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NewsLoganair to shift Derry and Dundee flights to Heathrow after securing slots
Loganair is to shift public service obligation (PSO) routes from London to Derry and Dundee to Heathrow airport after securing slots at the latter.
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NewsEasyJet sees full-year profits beating expectations
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet cites strong demand and booking levels for projecting it will exceed current market expectations and make a headline pre-tax profit of £260 million ($322 million) for the year ending 30 September 2023.
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NewsJapan sees fewer scrambles against Chinese and Russian intruders
The Japan Ministry of Defence (JMOD) saw reduced activity by Chinese and Russian aircraft in the 12 months to 31 March, but says Chinese unmanned air vehicle (UAV) activity has jumped significantly.
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NewsRyanair supports 737 fleet expansion with extended MRO facility in Dublin
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to invest in expanding its Dublin aircraft maintenance facilities, including constructing a new hangar. The airline says the €40 million ($44 million) hangar, with four bays, will support line and heavy maintenance for the carrier’s Boeing 737 fleet. Ryanair is increasing the fleet – through ...
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NewsIAI expects Seoul facility to start 777 freighter conversions next year
Nearly two years after disclosing preliminary plans to establish a freighter conversion centre in South Korea, Israel Aerospace Industries has signed an agreement to set up the facility. It will carry out conversions of Boeing 777-300ER twinjets from next year at the centre to be located at Seoul Incheon airport. ...
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NewsMalaysia Airlines rebounds to profitability, eyes full capacity recovery
Malaysia Airlines expects to fully recover operations in China and North Asia by end-June, amid a ramp-up that will see its system-wide capacity fully recover to pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsUSA clears avionics upgrades for Turkish F-16s
The US government has cleared a $259 avionics upgrade package for Turkey’s fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.
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NewsATSB probes Virgin Australia 737 long landing
Australian investigators are probing a long landing involving a Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 at Gold Coast airport.
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NewsRAF’s SAF drive powers refuelling mission as service eyes remaining Brize assets
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is making tentative early steps towards its goal of achieving net-zero by 2040 but needs commercial air transport to fully embrace sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to help improve its cost and availability, according to the head of the service’s air mobility wing.
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NewsCanada to send seized Antonov transport to Ukraine
Ottawa plans to send Ukraine an Antonov An-124 commercial cargo jet that authorities in Toronto seized from a Russian firm at the start of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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NewsZeroAvia embarks on effort to develop infrastructure for liquid hydrogen aircraft fuel
Hydrogen-powertrain developer ZeroAvia has joined French company Absolut Hydrogen to tackle tricky challenges associated with widespread adoption by the aviation industry of ultra-cold liquid-hydrogen fuel.
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NewsSikorsky’s FLRAA design was cheaper but ‘unacceptable’: GAO
The DefiantX coaxial helicopter bid submitted by Sikorsky and Boeing to replace the US Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk fleet was deemed “unacceptable” by service evaluators, primarily due to a lack of detail in the designs.
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NewsFinal RAF C-130J mission set for 17 June as Hercules retirement nears
The UK’s long history as an operator of the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules will all but come to an end on 17 June when the Royal Air Force (RAF) performs its final mission with the type.
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NewsEurope probes Romanian state aid for grounded Blue Air
European competition regulators have launched a probe into its suspicions that Romanian support measures for grounded local carrier Blue Air break state aid rules.
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NewsKuwait’s Jazeera progresses with A320 leases
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways is set to discuss the lease of an additional Airbus A320, along with a batch of engines. The airline’s board says it will meet on 18 April to talk about the proposed lease. It has identified the aircraft involved as MSN4601. The aircraft is a ...
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NewsRwandAir to open services to Paris by mid-year
African carrier RwandAir is to open services to Paris Charles de Gaulle towards the middle of this year. The airline is to commence the flights on 27 June, operating the route from Kigali three times per week. Addition of the Paris link with expand the carrier’s network to 25 destinations. ...
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NewsGuatemalan Saab 340 suffers runway excursion after Cancun service
One of Guatemalan regional carrier TagAirlines’ Saab 340A turboprops has been involved in a runway excursion at Flores, in the north of the Central American state. The aircraft had been arriving on 16 April, following flight 5U211 from Cancun in Mexico. TagAirlines says the aircraft experienced an “event” on landing, ...
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NewsSAS defers access to remainder of $700m bridging loan
Scandinavian carrier SAS is deferring its access to the second half of its $700 million debtor-in-possession term loan, after a stronger-than-forecast financial performance over the winter which improved its liquidity position. SAS remains under US Chapter 11 protection, and the debtor-in-possession loan – agreed with Apollo Global Management – provided ...
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NewsRecovery work continues for crashed Japanese UH-60JA
Japanese divers continue to search for the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Sikorsky UH-60JA that crashed in the sea with 10 personnel aboard on 6 April.
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NewsManila orders six additional NC212is from Indonesian Aerospace
Manila has placed an order for six Indonesian Aerospace NC212i tactical transports, with a pair of previously delivered examples to undergo heavy maintenance in Bandung.