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NewsChina completes first flight of Jetank ‘swarm carrier’ drone
China’s state-owned AVIC has completed the first flight of its Jetank drone swarm carrier, designed to deploy dozens of smaller uncrewed aircraft from an internal hive module.
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NewsAirbus details next round of fuel-saving fello’fly tests following GEESE success
Airbus will next year launch a further round of flight tests under its fello’fly initiative as it bids to bring the fuel-saving Wake Energy Retrieval (WER) concept into commercial service in the first half of next decade.
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NewsSwitzerland to trim F-35A purchase, with cost rises leaving 36-unit buy ‘not financially feasible’
Switzerland’s acquisition of Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters will fall short of its contracted 36 examples due to budget limitations, the nation’s Federal Council has announced.
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NewsGermany firms 20 H145M LKH options, taking total commitment to 82 helicopters
Germany has exercised options for 20 Airbus Helicopters H145Ms, adding to the 62 examples of the light-twin it ordered in December 2023.
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NewsAirbus holds on to some older Belugas while preparing for A320neo-family ramp-up
Airbus is intending to keep part of its A300-600ST Beluga fleet in operation until around mid-2027, as it continues its ramp-up of A320neo production.
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NewsKLM Cityhopper starts putting increased-capacity E195-E2s into service
Dutch carrier KLM’s Cityhopper division has started operating Embraer 195-E2 twinjets with increased capacity. The airline is fitting four additional economy-class seats to all 22 of the type, aiming to convert them by June next year. This will take the E195-E2’s overall accommodation to 136 seats. KLM says this has ...
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NewsAustrian Airlines starts transferring E195 fleet to Italian sister carrier
Lufthansa Group’s Austrian Airlines has begun phasing out its Embraer 195 regional jets, transferring an initial aircraft to Italian sister carrier Air Dolomiti. Austrian is modernising and simplifying its fleet and, instead of its 17 E195s, will introduce six more Airbus A320neos – each configured with 180 seats – the ...
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NewsCebu Pacific expands long-haul operations with addition of Riyadh
Cebu Pacific will begin flying between Manila and Riyadh, marking the low-cost operator’s entry into Saudi Arabia.
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NewsJetBlue A320 crew startled by encounter with ‘unseen’ military tanker north of Venezuela
A JetBlue Airbus A320 crew reported a close encounter with a US Air Force tanker aircraft operating without an active transponder during climb-out from Curacao on 12 December, forcing the commercial flight to halt its ascent.
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NewsVueling flight data supports validation of European gate-to-gate emissions model
Flight-data monitoring from Spanish carrier Vueling has been used to validate a European methodology for calculating carbon emissions based on fuel burn for gate-to-gate scenarios. Pan-European air navigation service Eurocontrol developed the estimation methodology – which uses radar and aircraft performance data – and has published results since 2019. Under ...
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NewsSpirit pilots and flight attendants agree to pay cuts as carrier navigates bankruptcy
Spirit Airlines’ pilots and flight attendants have approved revised employment contracts featuring concessions the carrier estimates will save $100 million annually as it seeks to emerge from bankruptcy proceedings.
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NewsSaab innovation unit details 2026 flight-test plan for Ruby vehicle with ‘software-defined fuselage’
Saab’s internal innovation start-up The Rainforest will fly an unmanned platform next year employing what it describes as “the world’s first software-defined aircraft fuselage”.
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NewsAustralia awards CAE 10-year contract to deliver Future Air Mission Training System
CAE has been awarded a more than A$300 million ($200 million) contract to deliver the Royal Australian Air Force’s Future Air Mission Training System capability.
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NewsAerosucre 727 freighter damaged on landing after main-gear problem
Colombian investigators are probing a landing accident involving an Aerosucre Boeing 727-200 freighter at Barranquilla. The aircraft had departed Barranquilla on 12 December but returned after “experiencing a failure” in its left-hand main landing-gear, according to the Colombian regulator Aerocivil. Some 70min after take-off, much of it spent in a ...
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NewsNorse Atlantic cancels proposed follow-up share offering
Scandinavian operator Norse Atlantic has cancelled a proposed additional offering of shares, because the company’s stock price is below the threshold for issue. Norse had been considering the additional offering as a follow-up to a private placement disclosed in October. This offering would have comprised up to 12.09 million new ...
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NewsCues missed before Southwest 737 began take-off roll on parallel Orlando taxiway
US investigators state that a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 captain did not adhere to runway-verification procedures before the jet commenced its take-off roll from a parallel taxiway at Orlando earlier this year. The aircraft, bound for Albany on 20 March, had been cleared to taxi from its Airside 2 apron ...
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NewsUS military helicopter ADS-B exemption sparks safety backlash
Safety investigators and lawmakers are opposing provisions in the US defence spending bill that would exempt some military helicopters from aircraft-tracking requirements, citing risks highlighted by January’s fatal Potomac River collision.
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NewsUnited strikes sale-leaseback deals covering 20 Max 9s with SMBC Aviation Capital
The Irish lessor disclosed the sale-leaseback agreements, which apply to Max 9s delivered in late 2025 and 2026, on 10 December.
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NewsFAA expands Leap-1A dust-related inspections to engines operated in South Asia
The Federal Aviation Administration has expanded mandatory inspections of CFM International Leap-1A high-pressure turbine blades to engines operating in South Asia, following earlier concerns about dust-related cracking in Middle East operations.
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NewsIndiGo parent’s chair blames chaos on combination of internal and external events
Indian carrier IndiGo’s parent, InterGlobe Aviation, has blamed a combination of internal and external events for the airline’s recent widespread disruption, but insists that the situation was not the result of deliberate actions. The chair of InterGlobe Aviation, the airline’s parent, Vikram Singh Mehta says the company sought to support ...