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NewsRyanair to end Northern Ireland flights
Ryanair will no longer serve either of Belfast’s airports from October, citing the UK’s air passenger duty (APD) tax and a “lack of Covid recovery incentives” from the airports.
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NewsHyPoint teams with Piasecki for eVTOL fuel cell system
California-based HyPoint is to work with Piasecki Aircraft to bring to market a hydrogen fuel cell system for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) applications.
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NewsDelta orders another 30 A321neos
Delta Air Lines has ordered another 30 Airbus A321neos, bringing its total firm orders for airframer’s largest narrowbody to 155 aircraft, deliveries of which are scheduled to start in the first half of 2022.
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NewsIsraeli carriers face labour dispute over perceived job threat to workforce
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has prolonged, at least until the end of September, the furlough programme for personnel, as the country’s trade union centre formally declares a dispute with the aviation industry over concerns of mass lay-offs. El Al says it has 1,165 employees affected, adding that workers will be ...
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NewsRussian Helicopters advances Mi-171Sh Storm development
Russian Helicopters’ special forces operations-optimised Mil Mi-171Sh Storm rotorcraft has been flown to Kubinka air base near Moscow to appear at the 22-28 August Army 2021 event.
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NewsZeroAvia says ‘hybrid’ flights of modified Do 228 will begin in late 2021
US start-up ZeroAvia will later this year perform the first flights of a Dornier 228 modified to use the company’s 600kW hydrogen fuel cell powertrain in place of one of its two turboprop engines.
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NewsIcelandic start-up Play applies to launch transatlantic flights
Icelandic start-up carrier Play has filed for authority to begin services from Reykjavik to the US east coast next summer as it plots the next steps of its development.
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NewsPolar to bring in Dash 8s to modernise Soviet-era fleet
Russian regional carrier Polar Airlines is to acquire a pair of Bombardier Dash 8-300 turboprops, its first of the type, to support modernisation of its Soviet-era fleet. It states that it is purchasing the two 50-seat aircraft from a Japanese supplier. “[Polar’s] fleet will be replenished with a completely new ...
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NewsAirAsia likely to split digital ventures, airline business 'at some point': Tony Fernandes
AirAsia Group chief Tony Fernandes says “a split” between the group’s core airline business and its digital ventures is inevitable “at some point”.
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NewsEnvoy E175 struck drone during climb-out from Chicago O’Hare
US authorities have disclosed that an Envoy Air Embraer 175 appeared to collide with an unmanned aerial vehicle while departing from Chicago O’Hare. The US FAA states, in a preliminary notification, that the aircraft “struck a UAS” – an unmanned aircraft system – during a climbing left turn, as it ...
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NewsPAL swings to first-half operating loss amid Covid-19 blues
Philippine Airlines swung to an operating loss of Ps4.7 billion ($93.7 million) for the first six months of 2021, under the severe impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsGMF AeroAsia appoints new CEO; third in two years
Indonesia’s GMF AeroAsia has named a new chief executive — its third in nearly two years — in a senior leadership team shake-up amid the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsQantas transfers A380 from LA to Dresden
Qantas has taken an Airbus A380 out of storage in the USA and ferried it to Dresden in Germany.
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NewsBoeing shuffles commercial engineering roles
Boeing is shuffling some top commercial aircraft engineering positions, starting with making chief commercial engineer Lynne Hopper its next vice-president and general manager for engineering strategy and operations.
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NewsEmbraer’s Eve signs deal to operate 100 air taxis in the Asia-Pacific region
Embraer’s urban air mobility business continues to push forward ambitious plans for intra-city transport, now saying it intends to operate up to 100 electric air taxis in the Asia-Pacific region via a partnership with Ascent Flights Global.
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NewsEmerald Airlines to lease ATRs from Chorus Aviation
Canadian aircraft lessor Chorus Aviation Capital will lease six ATR 72-600 turboprops to start-up Irish regional carrier Emerald Airlines.
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NewsEasyJet names Hester as new chair
Former banking and insurance executive Stephen Hester is set to replace John Barton as EasyJet’s chair.
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NewsFatal Mi-8 crash captain had commanded previous terrain-collision flight
Russian investigators have disclosed that the captain of the Vityaz Aero Mil Mi-8T which crashed into a lake in low-visibility conditions had commanded an Mi-8 involved in a previous terrain-collision accident. The captain was among eight fatalities from the 16 occupants on board the helicopter (RA-24744) which struck lake Kuril ...
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NewsEmirates further adds to South Africa connections with CemAir interline
Emirates Airline has signed an interline agreement with South African carrier CemAir, which becomes the Middle Eastern carrier’s fourth partner in the country.
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NewsIl-114-300 flight tests suspended as inquiry begins into Il-112V crash
United Aircraft has suspended flight-testing of the Ilyushin Il-114-300 following the fatal accident involving a prototype of the military Il-112V. Russian investigators have established a committee to look into the Il-112V crash, outside Moscow on 17 August, although it has yet to reach any preliminary findings. But the Il-114-300 is ...