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NewsUK Falcon 20 pitch-jam incident traced to undrained frozen rainwater
Dassault has developed a modification for Falcon 20 business jets to increase aft-fuselage drainage after a flight-control icing incident involving a UK-registered aircraft. The aircraft’s crew found that pitch control became restricted at 19,000ft and could not be moved nose-up sufficiently to maintain level flight during turns, according to the ...
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NewsDC Aviation becomes first declared customer for Gulfstream G400
DC Aviation is the first charter customer for the Gulfstream G400.
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NewsAir Transat CEO blasts Air Canada request to government to prevent pilot strike
Air Transat chief executive Annick Guerard blasted competitor Air Canada for asking the Canadian government to intervene in a conflict with its pilots to avoid a strike set to begin later this week.
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NewsCrowdStrike outage prompts Delta to revise third-quarter financial expectations
Delta Air Lines has detailed the degree to which its July operational meltdown impacted its third-quarter revenue and expenses.
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NewsTransat struggles in fiscal third quarter amid lower yields and aircraft groundings
Transat AT, the parent of Canadian leisure operator Air Transat, has posted lower fiscal third-quarter earnings as aircraft availability due to Pratt & Whitney engine issues and lower yields put pressure on the company.
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NewsLufthansa Technik names Vittadini as supervisory board chairperson
Lufthansa Technik has named Lufthansa Group chief technology officer Grazia Vittadini as its new supervisory board chairperson.
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NewsZeroAvia looks to Scotland for manufacturing site as investment bank joins funding round
Scottish National Investment Bank has joined an investment round for advanced propulsion specialist ZeroAvia, with a £20 million ($26 million) commitment to take the overall figure to $150 million. ZeroAvia says the Series C investment “accelerates progress” towards certification of its hydrogen-electric powertrains. The company has been flight-testing its ZA600 ...
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NewsHeart unveils the HX-1, its first full-scale flight-test demonstrator
Sweden’s Heart Aerospace has unveiled its first full-scale flying demonstrator – the Heart Experimental 1 (HX-1) – a stepping-stone on the way to developing its hybrid-electric ES-30, an aircraft only announced two years ago.
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NewsAegean boosts first-half revenue during busy European summer travel season
Aegean Airlines boosted revenue for the first half of the year as both international and domestic networks delivered higher results during the European summer travel season.
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NewsVertical completes tethered flight tests with latest VX4 prototype
Vertical Aerospace‘s latest VX4 prototype has finished the first phase of its piloted flight-test programme, including a series of 20 tethered sorties.
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NewsERJ-145 overran just after Lagos runway re-opened following heavy rain
Nigerian investigators probing an Embraer ERJ-145 overrun at Lagos have revealed that the crew had been forced to hold just before the approach because the runway was closed due to bad weather. The XE Jet aircraft (5N-BZZ) had been inbound from Abuja on 11 May. Some 25min before landing, another ...
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NewsChina Development Bank leasing arm agrees to purchase 80 A320neos
China Development Bank’s financial leasing arm has disclosed that it is ordering 80 Airbus A320neo-family twinjets.
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NewsEmbraer talks up India supply chain potential
Embraer is looking at working with “potential suppliers” in India for a wide-ranging collaboration across its business units, including in defence and commercial aviation.
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NewsAsia Pacific Aerospace to provide MRO for region’s Black Hawk engines
Lockheed Martin has selected Australia’s Asia Pacific Aerospace to provide engine MRO support for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters operating in the region.
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NewsAirbus targets 25% efficiency gain from next narrowbody with help from CFM’s RISE
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury has made clear he expects the European airframer’s next narrowbody jet will be 25% more efficient than today’s models – and he is banking on CFM International’s in-development open-rotor engine to get there.
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NewsSafran pursues acquisition of Ohio-based engine repair company
French aerospace firm Safran is looking at acquiring an Ohio-based firm specialising in aircraft engine parts repair this year.
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NewsJoby initiates air operator’s certificate application in UAE
US air taxi developer Joby Aviation continues pursuing early operations of its yet-to-be-certificated electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the desert metropolises of the Middle East.
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NewsAirbus faces tough task to hit 2024 delivery target amid lingering parts shortages
Ongoing shortages of engines, cabin components and other parts have left Airbus challenged to hit its 2024 delivery goal, meaning the company needs to quickly ramp output to hit the target.
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NewsSouth African regulator orders medical rechecks alleging certification fraud
South African Airways has been rechecking personnel, including pilots, after the country’s civil aviation regulator accused the airline’s chief medical officer of issuing fraudulent certificates. The South African Civil Aviation Authority says the officer’s designation as an aviation medical examiner was not renewed after 31 March this year – pending ...
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NewsJapanese aircraft carrier to conduct F-35B trials off San Diego
Japan’s return to the aircraft carrier club will advance with JS Kaga set to spend over a month conducting flight test work with Lockheed Martin F-35Bs.