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NewsUS Air Force signs research contract for ‘Bell’s High Speed VTOL’
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has contracted Bell to research a high-speed vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
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InterviewSteven Udvar-Hazy on the pandemic, environment and airline market recovery
In an exclusive video interview with FlightGlobal, Air Lease executive chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy gives his insight on how the pandemic and environmental pressures are changing the airline industry, when the market might return to some kind of normality and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Airbus and Boeing in future aircraft development.
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NewsEmbraer delays E175-E2 service entry one year
Embraer has delayed the E175-E2’s service entry by one year, until 2024, saying it is continuing certification work on the regional jet, but on a revised timeline.
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NewsAirbus commercial aircraft earnings improve over first quarter
Airbus’s commercial aircraft earnings improved over the first quarter, despite a 4% fall in revenues for the division. The airframer turned in EBIT earnings of €343 million ($416 million) for the three months to 31 March, on revenues of €7.27 billion. Its adjusted EBIT reached €533 million, compared with the ...
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Airline BusinessScoot’s founding CEO returns to confront new realities
Campbell Wilson’s second stint as chief executive of low-cost carrier Scoot has proven to be very different from his first. In early 2020 Singapore Airlines announced an executive rotation. One surprise announcement saw Wilson named as chief executive of Scoot. Having founded what was then SIA’s long-haul, low-cost arm in ...
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NewsBoeing trims loss to $561m in first quarter as deliveries accelerate
Boeing narrowed its first-quarter loss to $561 million, a massive improvement on the $8.4 billion loss it registered in the fourth quarter of last year, and better than the $641 million loss in the same period of 2020.
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Airline BusinessAirline recovery hopes blighted by slow recovery despite bright pockets
It says something about the depth of the airline industry’s troubles that even an extra $9 billion in losses this year would leave the industry significant healthier than in 2020.
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NewsSoaring Covid-19 cases hit Indian airline recovery
Rocketing coronavirus cases are hitting Indian airlines hard, with the much-watched daily average passenger metric one-third off a recent high seen in March.
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Airline BusinessDavid Neeleman ready for his fifth act with Breeze Airways
After launching four successful airlines in 30 years, serial entrepreneur David Neeleman’s latest project sees him targeting underserved US cities with Breeze Airways
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NewsFirst 777-300ER for freighter conversion joins Israeli commemorative flypast
Israel Aerospace Industries has flown a Boeing 777-300ER set for freighter conversion in a formation to mark the anniversary of Israeli independence. The company says the 15 April flypast – which took place over several locations including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea and Masada – included a pair of ...
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NewsA320 tipped up and struck tail at Milan after passenger load mismatch
Italian investigators have determined that an improper distribution of passengers on board an Alitalia Airbus A320 resulted in the aircraft’s suffering a tail-strike during an aborted take-off at Milan Malpensa. The twinjet (EI-DTB), bound for Rome Fiumicino on 17 August 2017, had started to accelerate along runway 35R when, at ...
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Index puts industry at 0.59 of pre-Covid size
The first Airline Business Index put the airline industry at 0.59 of its pre-pandemic size at the end of 2020 – with 1 being the size at end-2019 – amid the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Airline BusinessWhat future does the A380 have in a post-pandemic travel world?
Already a luxury of debatable value to many operators before the crisis, the A380 appears even less well-suited to a market featuring depressed travel demand and a focus on cargo
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Airline BusinessEyes on UK for first signs of European air travel recovery
The real test is ahead; as the region moves towards the middle of the year and the crucial June-August holiday season, will markets begin to open up and genuine recovery momentum build?
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Airline BusinessBoeing continues to ride the ups and downs of 737 Max return
Southwest’s follow-on commitment for 100 Max 7 aircraft and Ryanair’s imminent start of services with a higher density version of the Max 8 are further positives for Boeing’s flagship programme after the restart of commercial flights last December, but further order cancellations and the back-up power control issuing impacting some of the fleet show challenges remain
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Airline BusinessAndrew Levy’s low-cost Avelo Airlines hits the ground running
Avelo Airlines, industry veteran Andrew Levy’s new carrier, made a splash last week when it landed in the US low-cost-carrier pool, offering $19 fares and flights from the Los Angeles area to nearly a dozen cities in the western third of the country.
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NewsA320 close call at San Francisco highlighted NOTAM overload: ICAO forum
Overflight of a heavily-occupied taxiway by an Airbus A320 at San Francisco served as an illustration of the serious risks of overloading pilots with NOTAMs, an ICAO forum has heard, as the organisation initiates efforts to reduce unnecessary NOTAM information. The Air Canada jet’s crew, intending to land on runway ...
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Airline BusinessHow Jude Bricker transformed Sun Country on journey to IPO
In four short years, former Allegiant president Jude Bricker has taken the Midwest niche carrier from near-death to a stock market IPO, aided by a well-timed venture into cargo markets with Amazon
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Airline BusinessAirline coronavirus recovery tracker: April 2021 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including international and domestic travel restrictions, traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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NewsAirbus switching A320neo family from mechanical to electronic rudder control
Airbus is aiming to replace the mechanical rudder controls on A320neo-family aircraft, switching to a full electric rudder system by early 2024. The modification will coincide with the entry into service of the long-range A321XLR which is being developed with the ‘E-rudder’ architecture in mind. While the initial delivery had ...