD2.3 million profit achieved in the same quarter last year. Jazeera Airways says the result was “mainly due” to the impact of ...
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NewsColombian investigators probe ATR nose-gear collapse prior to take-off
Colombian authorities are probing a gear-collapse incident involving an ATR 42-500 turboprop preparing for departure from San Andres. The ATR, operated by regional carrier Satena, suffered a collapse of its nose-gear just before taking from Gustavo Rojas Pinilla airport on the Caribbean island territory, which lies east of Nicaragua. Colombian ...
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NewsGerman navy maintainers get ready for P-8A Poseidon introduction
The first technicians tasked with supporting the German navy’s future fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft are mid-way through a course being delivered via Lufthansa Technical Training.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters adds to H145M backlog with six-unit Brunei deal
Brunei has ordered six Airbus Helicopters H145M light-twins for operation by the Asian nation’s air force.
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NewsSouth Korea’s Hanwha ventures into engine leasing
South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has launched Hanwha Aviation, its first foray into the engine leasing business.
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NewsPrototype ‘Russified’ SJ-100 flown to Zhukovsky for flight-test campaign
United Aircraft has transferred the prototype import-substituted Yakovlev SJ-100 to Moscow’s Gromov institute for flight certification testing. The twinjet flew from the assembly plant at Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Moscow Zhukovsky airport, with an intermediate stop in Novosibirsk. United Aircraft says factory development testing has been completed. Although the aircraft is designed ...
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NewsRoyal Jordanian’s aspiration for full-year profit dashed by Gaza conflict
Royal Jordanian Airlines has disclosed that the Israeli-Gaza conflict resulted in a near-JD40 million ($56 million) impact on revenues in the fourth quarter of last year. The flag-carrier turned in a full-year net loss of JD8.7 million, despite efforts to reduce expenditure and cut costs, says chief executive Samer Majali. ...
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News‘My final chapter’: AirAsia’s Fernandes hints at retirement following aviation unit consolidation
AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes is likely to step down from the company at the end of his newly-renewed contract, which runs for another five years, calling it his “final chapter”.
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NewsLessor Avation boosts ATR 72 portfolio with 10-aircraft order
Singapore-based lessor Avation has ordered 10 ATR 72-600s and signed purchase rights for another 24 examples.
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NewsExecuJet inaugurates Malaysia’s largest business jet MRO hangar
ExecuJet MRO Services has formally inaugurated Malaysia’s largest business jet maintenance facility at Kuala Lumpur’s Subang airport.
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NewsAustralian watchdog proposes to approve Air NZ, Virgin Australia codeshare
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is proposing to authorise a unilateral code-sharing agreement between Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand.
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NewsBombardier unlikely to develop clean-sheet jet this decade: CEO
Bombardier chief executive Eric Martel has largely ruled out the airframer developing a clean-sheet aircraft for at least the rest of the decade, saying competitive dynamics and technological advancements do not support such a move.
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NewsBombardier to keep jet delivery rates flat this decade as other businesses expand
Bombardier expects its aircraft delivery rate will remain largely flat for much of this decade but anticipates significant revenue gains from its defence and aftermarket businesses.
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NewsBombardier brings new Global production site in Toronto fully online
Bombardier on 1 May marked the opening of its new Global business jet production site at Toronto Pearson International airport, completing a transition started several years ago as part of a broader business restructuring.
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NewsAirAsia Cambodia begins commercial operations
AirAsia Cambodia – the low-cost airline group’s newest unit – has began operations, operating from its Phnom Penh hub to Siem Reap and Sihanoukville.
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NewsAurora advances in DARPA competition to build high-speed VTOL X-plane
The Boeing subsidiary received an additional $25 million for its fan-in-wing vertical take-off and landing aircraft being designed for the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies X-plane competition.
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NewsBoeing tests software allowing pilots to control MQ-25 autonomous refuellers
The US airframer is continuing to build toward delivering flight-worthy MQ-25 autonomous refuelling jets for the US Navy, most recently testing software that will enable the pilotless aircraft to transfer fuel to crewed fighters.
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NewsNew owner of VIP 787 plays down prospects of imminent part-out
UK-headquartered parts specialist AJW Group insists it has no immediate plans to tear down a recently acquired Boeing 787-9 in order to salvage its components.
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In depthMinimum quantity sought through New Medium Helicopter tender falls further, sources indicate
The UK could buy as few as 23 aircraft through its New Medium Helicopter (NMH) contest, FlightGlobal can reveal – a dramatic reduction on the up to 44 units originally envisaged for the programme and a total that exactly matches the size of one of the four fleets the platform was meant to replace.
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NewsSmoke prompted emergency evacuation of departing Laser MD-82
Venezuelan authorities have disclosed that smoke emitted from the fuselage of a Laser Airlines Boeing MD-82 prompted an evacuation at the gate in Caracas. The twinjet had been preparing for departure to Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, on 28 April. Venezuela’s national civil aeronautics institute INAC states that the ...