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NewsWizz Air to slow fleet modernisation over next three years
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has revealed a revised fleet plan which will not realign with its previous expansion forecast until the 2023-24 financial year. Wizz Air states that it expects to have 131 aircraft in its fleet by the end of 2020-21. This is seven fewer than the ...
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NewsDigital solutions among opportunities amid pandemic gloom: Frost & Sullivan
Despite the negative impact of the coronavirus outbreak across various segments of the aviation industry, there are pockets of growth opportunities, such as digital solutions and research and development. Consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan, in its latest analysis report of the global commercial aircraft market, also notes that amid the ...
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NewsIndiGo to rapidly replace A320ceo fleet to save costs
IndiGo plans to swiftly replace its Airbus A320ceo fleet with more cost-efficient A320neos, the Indian budget carrier’s chief financial officer has revealed. “We value the efficiency and structural low costs associated with our new Neo aircraft, and thus we will continue to substitute them for the older Ceo aircraft as ...
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NewsFirst A220 assembled in Mobile takes flight
The first Airbus A220 produced at the company’s Mobile, Alabama assembly site completed its maiden flight on 2 June.
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NewsAir Canada looking to quit Transat deal: reports
French-language media in Canada report that legacy carrier Air Canada is looking to exit its planned takeover of Transat AT, the parent company of Air Transat, as Canada’s biggest airline attempts to manage through the coronavirus crisis while preserving its liquidity.
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NewsInvestigators download data from crashed PIA A320 recorders
Investigators have downloaded information from the two flight recorders retrieved from the Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 which crashed in Karachi. French investigation authority BEA states that – at the request of the Pakistani inquiry team – it has “successfully” obtained information from the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders. “Analysis of ...
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NewsDelta retires MD-88s and MD-90s
Delta Air Lines marked the end of an era on 2 June when it retired its final McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft, closing 34 years during which the types served as workhorses in the fleets of US carriers.
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NewsRunaway trolley injured several passengers on Air France 777
French investigators believe cabin crew’s increased workload, after an unexpected change of aircraft type, meant a trolley was left unsecured and injured several passengers when it broke free. The accident occurred on board an Air France Boeing 777-300ER (F-GSQL) departing Mauritius for Paris Charles de Gaulle on 16 September 2018. ...
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NewsUS Army buys $3.4bn worth of Hydra-70 rockets
The Hydra-70 is an unguided 70mm (2.75in) rocket. When the BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II upgrade kit is added it becomes a precision weapon, however.
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InterviewKeeping it under wraps reaps rewards for Air Covers
Sasha Pattinson has had a passion for aviation since childhood. She is now co-owner and director of Air Covers, a UK company specialising in designing and supplying bespoke protective covers for the aerospace and marine industry worldwide
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NewsIATA figures show collapse of air-freight demand in April
Global air freight demand was down nearly 28% in April compared with a year earlier, according to IATA – the sharpest fall ever recorded.
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NewsDe Juniac sees ICAO guidelines providing ‘safe process’ for air travel
IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac believes the new guidelines developed by an ICAO task force strikes “the right compromise” between airline economic concerns and the safe restart of passenger traffic.
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NewsCovid-19 pushes IndiGo to fourth-quarter net loss
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo slipped to a net loss of Rs8.7 billion ($116 million) in its fiscal fourth quarter, from a near-Rs6 billion net profit a year ago, as Covid-19 flight restrictions “significantly impacted” revenue.
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NewsUtair 737 hit 1.1m snow bank short of runway: inquiry
Investigators have determined that snow-clearance at Usinsk airport was inadequate before a landing accident in which a Utair Boeing 737-500 struck a shallow snow bank, about 1.1m high, situated 32m before the runway. The inquiry has also revealed that the aircraft was consistently slightly low on its descent path during ...
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NewsEasyJet to meet rivals head-on in summer price war
EasyJet is slashing its summer fares as it prepares to operate around half of its 1,022 routes in July and nearly three-quarters in August.
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AnalysisCoronavirus pandemic pummels first-quarter business and general aviation shipments
Worldwide shipments of fixed-wing business and general aviation aircraft fell in the first quarter of 2020 to their lowest level for a decade, with the sector’s poor performance almost entirely due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsSafran unveils seating innovations for post-Covid market
French firm senses an opportunity for cabin products that help passengers feel protected from virus
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NewsBain Capital and Cyrus Capital on Virgin Australia shortlist
Bain Capital and Cyrus Capital Partners are on the final shortlist of potential buyers for Virgin Australia. “The next stage in this sale process begins today,” administrator Deloitte said on 2 June. Deloitte will facilitate engagement between the preferred bidders and business stakeholders in the coming weeks, ...
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NewsICAO task force outlines guidelines for restarting air travel
An ICAO task force has published its recommendations to aid the restart of international air transport following its virtual grounding from the coronavirus pandemic. ICAO’s Aviation Recovery Task Force drew up the guidelines after consulting with countries, regional organisations, the World Health Organisation and aviation industry groups. The task force’s ...
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NewsSouth African carriers urge system stress-test to speed recovery
South African carriers are urging the government to stress-test the early restoration of domestic air services, to quicken the introduction of an expanded route network. Operators have been forced to suspend services after South Africa entered a national lockdown on 26 March. The government’s coronavirus response plan entered a new ...