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By Adrian Schofield
Qantas will shift its focus to further Boeing 787 orders and other aircraft competitions in 2020 pending completion of its ultra-long-haul aircraft selection process, CEO Alan Joyce said.
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By Graham Warwick
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is advancing draft plans for an integrated supersonic demonstrator that would simultaneously tackle the issues of minimizing sonic boom, takeoff and landing noise and fuel consumption.
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By Bradley Perrett
COMAC has pushed back its target for certification of the C919 158-seat airliner to 2021 from 2020 following a further indication of flight test delays.
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By Jens Flottau
Airbus is nearing a decision in favor of an additional final assembly line (FAL) for the A321neo to be located at its Toulouse headquarters.
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By Bill Carey
New York-based JetBlue Airways has selected an inflight connectivity (IFC) system from Viasat for its new fleet of 70 Airbus A220-300s.
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By Michael Bruno
The world’s economy is slowing, debt loads are rising, and fears of another U.S. downturn are growing. Airports have become more leveraged to fund infrastructure improvements—could they be burned in the next recession?
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Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flyadeal has cancelled an order for 30 Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
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After a false start in 2014, Mahogany Air is riding a wave of pro-aviation government policies in Zambia. Martin Rivers talked to the airline’s founder and chief executive, Jim Belemu.
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By Graham Warwick
UK startup Oxis Energy is gearing up for commercial production of high-energy-density batteries, with aviation as a target market.
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By Helen Massy-Beresford
A mixed bag of European airline results and strategy announcements underscores the big challenges carriers in the region are negotiating.
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By Michael Bruno
Several commercial aerospace engine providers have acknowledged production cuts in recent quarterly announcements, meaning Boeing 737 MAX issues increasingly may weigh on other suppliers who were seemingly insulated from the narrowbody’s problems to date, analysts said in a new report.
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By Bill Carey
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an informational alert warning of the vulnerability to hacking by intruders of Controller Area Network (CAN) data buses used on some large aircraft.
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Start-up airline Midwest Express has signed an operating agreement with regional carrier Elite Airways to begin nonstop service from Midwest’s home base at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport.
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By Helen Massy-Beresford
Finnair operated its first biofuel-powered flight from San Francisco to Helsinki Aug. 5, with a second to follow Aug. 7.
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By Polina Montag-Girmes
The St. Petersburg government plans to sell 25%, plus one share, of Aeroflot subsidiary Rossiya Airlines.
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By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce CEO Warren East suggested the company could miss its year-end target of reducing to single digits the number of Boeing 787s grounded with Trent 1000 engine issues.
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By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines Berhad’s (MAB) new chief strategy officer Bryan Foong is set to play a key role in guiding the next phase of the carrier’s restructuring efforts.
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By Bill Carey
Swiss air navigation service provider (ANSP) Skyguide has activated an airspace management system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs/drones) at two airports under Switzerland’s U-space implementation program.
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Ethiopian Airlines has received its 25th Dash 8-400 Aircraft, with registration number ET-AXE, from De Havilland Aircraft of Canada.
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By Antoine Gelain
Management made several strategic mistakes that could have been avoided had they been more lucid about their market and the industry dynamics.
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By Michael Bruno
The share price of Astronics plummeted more than 21% in regular stock trading Aug. 5 after the key supplier of aircraft passenger seat power and other inflight entertainment (IFE) products acknowledged a string of events that walloped its latest earnings and is lowering its financial outlook.
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By Sean Broderick
Brazilian LCC GOL is betting on a rapid increase in its Boeing 737 MAX fleet in 2020 to help it keep costs in check as it continues to grow.
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Airbus has begun manufacturing the A220 aircraft at its Mobile, Alabama-based final assembly line, the company announced Aug. 5.
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By Helen Massy-Beresford
Unsuccessful bidders for the contract to run Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport have appealed the decision to award the deal to SOF Connect, a consortium led by Munich Airport International (MAI).
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By Bill Carey
The UPS drone-delivery service at WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, North Carolina, is not affected by an accident in Switzerland earlier in 2019 that led Swiss Post to suspend operations of the drone both carriers use to transport medical samples.
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