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NewsLeonardo Boeing 787 fuselage plant to work on Vertical’s VX4 eVTOL aircraft
Italian manufacturer Leonardo is to design and build prototype carbonfibre fuselages for the Vertical Aerospace VX4 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at a plant currently used to produce fuselage barrels for the Boeing 787.
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NewsDubai’s Aerovista to introduce converted A321 freighters
Middle Eastern lessor Aerovista is committing to four Airbus A321 converted freighters through a partnership with US finance firm Petrus Aviation. The A321s will undergo modification by specialist 321 Precision Conversions. Dubai-based Aerovista, which focuses its services on A320-family jets, identifies the initial two aircraft as MSN1451 and MSN1503. Both ...
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NewsDanish operator backs Canary Islands floatplane start-up
Start-up operator Surcar Airlines is aiming to establish inter-island connections in the Canary Islands, using floatplanes, later this year. The carrier has been conducting test flights between the ports of Tenerife, Las Palmas and La Palma. Surcar intends to commence scheduled services offering 30min connections between the islands’ capitals from ...
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NewsBoeing purchases sustainable fuel to support US production facilities
Boeing has agreed to acquire sustainable aviation fuel for its commercial aircraft operations in the US states of Washington and South Carolina, through a deal with EPIC Aviation. The agreement with the company’s EPIC Fuels arm covers 7.5 million litres (2 million USgal) of fuel produced from inedible agricultural waste. ...
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NewsNew Delhi highlights air traffic bump from Regional Connectivity Scheme
New Delhi says its Udan Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) is succeeding in the integration of more communities through air services, and that it has also beefed up air cargo capacity across the country.
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NewsSun Country to ‘grow sensibly’ after reporting small Q4 loss
Sun Country Airlines says it continues to “grow sensibly through the recovery” as it posts a small loss for the fourth quarter of 2021.
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NewsFAA policy aims to strengthen manufacturers’ self-certification programmes
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued new guidance designed to protect aerospace employees who perform certification work from what it calls “interference with those duties by employers”.
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NewsUS Navy’s AARGM-ER hits radar target in second test
The US Navy’s AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) hit a land-based radar target in its second test on 21 January.
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NewsIcelandair opts for early termination of unused government-backed credit
Icelandair Group has notified that it is exiting the government-guaranteed credit facility which has been in place to support the company since September 2020. It entered agreements with the Icelandic government, as well as the financial institutions Islandsbanki and Landsbanki, for a credit facility worth up to $120 million. While ...
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NewsQuebec delays exit from A220 partnership after investing to boost production
Airbus and the Canadian province of Quebec’s government are to provide a $1.2 billion funding injection to the A220 programme intended to increase the production rate of the twinjet. Each side’s investment will be proportional to its interest in the Airbus Canada partnership that builds the A220. The airframer holds ...
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NewsRedmond to succeed Gallagher as Allegiant chief executive
Long-standing Allegiant Travel chairman and chief executive Maurice Gallagher is to hand the chief executive role to company president John Redmond from June.
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NewsFrontier pitches Spirit acquisition as countering USA’s four mega airlines
Frontier Airlines expects its planned acquisition of Spirit Airlines will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in efficiencies and give the combined carrier the scale needed to better compete against the USA’s four mega airlines.
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NewsAmerican firms $200m Gol investment plan
American Airlines has firmed its planned $200 million investment in Gol, under which it is taking a 5.2% stake in the Brazilian budget carrier.
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NewsFrontier Airlines to buy and merge with low-cost rival Spirit Airlines
Frontier Airlines is to acquire and merge with US ultra-low-cost carrier rival Spirit Airlines in a $6.6 billion deal announced today. Under the terms of the merger agreement, which has been unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors, Spirit is valued at $2.9 billion and the transaction has a ...
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NewsWet-lease operator SmartLynx to start introducing 737 Max jets
Wet-lease specialist SmartLynx Airlines is to expand its fleet with Boeing 737 Max jets, having agreed to take a pair from lessor SMBC Aviation Capital. The aircraft are both Max 8 variants, powered by CFM International Leap-1B engines. SmartLynx says deliveries of the aircraft are “underway” and that they will ...
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NewsNorse Atlantic receives strong response to pilot recruitment drive
Start-up Norse Atlantic Airways claims it received over 3,000 applications to fill 50 positions for pilots, ahead of the airline’s planned serve launch from Oslo. The carrier says pilot training has commenced and training for cabin crew will begin soon, and it is setting up a US cabin crew base ...
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NewsWizz Air unionisation impasse spurs investor pull-out
One of budget carrier Wizz Air’s investors has opted to sell its shareholding, citing the airline’s policy of refusing to recognise employee unions. The Danish pension fund AkademikerPension says it is selling DKr22 million ($3.4 million) of shares. Its director, Jens Munch Holst, says the investor has held discussions with ...
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NewsKomiaviatrans aims to expand network after avoiding bankruptcy
Russian regional carrier Komiaviatrans is aiming for expansion after an injection of aid from the local government allowed it to avoid collapsing into bankruptcy. The Komi republic’s ministry of economic development states that the airline had recorded debts of Rb4.2 billion ($55 million) in October last year. Government representatives approved ...
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NewsCathay Pacific expected to return to profitability in 2022: HSBC report
Cathay Pacific is expected to return to profitability in 2022 as a result of traffic rebound and pent-up travel demand, according to a HSBC research report, which states “the only way is up” for the embattled Hong Kong carrier.
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NewsIndiGo keeps up fleet transformation as fuel costs bite
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo aims to largely switch to the Airbus A320neo family by the end of the year, and fully exit the baseline A320.