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NewsInflation's 'biggest spike is behind us': Alaska Airlines CFO
Still facing cost increases on some fronts, Alaska Air Group's leadership believes it has successfully navigated the worst of industry-wide inflation related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsMBDA to accelerate work on Spear-EW jammer for the UK
The UK Ministry of Defence has given MBDA additional funding to perform a rapid design phase activity on its Spear-EW stand-in jammer.
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NewsUS ready to return Mexico to ‘Category 1’ safety status: report
The Federal Aviation Administration is reportedly poised to upgrade Mexico to “Category 1” safety status once again, clearing the way for airlines of both countries to add transborder capacity to their schedules.
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NewsSensor suite takes shape for GCAP as industry pledges ‘spirit of equal partnership’
The crucial defence electronics element of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) between Italy, Japan and the UK will advance under a “spirit of equal partnership”, according to the companies involved.
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NewsL3Harris and BAE deliver first EC-37B to USAF
The latest iteration of the Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft is built on a Gulfstream G500 business jet.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters cites H175M’s strong market potential on back of customer demos
Airbus Helicopters has begun conducting demonstration flights for potential customers of the H175M, including Saudi Arabia, as it eyes a market for the super-medium-twin beyond the UK.
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NewsStarlux plans to launch trans-Pacific routes to San Francisco and Seattle
Taiwanese start-up carrier Starlux Airlines is continuing its trans-Pacific expansion with plans to launch thrice-weekly flights from Tapei to San Francisco on 16 December and a new route to Seattle in 2024.
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NewsBoeing poised to deliver first T-7 to USAF
Airframer Boeing says the first test version of its next-generation T-7A Red Hawk jet trainer is ready for delivery to the US Air Force, which is expected to accept the aircraft as soon as 12 September.
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NewsBoeing books 45 gross orders in August with 35 deliveries
Boeing took in 45 gross orders in August, with the month’s sales activity dominated by leasing companies, which accounted for 38 of the total.
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NewsStandardAero to build Black Hawks for the UK under Lockheed NMH bid
Lockheed Martin has selected StandardAero to assemble Sikorsky S-70M Black Hawk helicopters in Gosport on the south coast of England if it emerges as the winner of UK’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) competition. Revealing the industrial plan supporting its NMH bid at the DSEI trade show on 12 September, Paul ...
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NewsQinetiq reveals ‘low-cost, high-performance’ Jackdaw swarming UAV
Qinetiq has launched a new low-cost unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed for swarming and collaborative operations such as manned-unmanned teaming.
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NewsUral A320 forced-landing crew faced fuel crisis while diverting over hydraulic failure
Pilots of the Ural Airlines Airbus A320 which made an emergency landing in a field near Novosibirsk had been facing a fuel crisis after the jet experienced hydraulic failure, according to the carrier’s chief. General director Sergei Skuratov, during a 12 September briefing, stated that the aircraft – which was ...
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NewsGCAP industry partners sign new collabration agreement as DSEI show opens
The three national industry partners behind the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) have strengthened their relationship via a collaboration agreement announced as the UK’s DSEI exhibition opened its doors on 12 September.
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NewsLessor SMBC Aviation Capital orders another 25 737 Max jets
Irish-based lessor SMBC Aviation Capital is ordering another 25 Boeing 737 Max jets, taking its commitment to the type to 81. SMBC will take delivery of the aircraft over the course of 2028-29, the lessor states. Boeing indicates that all the jets in the top-up agreement are Max 8s. The ...
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NewsLockheed taps Aerojet Rocketdyne for HALO anti-ship missile engine
Lockheed Martin has tapped Aerojet Rocketdyne to power a hypersonic anti-ship missile it is developing under a US Navy contract.
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NewsKLM to lease batch of A321neos from CDB Aviation
Dutch carrier KLM is to lease three Airbus A321neo jets from Irish-based lessor CDB Aviation next year. The aircraft will be equipped with CFM International Leap-1A engines. KLM will take delivery of the aircraft, on operating lease, between September and November 2024, the leasing company states. “Carriers like KLM, whose ...
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NewsAsia-Pacific PW1100G operators flag ‘significant’ schedules impact from latest engine woes
At least one Asia-Pacific operator of Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) beleaguered PW1100G engines warns that the latest technical issues will have “significant’ impact on their near-term schedules.
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NewsUral A320 lands in field while operating Russian domestic flight
Russian authorities have confirmed that a Ural Airlines Airbus A320 has carried out an emergency landing near a village while operating a Sochi-Omsk service. The aircraft came down in a field at Kamenka, in the Ubinsky district, some 180km northwest of Novosibirsk, according to the federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia. ...
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NewsRussia’s Aurora to lease 95 Baikal utility aircraft for unified eastern carrier
East Russian operator Aurora is to acquire 95 of the new UZGA LMS-901 Baikal light transport aircraft, under an agreement with the state leasing company GTLK. The acquisition is the subject of a letter of intent signed during an economic forum in Vladivostok, the carrier states. Aurora says the size ...
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NewsThai Vietjet to receive 12 737 Maxes in 2024
Vietnam low-cost carrier Vietjet Air has entered a memorandum of understanding with the USA’s Carlyle Group for $550 million in funding for future 737 Max deliveries, with the first 12 examples going to Thai Vietjet Air in 2024.