Month: November 2020

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​German airports edge closer to receiving state support

Germany’s federal and regional governments will discuss over the next two weeks the possibility of providing state aid to airports in the country to help them recover from the Covid-19 crisis. The European Commission in August approved a proposal by...

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​KLM gets green light for €3.4 billion state loan package

KLM has received final approval for its “crucial” €3.4 billion ($4 billion) loan package from the Dutch government. The airline states in a 6 November stock-exchange notice that following agreements with eight trade unions, it has now “satisfied a key requirement”...

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Finnair defers delivery of three remaining Airbus A350s

Finnair has reached an agreement with Airbus to defer delivery of its three outstanding A350-900s by around two years. The Oneworld carrier says the three A350-900s were originally scheduled for delivery from the second quarter of next year through to...

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Unusual airworthiness concerns arise for pandemic-struck fleets

US and European safety regulators are having to address a number of potential airworthiness concerns arising from the unusual circumstances created by the coronavirus pandemic, as aircraft are retrieved from storage or treated in the course of operations. Operators of...

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Expanding Our Vast Horizons… ANN Now Available on Roku and FireTV

And That's But One Of Over A Dozen Major Developments Planned For The Next Year Or So Aero-News Network is now available on Roku and Amazon FireTV! That’s right folks. You can now get your daily dose of aviation news…...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (11.04.20)

Aero Linx: Light Aircraft Association Welcome to the Light Aircraft Association, the heart of a community that lives and breathes recreational aviation in all its forms! With almost 70 years of history, no other UK association has the depth of...

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SIA seals Airbus deferrals, Boeing negotiations reach ‘advanced stage’

Singapore Airlines Group has confirmed that its outstanding Airbus aircraft on order have been deferred and that it is close to concluding similar talks with Boeing. In today disclosing record half year losses amid the coronavirus crisis, SIA Group states...

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Steep impairment costs drag SIA to record S$3.5 billion net loss for half year

Singapore Airlines Group took on a hefty impairment charge of S$1.33 billion ($987 million) from the early retirement of 26 older aircraft — including seven Airbus A380s — which led to a record net loss in its half-yearly earnings. The...

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Rossiya A319 found damaged on arrival with cable attached to wheels

Russian investigators are probing an incident in which a Rossiya Airbus A319 was found to have a cable attached to its main landing-gear after arriving at St Petersburg. The aircraft (VP-BWJ) had been operating the FV6314 service from Krasnodar on...

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JAL to raise Y168 billion in foreign and domestic share placements

Japan Airlines is looking to raise nearly Y168 billion ($1.6 billion) in share placements, part of which will go toward fleet development, as well as to its newly-formed low-cost unit Zipair Tokyo. The Oneworld carrier will issue more than 90...

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