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NewsAegean positions to become Volotea shareholder with €25m investment
Greek carrier Aegean Airlines intends to take a stake of up to 21% in Spanish low-cost carrier Volotea after it participated in a round of fundraising with the latter’s shareholders.
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NewsKongsberg unit to update Royal Norwegian Air Force Bell 412 fleet
Oslo has awarded Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services (KAMS) a contract to upgrade the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s (RNoAF’s) fleet of Bell 412 utility helicopters.
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NewsWizz Air A320 crew credited for effective response to phone battery fire
Norwegian investigators are advising airlines to carry fireproof gloves in the passenger cabin as part of the kit for dealing with lithium-battery fires from personal devices. The advisory follows an incident in which a mobile phone ignited in the forward cabin of a Wizz Air Airbus A320 during top-of-descent before ...
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NewsPoland’s WZL-2 completes maintenance work on its last Su-22
Poland’s WZL-2 works has completed the process of maintenance, repair and overhaul and modernisation work on the nation’s Sukhoi Su-22 fleet.
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NewsUK halts exports of some defence equipment to Israel over Gaza action
The UK government has withdrawn permissions to supply Israel’s armed forces with some military equipment, removing “approximately 30 export licences for items which could be used in the current conflict” in Gaza.
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NewsCathay finds 15 A350s needing engine parts replaced after in-flight component failure
Cathay Pacific has identified 15 Airbus A350s with engine components that required replacement, as it wraps up inspections of its entire operating fleet after an in-flight engine component failure on 2 September.
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to start Riyadh flights and make Accra return
UK carrier Virgin Atlantic is to launch its first flights to Saudi Arabia next summer by beginning services to Riyadh, while also serving Accra in Ghana for the first time in over a decade.
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NewsMarshall completes Austrian C-130K navigation upgrade
UK company Marshall has completed an upgrade activity on the Austrian air force’s three-strong fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130K tactical transports.
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NewsANA’s first 777 with emissions-reducing Aeroshark film enters service
All Nippon Airways has applied the low-drag AeroShark surface film on a single Boeing 777 freighter, becoming the second Asian operator to use the film on its aircraft.
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NewsUS seizes Falcon jet allegedly used to transport Venezuelan president
US authorities have seized a Dassault Falcon 900EX which is alleged to have been operated for the benefit of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, in violation of US export control and sanction laws. The aircraft – registered T7-ESPRT – was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to Florida, says the ...
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NewsCathay cancels multiple A350 flights after component failure spurs Trent XWB engine inspection
Cathay Pacific has cancelled multiple flights over the next couple of days in order to carry out engine inspections on its Airbus A350 fleet. The decision follows the in-flight return of an A350-1000 which had departed Hong Kong for Zurich on 2 September. Flight CX383 touched down at Hong Kong ...
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NewsBristow readies for start of Irish SAR contract with arrival of first AW189
Bristow is ramping up preparations for the start of its new search and rescue (SAR) operation in Ireland following arrival in the country of the first of six Leonardo Helicopters AW189s to be deployed on the contract.
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NewsSuperjet crash inquiry reveals angle-of-attack anomaly on second Gazpromavia aircraft
Unambiguous procedures for installing angle-of-attack sensors on Yakovlev Superjet 100s are being developed after the fatal crash of a Gazpromavia aircraft – as well as an earlier incident involving a sister ship. Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee has disclosed the urgent measures in its preliminary findings into the 12 July accident, ...
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NewsChina Eastern to absorb low-cost unit OTT Airlines
China Eastern Airlines is to merge its OTT Airlines subsidiary into mainline operations, marking an end to the low-cost operator’s short-lived stint.
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NewsRestructured SAS formally joins SkyTeam after withdrawal from Star Alliance
Scandinavian carrier SAS has formally become the 21st member of the SkyTeam alliance, having joined the group after withdrawing from Star Alliance. SAS’s membership of SkyTeam – effective from 1 September – follows its emergence from US Chapter 11 protection, during which it underwent extensive restructuring. As part of this ...
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NewsRTX fined $200m for release of classified military aircraft data to Russia and China
US defence giant RTX, the parent company of Raytheon, Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney, agreed to a $200 million settlement with US government for the unauthorised release of sensitive data on nearly two dozen military aircraft to foreign adversaries.
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NewsUkrainian president sacks air force chief following F-16 loss
The dismissal of Ukrainian air force commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuck comes just days after the service lost its first Western-supplied F-16 fighter, with rumours swirling about a possible friendly fire incident.
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NewsAustralia-US-UK security pact looks beyond submarines to aerospace
An advisory group to the trilateral security consortium between the USA, the UK, and Australia says the group is expanding its interests beyond an initial objective of delivering nuclear submarine technology to Canberra.
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NewsCeiba 737-800 ‘landed long’ before Malabo overrun
Officials in Equatorial Guinea have indicated that a Boeing 737-800 arriving at Malabo in poor weather touched down long on the runway before it overran. The Ceiba Intercontinental aircraft – carrying the Ethiopian registration ET-AWR – had arrived following a domestic service from Bata on 29 August. Equatorial Guinea’s governmental ...
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NewsWhy Boeing’s former head of strategy signed up to lead Electra
Former Boeing executive Marc Allen thinks start-up Electra’s concept for a hybrid-electric, short take-off aircraft has far more commercial viability than other novel aircraft within the burgeoning advanced air mobility space.