All North America articles – Page 244
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NewsEve to become public company through merger with blank-check company
Embraer’s electric air taxi development subsidiary Eve plans to become a publicly traded company by combining with blank-check firm Zanite Acquisition, with Embraer retaining 82% of the resulting company’s equity.
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NewsUPS orders 19 more 767 Freighters
Express package specialist UPS has ordered another 19 Boeing 767 Freighters, handing another win to the US airframer at a time of robust demand for air cargo.
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NewsZeroAvia recruits UK aerospace institute figure to set out strategic path
Hydrogen-electric engine firm ZeroAvia has recruited a strategy head from the UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute as well as a senior Boeing propulsion engineer and Shell hydrogen specialist, to reinforce its management and advisory teams. Aerospace Technology Institute’s James McMicking, who comes from an engineering background and served in several roles ...
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NewsMQ-25 winds up deck handling tests on US aircraft carrier
Boeing and the US Navy (USN) have completed a series of tests to assess the deck handling characteristics of the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned air vehicle (UAV) aboard an aircraft carrier.
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NewsEviation taxis Alice prototype at Arlington Municipal airport
Eviation’s in-development all-electric aircraft completed a low-speed taxi run in recent days, marking what Eviation calls another step leading toward the prototype’s first flight.
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NewsLessor Nordic Aviation Capital to restructure under US Chapter 11
Irish-based lessor Nordic Aviation Capital is to file for voluntary US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to undertake a restructuring process which will include injection of over $500 million in capital. The company has entered a restructuring support agreement with shareholders and lenders representing over 73% of its debts. Nordic Avation ...
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NewsUSA asks judge to prohibit Forkner from alleging he is ‘scapegoat’ for Max crashes
The US Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to prohibit Boeing’s former 737 Max technical pilot from presenting evidence suggesting he is being made a “scapegoat” for two crashes.
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NewsArcher Aviation’s Maker completes first flight
Archer Aviation’s in-development Maker electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft has flown for the first time.
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NewsFirst European-based US Air Force F-35As arrive at Lakenheath home
The first four of an eventual 24 US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35As to be based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK arrived at the Suffolk base on 15 December.
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AnalysisLoss of Qantas and Air France-KLM deals to Airbus highlights Boeing’s competitive gaps
Defections of two long-time narrowbody customers – Air France-KLM and Qantas – to Boeing’s arch-rival in Toulouse does not mean the 737 Max is a worse aircraft than the A320neo, but the comparative strength of Airbus’s single-aisle strategy appears to be a winning formula.
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NewsSouthwest’s Kelly tests positive for Covid-19 two days after DC testimony
Southwest Airlines’ chief executive officer Gary Kelly has tested positive for coronavirus just two days after he and other US airline executives appeared in-person to testify in front of US congressional committee.
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NewsUS government indicts six aerospace executives on allegations of manipulating labour markets
The US government has indicted six aerospace industry executives – including one who apparently worked at Pratt & Whitney – for allegedly conspiring to manipulate aerospace hiring practices for the purpose of reducing labour costs.
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NewsWestJet names Austrian’s Alexis von Hoensbroech to be its new CEO
WestJet has named Austrian Airlines chief executive Alexis von Hoensbroech to be its new CEO.
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NewsUSAF hits maritime target with cruise missile launched from C-130
The US Air Force has hit a target with a cruise missile launched from the ramp of a cargo aircraft for the first time as part of its Rapid Dragon programme.
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NewsJetBlue and American forge ahead with alliance despite lawsuit
JetBlue Airways and American Airlines have expanded their collaboration, with plans to operate some 700 daily flights from New York’s John F Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports, and from Boston Logan International airport, by next summer.
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NewsUS cellular industry insists ‘5G’ will not curtail aviation safety
The US cellular industry is pushing back against warnings that soon-to-be-active “5G” wireless networks could cause dangerous interference with aircraft altimeters, citing the safe use of 5G in many other countries.
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NewsCanada again warns citizens to avoid international travel
Canada has once again told its citizens to stay home as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus begins to quickly spread across the country and around the world.
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NewsDelta names chief sustainability officer to leadership team
Delta Air Lines has added a Chief Sustainability Officer, the first major US airline to create that role in the C-suite.
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NewsQuestions surround conversion of ex-Qantas 747 into Rolls-Royce flying testbed
Conversion of a former Qantas 747-400 into a flying testbed for Rolls-Royce is lagging behind schedule as the status of the progamme remains unclear.
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NewsBreeze acquires first A220, from AerCap
US discounter Breeze Airways has received its first Airbus A220, taking a -300 variant from Irish aircraft lessor AerCap.