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NewsTwo forces create toxic mix for Indian airlines: IndiGo chief
IndiGo chief executive Ronojoy Dutta maintains that low fares and high taxes can be a fatal mix for airlines operating domestically in India.
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Qantas to build new flight training centre in Brisbane
Qantas will build a new flight training centre at Brisbane airport by the end of the year and expand existing facilities at Melbourne, as part of a wider relocation of training assets.
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Cathay’s January passenger load factor sinks to dismal 13.3%
Cathay Pacific reported its lowest ever passenger load factor in January, with passenger numbers for the month plunging to six-month lows, as it confronts an “extremely challenging” start to 2021.
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FAA orders inspection of 222 Boeing 787s
The US Federal Aviation Administration will publish an airworthiness directive on 19 February ordering the inspection of cargo compartments on Boeing 787 type aircraft, adding to the list of safety and maintenance complications for the aircraft. The FAA estimates that 222 787 aircraft will be impacted, according to a ...
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Cebu Pacific finalises $260 million local-currency rights issue
Cebu Pacific has finalised details of its planned Ps12.5 billion ($258 million) rights offering, aimed at providing the Philippine low-cost carrier with funds to repay debts – including those owed to lessors – and ensuring it has sufficient funds to refund passengers.
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USAF rethinks future fleet, ponders clean-sheet 4.5-generation fighter
The US Air Force is studying a future fighter fleet that might include new Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters or possibly a clean-sheet 4.5-generation fighter.
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Rolling updates planned for HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter
After the original US Air Force requirements for the HH-60W Jolly Green II were overtaken by new threats within less than a decade – even before the first example of the rotorcraft was delivered – manufacturer Sikorsky is aiming to update the service’s Combat Rescue Helicopter on a rolling basis.
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Two Boeing board members to step down in latest shake up
Two Boeing board members to step down in latest shake up
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De Havilland to halt Dash 8 production, exit Downsview assembly site
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada will temporarily stop producing Dash 8s and begin vacating its Downsview Toronto production site in the second half of 2021.
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Uzbek start-up Qanot Sharq signs for A320s
Uzbek start-up carrier Qanot Sharq Airlines is taking a pair of Airbus A320s for its initial fleet, acquired from US lessor Air Lease. Qanot Sharq is based in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. At the MAKS Moscow air show in 2019, the airline signed an agreement – described ...
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Etihad and Gulf Air agree deeper commercial relationship
Etihad Airways and Gulf Air have signed a commercial agreement to “deepen their partnership” in several areas.
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Aeromexico sees ‘encouraging signs’ for 2021
Despite significant 2020 losses and an ongoing bankruptcy proceeding, Grupo Aeromexico, the parent of Aeromexico, sees “encouraging signs of recovery”.
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Regional business air market has changed for good: Loganair chief
Many companies will simply not go back to traveling the way they did before the pandemic, believes Jonathan Hinkles
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French and Swedish state aid to airlines not discriminatory: European court
European court judges have thrown out a case against the state aid granted to French and Scandinavian carriers, which had been brought by budget airline Ryanair. Ryanair had alleged infringement of non-discrimination principles as well as the obligation to weigh the benefits of the aid against its adverse effect ...
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Closer operational ties key to Finnish fighter bid, Sweden says
Saab’s proposed Gripen E/F and GlobalEye package for Finland will help Helsinki transform its air-defence capabilities and drive even closer defence links with its Nordic neighbour, Swedish officials have said.
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FCAS workshare plan sparks German union concerns
Fresh tensions have emerged between France and Germany over the planned development of a next-generation fighter aircraft in a project that also involves Spain.
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Lufthansa in talks for smaller types after A380 and 747 withdrawal: Spohr
Lufthansa Group is holding talks with Airbus and Boeing to bring smaller aircraft into the fleet in place of the larger types the company is withdrawing as a consequence of the air transport crisis. Chief executive Carsten Spohr told a German symposium, hosted by the London School of Economics ...
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TUI’s Belgian carrier puts 737 Max back into operation
Leisure company TUI Group has started re-introducing the Boeing 737 Max to service, with its Belgian carrier TUIfly conducting flights to Malaga and Alicante. The initial aircraft (OO-MAX), a 737 Max 8, departed Brussels shortly before 09:45 on 17 February. “At the moment we have a very small ...
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Beijing boosts ability to train top fighter pilots: think tank
An updated training curriculum and the advent of the Hongdu JL-10 advanced jet trainer mark a step change in Chinese combat pilot training.
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JetBlue pilots reject union support for American codeshare
JetBlue Airways pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) union voted to reject a tentative agreement to give the carrier contractual relief for its codeshare with American Airlines, seeking more job security as the airline partnership nears completion.
