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QANTAS plans April 16 to begin three-times-weekly Melbourne-Jakarta, Indonesia (A380).
Air Transport

ZEROAVIA, UK formed partnership with Shell, Rotterdam The Hague Airport and Rotterdam The Hague Innovation Airport.
Aerospace

UNIVERSAL HYDROGEN, CA completed initial taxi tests of its hydrogen-powered Dash 8-300 flying test bed and received special airworthiness certificate.
Aerospace

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS had $243m net loss on $1.3b revenues in 4Q22 vs $120m loss on $1.1b in 4Q21
Aerospace

Jean-Michel Hillion to Executive Vice President-Wheels & Brakes Division of Safran Landing Systems.
Aerospace

AIR MOANA, French Polynesia secured its AOC and plans startup on February 13 with ex-PNG Air ATR 72-600 (1301).
Air Transport

ABRA GROUP was established to invest in/control operations of Brazil's GOL and Colombia's AVIANCA.
Air Transport

SWISS plans March 3 to resume Zurich-Shanghai (777-300ER/A340-300).
Air Transport

AIREON was selected by Boeing to provide ADS-B data (through its AireonSTREAM product) to support Fleet Insight flight tracking solution.
Aerospace

FLYR LABS was selected by Qatar Airways Cargo for forecasting/pricing software.
Air Transport

TRANSDIGM GROUP had $228m net income on $1.4b sales in first quarter ended Dec 31 vs $163m on $1.2b a year ago.
Aerospace

GKN FOKKER-led team manufactured 8x4-meter lower half of Clean Sky 2 thermoplastic fuselage demonstrator.
Aerospace

JOBY AVIATION mated tail and fuselage of its first eVTOL at Marina, CA.
Aerospace

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES is terminating paused SpaceJet M90 development program, but will continue OEM business with CRJ
Aerospace

PERFORMANCE REVIEW INSTITUTE (PRI) announced Nadcap program has published two new audit criteria for Investment Casting and Sand Casting.
Aerospace

AKASA AIR, India sold five new 737-8s to Avolon and leased them back; deliveries were completed in January 2023.
Air Transport

ETIHAD CARGO and ASTRAL AVIATION agreed to expand partnership on cargo services between Abu Dhabi and Nairobi.
Air Transport

NEOS, Italy leased ex-Nordwind 737-800 (60180) from CDB Aviation.
Air Transport

BOEING plans in 2023 to cut about 2,000 white-collar positions, primarily in finance and HR through attrition and layoffs.
Aerospace

SPIRIT AIRLINES had $271m net loss on $1.4b revenues in 4Q22 vs $81.2m profit on $970m in pre-pandemic 4Q19.
Air Transport