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NewsBoeing sees 90% of European fleet replaced over next 20 years
Boeing believes around 90% of the current European fleet will be replaced over the next two decades as high renewal requirements drive future aircraft demand in the region.
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NewsAir China picks Recaro for A350 business class seats
Air China has ordered 10 shipsets of Recaro Aircraft Seating’s new CL6720 business class seat, becoming the launch customer of the new seat.
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NewsCathay Pacific sets SAF usage target by 2030
Cathay Pacific aims to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for 10% of its total fuel consumption by 2030, as part of what it calls a “multi-pronged approach” towards decarbonising operations.
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NewsUSAF reveals that five, not two, B-21 test aircraft in production
The secretary of the US Air Force (USAF) has disclosed that five test examples of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber have entered production at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
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NewsAmerican invests $100m in Bill Gates-led clean-technology development project
American Airlines has become the latest US airline to commit to carbon-reducing measures, saying it has invested $100 million in a Bill Gates-led financing programme intended to support cleaner aviation technologies.
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NewsRetire old aircraft or risk losing to China: USAF secretary
Frank Kendall, secretary of the US Air Force (USAF), says local politics threaten to weaken the air force by burdening it with outdated aircraft.
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NewsRepublic Airways to move headquarters, training centre to Indianapolis suburb
US regional airline behemoth Republic Airways is opening a new corporate headquarters and training centre in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel.
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NewsUS airlines rejoice at lifting of US bans on inbound travellers
US airlines have finally received the gift they so long sought from the administration of president Joe Biden: a full opening of the USA to foreign travellers.
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NewsUSAF secretary asks ‘hard questions’ of Advanced Battle Management System
Secretary of the US Air Force Frank Kendall is forcing a reassessment of one of the service’s highest development priorities, its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), after asking “hard questions” of the imagined battlefield network and receiving “answers that weren’t that good”.
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NewsVueling to pick up Air France slots at Paris Orly
IAG’s Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling is set to pick up slots at Paris Orly airport being released by Air France as a condition of the European Commission’s approval of French financial support to the latter.
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NewsEremenko’s Universal Hydrogen to open Toulouse facility
US hydrogen-fuel developer Universal Hydrogen is opening an engineering and design center in Toulouse, France – a move furthering alignment between the start-up and Airbus, which has been working on a hydrogen-fueled aircraft concept.
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NewsJetBlue and Spirit vie for 16 available Newark slots
JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines have applied with the US Department of Transportation to received more than a dozen newly available take-off and landing slots at Newark Liberty International airport.
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NewsAir Lease’s Udvar-Hazy upbeat on lessors’ post-Covid prospects
Air Lease executive chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy has expressed confidence that the large numbers of aircraft ordered by lessors prior to the pandemic will be required by airlines despite the crisis.
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NewsEuropean airline shares rise as US signals full restart of transatlantic travel
The big European network airlines saw their share prices increase sharply on 20 September amid reports that the US government might soon announce a relaxation of its border controls for European visitors.
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OpinionFull rendezvous with reality is still ahead from some airlines
A struggle might be approaching for operators that need to access new equity amid a lack of appetite in the market, writes CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry
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NewsLatecoere to acquire Shimtech de Mexico
French aerostructures specialist Latecoere has agreed to purchase Shimtech de Mexico from aerospace manufacturing company Avantus Aerospace.
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NewsVietnam mulls lifting 737 Max flight ban
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) is proposing to lift the operational ban on the Boeing 737 Max, and expects China and Indonesia — two key markets in Asia-Pacific where the type is still grounded — to do the same by end-September.
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NewsDaudin to head new programmes unit at ATR
ATR has appointed Airbus executive Guillaume Daudin as it its senior senior vice-president, a role he took up at the start of September.
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NewsShell to produce 2 million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel by 2025
Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it intends to produce 2 million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2025, the largest and most aggressive target among the oil majors to date.
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NewsLufthansa launches $2.5bn capital raise to repay state support
Lufthansa is launching a €2.14 billion ($2.50 billion) capital raise aimed at strengthening its equity position and repaying part of the German state’s investment in the airline during the crisis.