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NewsKorean Air wins H-53E, F-16 maintenance work
Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) has secured contracts from the US military related to the Sikorsky H-53E helicopter and Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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NewsQantas to outsource ground handling at 10 Australian airports
Qantas has rejected in-house bids from its employees after a three-month process and decided to outsource its ground handling at 10 airports across Australia.
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NewsCALC unit to disassemble 2008-vintage 777-300ER
The asset management arm of China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) will disassemble its first Boeing 777-300ER, a 12-year-old example that formerly flew for Jet Airways.
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NewsCebu Pacific to experiment with free virus tests before flights
Cebu Pacific Air will conduct a trial where passengers are tested at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport before flights to the southern city of General Santos.
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NewsAir NZ expects more cargo revenue but warns of full-year losses
Air New Zealand expects cargo revenue for the coming financial year to exceed previous years’ levels, after being awarded four more months of cargo flights under a government scheme.
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NewsComac C919 enters final flight test stage
Comac has received the type inspection authorisation for its C919 narrowbody programme, paving the way for final flight testing and certification.
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NewsBerlin airport needs more than €550 million to support operation
Berlin’s airport operator estimates that it will require more than €550 million ($658 million) in additional funding to support the German capital’s recently opened gateway if air traffic in 2021 does not rise significantly above this year’s level. Noting that it already had a deficit before the long-delayed Brandenburg airport ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr temporarily withdraws An-124 fleet after Novosibirsk accident
Russian outsize freight carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines has temporarily withdrawn its Antonov An-124 freighter fleet from service, pending clarification of the circumstances of an accident in Novosibirsk. The operator has about a dozen of the type, including the modernised An-124-100M-150 variant. Volga-Dnepr says it is “doing everything possible” to meet contractual ...
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NewsMC-21-310 still on track for year-end first flight: minister
Irkut’s first domestically-powered MC-21 twinjet is still on course to conduct its first flight by the end of this year, according to the Russian trade minister. Denis Maturov made the claim during a formal visit to the assembly plant in Irkutsk on 27 November. He was briefed on the MC-21-310, ...
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NewsRussian customs Mi-8 wrecked after felling airport lighting mast
Russian investigators are probing a ground-manoeuvring accident at Volgograd which resulted in a federal customs service Mil Mi-8 helicopter colliding with a lighting mast which then fell on the aircraft. The Mi-8 MTV (RF-38376) had been taxiing across the eastern side of the apron after landing when its main rotor ...
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NewsChina orders 737 Classic checks after cracks found on landing gear beam
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has issued a safety bulletin urging operators of Boeing 737-300/400/500 aircraft to have the main landing gear checked.
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NewsPain persists for Virgin’s lessors despite Bain sale close
Lessors with exposure to Virgin Australia will have been relieved to see the successful completion of the carrier’s sale to Bain Capital last week, but the airline will still require concessions from lessors as it eases into its new business plan.
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NewsNigerian operators warned to preserve cockpit-voice recordings
Nigerian regulators have disclosed that they had to warn airlines against overwriting of cockpit-voice recorders, after being hampered during inquiries by absence of data. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority sent an all-operators letter to carriers in July last year alerting them to the issue. “[We have] noticed that airline operators’ ...
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NewsANA to raise Y332 billion through share issue
ANA Holdings will raise up to Y332 billion ($3.2 billion) through a share offering, with the proceeds to fund aircraft purchases and pay down debts. Of the funds raised, Y200 billion will be used through 31 March, 2023 for medium and long-term growth, include the acquisition of Boeing 787-9 and ...
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NewsICAO decisions set stage for 2021 CORSIA pilot
ICAO’s 36 member countries have reached decisions about carbon offset units that set the stage for the pilot of its global carbon offsetting scheme.
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NewsEmbraer to allow ERJ-145 operators to install HEPA filters
Embraer has issued a service bulletin allowing operators of its 50-seat ERJ-145 regional jet to install high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters, with the first kits to be delivered by next month. The Brazilian airframer, which took five and a half months to develop the kit, adds that it is completing ...
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NewsF-35A drops inert nuclear bomb for first time
The Lockheed Martin F-35A has operated a flight test involving the dropping of a mock B61-12 nuclear bomb.
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NewsKabo 747-200 short-landed after crew opted against ILS approach
Nigerian investigators were unable to access information from either flight recorder of a Kabo Air Boeing 747-200 which touched down 100m short of the runway during a non-precision night landing at Sokoto. The aircraft (5N-JRM) had been operating a Hajj charter flight from Kano to Jeddah on 4 October 2013, ...
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NewsEmbraer solicits partners for potential turboprop but rules out alternative powertrain
Embraer is likely to base any future turboprop airliner on the fuselage of its current E-Jet models and use conventional engines rather than any alternative propulsion system, the head of its commercial aviation unit indicates.
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NewsAirport slots board requests summer 2021 relief from 80:20 rule
Airports, airlines and slot coordinators have joined forces to call for some relief on slot rules during the northern hemisphere’s summer 2021 season.