Aviation Daily Roundup: Nov. 30, 2022

Airbus plans to flight-test a hydrogen fuel cell engine on its modified A380 testbed, as it already intended to do with a hydrogen-fueled turbofan. 

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Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with car manufacturer Renault to improve the technology for batteries.

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Atlas Air Worldwide shareholders have endorsed its acquisition by an investor group led by Apollo Global Management.

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Airbus Helicopters hopes demonstrator can prove out technologies to reduce their carbon emissions by 50%.

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While European countries are facing a tricky winter tackling high inflation, a cost-of-living crisis and in some cases fears of energy blackouts, there’s at least one sector that is shrugging off the doom and gloom: LCCs.

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Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) says it is being cautious going into the winter season, citing uncertainties around the world including the ongoing COVID-19 effects on Asian traffic and the Russia-Ukraine war.  

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Turning commercial air travel into a sustainable, carbon net-zero industry will make flying more expensive and airlines may have to change their business models, experts acknowledge.

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Korean Air is set to begin scheduled operations with its first Airbus A321neo in December.

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Uzbekistan Airways has signed an agreement with Airbus to purchase more A320neo family aircraft.

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Fifteen pilots have received their Comac C919 type certification following a two-month evaluation.

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Canadian vertiport startup VPorts and the U.S.-based Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance have announced an agreement to establish a corridor for electric aircraft connecting Mirabel, Canada, and Syracuse Hancock International Airport in New York.

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