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In depthGE Aviation ‘buttoning up’ Catalyst flight approvals, eyes applications besides Beechcraft’s Denali
GE Aviation is awaiting European certifications needed to begin flight testing its Catalyst turboprop, and aims to achieve first flight – which was to have occurred last year – in the coming months.
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NewsRussian far east unified carrier to commence operations in mid-August
Russia’s new unified carrier to serve the eastern side of the country, which is being based on the operator Aurora, has started conducting test flights ahead of opening a full initial schedule on 20 routes in mid-August. Prime minister Mikhail Mishustin stated during a 30 July government meeting that a ...
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NewsIAG retaining former Aer Lingus A350 order to gain flexibility
IAG has disclosed that it is holding on to the Airbus A350s previously ordered by Aer Lingus, but has yet to determine where best to deploy them. Aer Lingus ordered nine A350-900s but subsequently shifted four of them to sister IAG operator Iberia. Its remaining five A350s had remained listed ...
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NewsIAG sees prospects to rebuild Level’s ravaged network
IAG is confident that it can rebuild its long-haul low-cost operation Level from Barcelona once the air transport crisis subsides. Level’s operations have been badly affected and “very limited”, says IAG, reduced only to Buenos Aires services in the first quarter, although it re-introduced flights to San Francisco in the ...
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NewsAir France-KLM sees first signs of Covid-19 recovery in Q2 results
Reporting its latest financial results today, the European group notes that it expects EBITDA to be positive in the third quarter but cautions that the outlook for the final three months of the year is unclear
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NewsIberia and Vueling spearhead fleet and crew readiness
IAG carriers are potentially able operate up to 75% of 2019 capacity by the fourth quarter of this year, with the Spanish airlines Iberia and Vueling in the best readiness positions. Iberia’s entire long-haul and short-haul fleet is operationally ready, as it its full pilot and cabin crew complement, although ...
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NewsIAG outlines latest forecast on capacity recovery
IAG is forecasting that capacity will reach 45% of 2019 levels in the third quarter of this year and recover to 91% by the fourth quarter of 2022. But the company is not providing any profit guidance for the full year 2021, citing uncertainty over the timing for lifting of ...
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NewsANA narrows Q1 losses amid continued Covid-19 pain
All Nippon Airways parent ANA Holdings saw operating losses narrow to Y64.6 billion ($584 million) for the first quarter of its 2021 financial year, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to weigh on air travel demand.
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NewsSpanish carriers lead IAG recovery as restrictions impede BA and Aer Lingus
Spanish airlines Iberia and Vueling generated the greatest reductions in operating loss over IAG’s first half, which the group attributes to fewer travel restrictions and stronger demand in the Latin American and Spanish markets. Iberia cut its first-half operating loss by 62% to €330 million ($392 million) with Vueling managing ...
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NewsAirlines pull out of Nanjing airport amid surge in infections
Airlines have cancelled flights in and out of the Chinese city of Nanjing, the epicentre of a fast-growing coronavirus cluster which has spread to capital Beijing and five other provinces.
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NewsFiji Airways returns two A330-200s to lessor
Fiji Airways is returning a pair of Airbus A330-300s as it works to reduce fixed costs amid the continued impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsLeonardo aims to finish first AW609 tiltrotor production example by end of 2021
The initial commercial rotorcraft is in final assembly at the manufacturer’s Philadelphia facility.
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NewsSkyWest sees continued improvement in Q2
SkyWest Airlines saw continued improvement in the second quarter of 2021, and expects to reach pre-pandemic flying levels by the first part of 2022.
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NewsPresidential Rombac One-Eleven donated to Romanian aviation museum
Romania’s national aviation museum has formally received a licence-built Rombac One-Eleven, formerly in the presidential fleet of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, donated following a 27 May auction. Rombac locally licence-built the UK’s BAC One-Eleven. The auctioned aircraft (YR-BRE) was manufactured in 1986 and served as the presidential transport from 1986 to ...
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NewsHybrid airship developer HAV to float in IPO
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the designer of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship, is to seek a US public listing backed by a $200 million stake from investment firm Global Emerging Markets (GEM).
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NewsStrong defence sales offset Leonardo’s flagging civil aerostructures business
Civil aerostructures was the only brake on growth in a strong first half for Italian aerospace and defence champion Leonardo.
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NewsAmerican takes minority stake in Indigo Partners’ JetSmart
American Airlines plans to take a minority stake in low-cost carrier JetSmart in order to broaden its network in Latin America further and help fuel the Chile-based carrier’s growth.
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NewsGol recovery on track as Brazil vaccinations climb: CEO
Brazil’s Gol experienced increased customer demand in the second quarter as the rate of vaccination against the Covid-19 virus also rises in the vast Latin American country.
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NewsSun Country will buy used aircraft – even if not yet needed
Sun Country Airlines is prepared to buy aircraft – even if it does not yet need them – to meet its goal of having 50 passenger aircraft by the end of 2023.
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NewsSpirit Airlines loses $288m loss in ‘challenging’ Q2
Spirit Airlines says the second quarter of 2021 was “challenging” as the industry slowly bounces back, and that it still faces a “choppy recovery”.