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Leonardo boss Profumo found guilty of false accounting in previous role

Alessandro Profumo, the chief executive of Italian aerospace giant Leonardo, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment after being found guilty of false accounting and market manipulation offences during his time as president of bank MPS. In addition, Profumo –...

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Wet-lease operator SmartLynx to introduce A321 freighters

Wet-lease and charter specialist SmartLynx’s Maltese division is to lease a pair of Airbus A321s which have been converted to freighters. SmartLynx Malta says it will lease the twinjets – MSN891 and MSN1017 – from Vallair in order to enter...

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Why Embraer thinks regional travel – and regional jets – will emerge stronger

Embraer expects regional airports and smaller passenger aircraft will emerge on top from the coronavirus pandemic due to population shifts away from big cities. Embraer expects regional airports and smaller passenger aircraft will emerge on top from the coronavirus pandemic...

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NH Industries eyes future NH90 upgrades after French special forces order

NH Industries (NHI), the three-way joint venture which manufactures the NH90 military helicopter, is working on future upgrades for the type, even as it signs a deal with France for a new special forces variant. NH Industries (NHI), the three-way...

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Historic Commercial Space Transportation Reforms

New rule modernizes the way FAA regulates and licenses commercial space operations.

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’Small flows through hubs’ will lead recovery, says KLM chief

The recovery of international air connectivity will favour KLM’s hub operations above point-to-point services, according to the Dutch flag carrier’s chief executive Pieter Elbers. The recovery of international air connectivity will favour KLM’s hub operations above point-to-point services, according to the Dutch...

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Firefly reverts to jet operations amid broad restructuring

Malaysian regional carrier Firefly – most recently the subject of speculation that it might become the country’s flag carrier – will commence jet operations from next year, reverting to an earlier plan which was eventually shelved.  Announcing the move, parent...

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Power, Pulchritude and Performance: Flight Testing the Pipistrel Panthera-Part 3

By Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-in-Chief/Test Pilot (Arrogant, Over-Opinionated Know-It-All/Test Dummy) ANN E-I-C Note: OK… serious apologies for dragging this out… but things are crazy here… we’ve hired some new people, we’re training aggressively, we have a stunning number of new...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.12.20)

“This course coalesces test and space expertise from Test Pilot School, the Space Force, NASA, the Air Force Academy and others. It is just the first step in training the cadre of space test professionals we need – space operators,...

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Crisis a chance to fix aviation’s gender imbalance: EU transport chief

The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to address the “poor” gender imbalance among workers in the air transport industry, according the European Commissioner for Transport, Adina Valean. The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to address the “poor” gender imbalance among...

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