Aviation Daily Roundup: Nov. 29, 2022

Russian airline Red Wings plans to expand its fleet with four Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-204/214 narrowbody airliners.

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Rolls-Royce and program partner airline EasyJet have conducted test runs on a AE2100 turboprop powered by liquid hydrogen rather than conventional jet fuel.

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Recently the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 surpassed the 1,000,000 flight hours milestone. The Trent 7000 exclusively powers the Airbus A330neo aircraft.

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The Singaporean MRO provider continues to be affected by the lagging recovery of Asia-Pacific international travel, which only accelerated after June 2022.  

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Central African carrier RwandAir has added its first dedicated freighter and further growth could be on the horizon after the FAA granted the airline Category 1 status, paving the way for transatlantic flights.

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UK leisure carrier and holiday group Jet2 says it expects to exceed market expectations for its pre-tax profit for the current financial year.

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The company is pursuing a strategy of owning the complete value chain—from generating renewable energy at airports to providing scheduled regional flights with zero-emission aircraft.

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The Center for High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft is developing and maturing technologies for a 180-seat airliner powered by liquid-hydrogen (LH2), fuel cells and lithium batteries.

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The goal of the project is to demonstrate that a scale model that mimics the dynamics of a full-size aircraft can be used as a viable and competitive means of investigating the behavior of new designs.

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High-speed trains may not be the first thing you think of when hearing the words “Air France,” but the carrier is focusing on opportunities for cooperation with rail operators, initially in France, as part of its decarbonization strategy. 

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