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NewsCathay Pacific defers Airbus deliveries amid capacity cuts
Cathay Pacific is delaying the delivery of four Airbus A320neo family aircraft originally set to join its subsidiaries HK Express and Cathay Dragon next year as it struggles with weakening demand amid continued unrest in the territory.
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AviaAM leases second-hand A321s to Bamboo Airways
AviaAM Leasing has leased three second-hand Airbus A321s to Bamboo Airways for eight years.
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NewsQantas to test London-Sydney non-stop
Qantas will operate its second of three ultra-long-haul test flights under Project Sunrise, this time from London to Sydney, a month after it completed its first research flight from New York to Sydney.
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GA Telesis leases first landing gear set to GAMECO
GA Telesis’ component services group has delivered the first set of landing gear from its recently-established gear leasing pool.
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FAA expands Boeing 737NG crack inspections
The US Federal Aviation Administration mandates that airlines with Boeing 737NG aircraft that have completed a high rate of flight cycles must re-inspect hardware known as “pickle forks” that connect a wing to a fuselage.
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Hawaiian-JAL JV expands scope to include Russia and India
Hawaiian Airlines and Japan Air Lines have expanded the geographic scope of their proposed joint venture to include numerous additional connections across Asia and the Pacific beyond direct Japan-Hawaii flights, as well as current and future service to India and Russia, in an attempt to show additional public benefits of ...
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NewsWizz chief derides airline rivals' zero-carbon pledges
Wizz Air chief Jozsef Varadi has scorned the pledges of airlines which are committing to becoming carbon-neutral in several decades’ time.
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NewsWizz fleet plan shows impact of A321neo delays
Wizz Air is set to receive only half the Airbus A321neos it had planned to introduce in its 2020-21 financial year, the budget carrier has revealed in its latest fleet plan.
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NewsAirbus secures BelugaXL certification from EASA
Airbus’s BelugaXL outsize freighter has secured certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, 16 months after the aircraft’s maiden flight.
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LATAM swings to $86m profit after slashing international capacity
Capacity cuts to international markets and improved performance in Brazil helped push LATAM Airlines Group’s profit up 50% year-over-year in the third quarter to $86.3 million.
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NewsStrong Praetor 600 sales boost Embraer's nine-month order intake
Robust sales of the Praetor 600 business jet resulted in the strongest nine-month order intake for Embraer’s Executive Jets division for five years.
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NewsAirbus to advance automatic tanker trial for customer
Further flight testing of a developmental automatic boom refuelling capability for the A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) will be performed for an undisclosed customer next year, Airbus Defence & Space has disclosed.
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Viva Air Peru appoints former Vueling executive as new chief
Colombian low-cost airline Viva Air has selected Stephen Rapp to head its Peruvian subsidiary.
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NewsWizz profit jumps on firmer margins
Budapest-based low-cost carrier Wizz Air has posted sharply higher first-half profits as it continues to cut unit cost and increase passenger numbers.
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NewsCopa’s Wingo names new chief executive
Wingo, the Colombian low-cost subsidiary of Panama’s Star Alliance carrier Copa Airlines, has appointed Carolina Cortizo Colon as its new chief executive.
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Qatar seals Leap deal for A321neos after dropping P&W
Qatar Airways has dropped Pratt & Whitney from its order for Airbus A320neo-family jets, switching instead to the rival CFM International Leap-1A.
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NewsLeonardo Helicopters upbeat on AW159 sales prospects
Leonardo Helicopters is maintaining its belief in the AW159 Wildcat, despite a barren sales period that has seen its backlog for the platform dwindle to zero.
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Cathay trims year-end capacity over Hong Kong pressure
Cathay Pacific's traffic figures for October continued their downward trend for the fourth straight month, as the carrier flagged "significant pressure" on its overall passenger yield.
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Armenia's Taron-Avia ceases operations
Armenia’s civil aviation regulator has cancelled the air operator’s certificate of local carrier Taron-Avia.