All North America news – Page 25
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NewsTurkish Airlines reports Q3 net profit of $1.5bn as passenger revenue surges
Turkish Airlines has reported a net profit of $1.5 billion for the third quarter of 2022, as capacity, traffic and yields – as well as costs – surged beyond pre-Covid levels.
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Frontier Airlines eyes expansion in Dallas
Frontier Airlines plans to open a new crew base at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport in mid-2023 that would employ up to 120 pilots and 220 flight attendants.
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Pilotless Black Hawk flies medevac, resupply missions in DARPA experiment
The Pentagon’s secretive weapons development office, working with helicopter maker Sikorsky, successfully modified a UH-60 Black Hawk to fly without pilot input.
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Boeing scraps plan for services revenue to hit $50 billion this decade
Boeing has ditched a goal for its aircraft service division to grow its revenue to $50 billion annually in the coming years, saying doing so would lead to “indiscriminate” investment.
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Boeing’s next new aircraft is years away but 787 updates are imminent: executives
Boeing’s product development timeline became clearer on 2 November when the company said it will soon reveal a higher-gross-weight 787, while indicating it will not launch a clean-sheet aircraft.
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Atlas Air posts $60.1 million Q3 profit with acquisition looming
Third-quarter profits were down year-on-year for Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, the parent of cargo and passenger carrier Atlas Air, as the airline grappled with “operational disruptions”.
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Labour and supply chain costs push Spirit AeroSystems to $128m Q3 loss
Aerostructures manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems sunk further into the red during the third quarter, as costs from its Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 programmes pushed the company to a $128 million loss.
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Joby Aviation pushes back commercial service launch to 2025
Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Joby Aviation has pushed back the timeline for its vehicle’s entry into commercial passenger service to 2025.
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Allegiant, hit hard by Hurricane Ian, reports third-quarter loss of $46.5m
Allegiant Travel Company, parent of Allegiant Air, reported a loss of $46.5 million in the third quarter as revenue – and costs – surged significantly.
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Boeing rolls out plan to hike deliveries to 800 jets within several years
Boeing plans to significantly hike commercial aircraft deliveries in 2023, aiming to hand over up to 80 787s and 450 737s next year after overcoming nagging supply and labour problems.
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Boeing pushes back 737 Max 7 and Max 10 certifications
Boeing has again delayed certification timelines for its two outstanding 737 Max variants, now estimating the Federal Aviation Administration will clear the Max 7 by early 2023 and the Max 10 by early 2024.
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Bell delivers final Cobra attack helicopter to US Marine Corps
The H-1 programme, which encompasses the UH-1 utility and AH-1 attack helicopters and produced its first aircraft for the USA in 1959, will now be reliant on foreign customers for new sales.
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5G may have caused dozens of troubling in-flight avionics failures
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suspects new 5G cellular networks may have caused roughly 80 instances of aircraft system interference this year, with pilots reporting a range of malfunctions since the latest generation of mobile connectivity went live in January.
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US DOT grants Canada Jetlines permission to fly to USA
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively granted Canadian discount airline Canada Jetlines a foreign air carrier permit, allowing it to operate routes to the United States.
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United pilots vote down tentative contract
Nearly 10,000 United Airlines pilots seeking higher pay rejected a tentative contract that would have given them a 14.5% pay raise over 18 months.
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Sun Country Airlines makes $10.7m profit despite Q3 headwinds
Sun Country Airlines posted a $10.7 million profit in the third quarter of 2022 despite higher operating costs and ongoing struggles to hire enough flight crews.
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Aviation sector resilient in the face of computer chip shortage
While a global crunch in the supply of semiconductors has impacted other high-tech industries like automotive manufacturing and consumer electronics, the aerospace sector has proven less vulnerable.
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Delta Air Lines pilots vote to strike
An overwhelming majority of pilots at Delta Air Lines have voted to strike after they did not reach an agreement with the airline’s management on a new contract.
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Cargojet posts C$83.4m Q3 profit, boosted by e-commerce boom
With global demand for e-commerce driving revenue growth, Canadian operator Cargojet reported a third-quarter profit of C$83.4 million ($61.2 million) on 31 October.
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KC-46 completes limited crew refuelling flight
The US Air Force is testing the concept of minimally-crewed flights to prepare for potential combat scenarios in which personnel may be unavailable.
