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NewsUK flight numbers lag European recovery despite reaching Covid-19 high
The UK’s air travel recovery continues to lag the comeback in the wider Europe region, despite the country seeing its highest flight numbers since March 2020 in the week ending 15 August.
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NewsRising e-commerce swayed IAI decision to convert larger 777 variant
Israel Aerospace Industries considered the Boeing 777-200ER for potential freighter conversion but settled on the larger 777-300ER because it views the volume capability as particularly important to the cargo market. The company has commenced modification of an initial 777-300ER under its latest freighter programme, being carried out in co-operation with ...
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NewsA330neo family evolves with lighter take-off weight variants
Airbus has introduced several low-weight variants of the A330neo, for both members of the re-engined twinjet family. Four new variants – with maximum take-off weights from 205t to 220t – have been listed for the A330-900, and feature in an updated European Union Aviation Safety Agency type certificate. These new ...
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NewsUS FAA bans commercial overflights of Afghanistan airspace
US commercial carriers have been banned from operating within Afghanistan’s airspace, in a further tightening of restrictions following the deterioration of the country’s political stability. Afghanistan’s airspace was already the subject of limitations and advisories from the US FAA and several other civil aviation authorities, including those in Germany, France ...
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NewsHong Kong probes engine fire incident on UPS 747 freighter
Hong Kong’s Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) is investigating an engine fire on freighter operated by express air shipment company UPS.
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NewsSingapore eases border restrictions for vaccinated travellers from Germany, Brunei
Singapore has announced a “cautious” easing of travel restrictions to fully-vaccinated visitors from selected countries and regions, as it gradually reopens its international borders, which had been largely shut since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsBOC Aviation’s profit declines in first half of 2021
BOC Aviation reported a net profit of $254 million for the first six months of 2021, down from $323 million in the first half of last year.
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NewsFAA fines against ‘unruly’ passengers top $1m in 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration has fined passengers another $500,000 for disruptive and violent behaviour aboard aircraft, bringing the total amount of civil penalties levied by the agency for such offences in 2021 to more than $1 million.
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NewsAvelo to launch flights between New Haven and Florida
Avelo Airlines will provide service to four popular beach destinations in Florida when it launches its new East Coast US base at Tweed New Haven airport in Connecticut.
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NewsVirgin Atlantic signals intent to use proposed UK carbon-capture facility
Virgin Atlantic has signed a memorandum of understanding to become a customer for a proposed direct air capture (DAC) facility in Scotland.
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NewsPegasus sees post-lockdown demand surge but yields lagging
Turkish budget carrier Pegasus expects its operations to be cash-positive during the second half of 2021, as it reports an “encouraging recovery in demand” in domestic markets in particular.
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NewsStingray tanker aces Hawkeye refuelling test
Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker test asset T1 has completed its second in-flight refuelling, this time supporting a US Navy Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.
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AnalysisPredators seeking rich pickings in aerospace
The past 18 months have seen little consolidation among the industry’s biggest businesses. But fresh bids for two of the UK’s key players are raising concerns over foreign ownership of the country’s industrial and security assets.
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NewsAeroflot Group invests in reconfiguring 737-800s to expand Pobeda
Aeroflot Group is to invest some $58 million in reconfiguring Boeing 737-800s for transfer to the fleet of its budget airline Pobeda. The group says it has postponed several investment projects as a result of the pandemic-driven air transport crisis. But during its half-year financial update the company states that ...
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NewsIAI pursues 767 conversion line in Addis Ababa through Ethiopian tie-up
Israel Aerospace Industries is further broadening its modification capabilities with a new freighter conversion line in Ethiopian for Boeing 767-300ERs. The line will be established at Addis Ababa, at the Ethiopian Airlines maintenance facility, under an agreement with the African carrier. Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam says the carrier ...
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NewsCovid crisis hampers sale of Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s remaining assets
Administrators handling the collapse of UK-based MRO provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) are battling to sell the company’s few remaining assets after the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on civil aviation caused demand for spare parts to plunge.
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NewsEl Al inspects 737 in-flight connectivity radomes for attachment cracks
US regulators are instructing de-activation and removal of specific external in-flight connectivity systems from Boeing 737-800 and -900ER jets, citing the risk that the radome and antenna could detach as a result of cracked attachment fittings. The FAA is ordering checks on the Viasat equipment installed under an Astronics Armstrong ...
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NewsKorean Air to retire A380s in five years, 747-8Is in ten: CEO
Korean Air plans to entirely exit four-engined passenger aircraft within the next ten years.
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NewsUS imposes capacity limits on Chinese carriers
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) will impose a 40% capacity limit on Chinese airlines flying into the US, following a similar move by Beijing on four United Airlines flights to the Chinese mainland.
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NewsBreeze snags another $200m investment
US start-up carrier Breeze Airways has secured another $200 million in funding less than three months after beginning flights.