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Airborne 10.02.20: Amelia Search, United Aviate, CAP v Wildfires

Also: First New SAR CC-295, Nav Canada Tightens Belt, Ken Fowler Lost, United Pilot Agreement Almost 100 years after American aviator Amelia Earhart took her first flight, her resting place has yet to be found but a local aviation group...

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Russian Helicopters updates Mi-171 with new longer-range A3 variant

Russian Helicopters has quietly launched a new variant of its long-running Mil Mi-171 heavy-twin aimed squarely at the offshore oil and gas market. However, key details remain shrouded in secrecy. Russian Helicopters has quietly launched a new variant of its...

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Norwegian September passenger numbers at just 10% of 2019 levels

Norwegian carried just 320,000 passengers in September, less than 10% of the number it flew in the same month last year as the airline remains in hibernation mode. The low-cost carrier had flown 3.3 million passengers in September 2019.  The...

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Avianca boosted as US court clears it to access $2 billion in financing

Colombia-based Avianca has received approval from the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to access the $2 billion debtor-in-possession financing for which it had secured funding commitments on 21 September. Colombia-based Avianca has received approval from the US Bankruptcy Court...

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Southwest’s chief Kelly seeks concessions from unions

Southwest Airlines’ chief executive Gary Kelly has reiterated that there will be no involuntary furloughs or pay cuts at the Dallas-based carrier through the end of the year, whether or not the federal government extends the US CARES Act’s payroll...

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Airbus A220-100 to evolve as ‘TwoTwenty’ corporate jet

Airbus’s corporate jet division has formally unveiled an executive version of its A220-100 twinjet, which will be able to operate across a range of up to 5,650nm (10,500km). The aircraft – which will be branded the ACJ TwoTwenty, a deviation...

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French investigators probe unstable A318 approach to Orly

French investigators have disclosed that they are probing an incident in which an Airbus A318 landed after an unstable approach which triggered altitude alarms. The Air France service had been operating to Paris Orly from Biarritz on 12 September. Investigation...

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Angkasa Pura I shortlists partners to manage Lombok airport

Indonesian airport operator Angkasa Pura I has shortlisted 26 companies to jointly develop and manage Lombok international airport.  Among the companies shortlisted are Singapore’s Changi Airport Group, South Korea’s Incheon International Airport, Germany’s Fraport, as well as India’s GMR Airports....

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Air New Zealand announces executive changes

Air New Zealand has announced further changes to its executive team – the addition of a new role as well as the resignation of its finance chief. Leanne Geraghty has been appointed to the newly created position of chief customer and...

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Airbus delivers initial two H135 helicopters to NASA

The initial pair of helicopters will be joined by a third example that is scheduled for delivery early next year. Airbus Helicopters has delivered two H135 light twin-engined helicopters to NASA. The initial pair of helicopters will be joined by...

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