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UK 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.
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ZeroAvia 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.
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ERJ-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.
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China 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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Safran 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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Icelandair shows off initial Airbus as A321LR rolls out in carrier’s colours
Icelandair has shown off its first Airbus aircraft, an A321LR which has been painted in the carrier’s colours at Hamburg.
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Iran Air faces sanctions as three European states suspend Iranian air service bilaterals
France, Germany and the UK are suspending bilateral air services agreements with Iran, and looking to impose sanctions on Iran Air over the export of Iranian missiles to Russia.
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Wizz Air to station initial A321XLRs in London and Milan to serve Middle East routes
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is to station its first pair of Airbus A321XLRs in London and Milan, and use the long-range jets to operate services to the Middle East next year.
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German state must partially recover aid from Ryanair and Frankfurt Hahn
Germany’s government must recover public funds from Frankfurt Hahn airport, as well as budget carrier Ryanair, after the European Commission concluded that they received support contrary to state-aid rules.
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K-Mile Asia steps up to cargo widebodies with converted 767-300ER freighter
Thai cargo carrier K-Mile Asia has stepped up to widebody operations, introducing a Boeing 767-300ER converted freighter.
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Runway excursion during take-off badly damages Trigana ATR 42-500
Indonesia’s ministry of transport believes all 48 occupants of an ATR 42-500 have survived a runway excursion during take-off in Papua which badly damaged the turboprop.
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Maldives-focused Beond brings in A321 to reinforce ‘operational readiness’
Premium leisure carrier Beond has introduced a second aircraft, an Airbus A321 to complement its A319.
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Voepass ATR crash probe analyses crew’s response to ice alerts before fatal flat spin
Icing has emerged as a primary line of inquiry into the fatal Voepass ATR 72-500 crash near Sao Paulo, during which the aircraft slowed, stalled and entered a flat spin from which the crew did not recover.
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Saurya CRJ200 crash inquiry cautions carriers over weight-and-balance compliance
Nepalese investigators have revealed that the operator of the Bombardier CRJ200 involved in a fatal take-off accident at Kathmandu was not complying with aircraft loading requirements before the crash.
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Siberia’s IrAero and Aurora to modernise with MC-21s and SJ-100s
Siberian carriers IrAero and Aurora Airlines have each signed agreements covering the acquisition of domestically-built aircraft including the Yakovlev MC-21 and SJ-100.
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Russian low-cost carrier Smartavia signs for 45 MC-21s
Russian carrier Smartavia has reached a preliminary agreement to take 45 Yakovlev MC-21 twinjets for fleet modernisation.
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Private customer orders A350s and A320neos during August
Airbus has disclosed that a private customer ordered three A350-900s as well as three A320neos during August.
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A350-1000 operators told to check fuel manifold hoses after Cathay Trent XWB engine fire
Operators of Airbus A350-1000s have been instructed to conduct inspection of fuel manifold main fuel hoses in the type’s Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 powerplants, following a fire incident on a Cathay Pacific aircraft.
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Aeroflot Group chief keen to use new wet-lease rules for Far East operations
Aeroflot Group chief Sergei Alexandrovsky has expressed interest in taking advantage of new Russian regulations on leasing to support operations in the east of the country.
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Cyprus Airways to take ex-EgyptAir A220 through new Azorra lease
Cyprus Airways has taken delivery of an Airbus A220-300, one of a batch of former EgyptAir aircraft which were picked up by US-based lessor Azorra.