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Airbus strives for break-even on A220 and low-rate twin-aisles

Airbus is intending to achieve break-even on its twin-aisle programmes at the reduce rate of production, while it acknowledges that a shift in demand mix puts increased pressure on its loss-making A220 lines. Production of twin-aisle jets is running at...

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Finnair looks to summer recovery as loss run continues into 2021

Finnair expects first quarter losses to be comparable to the levels lost in the three quarters since the pandemic hit after today disclosing a full-year operating loss of €595 million ($718 million). Finnair expects first-quarter losses to be comparable to...

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Flydubai works on restoring Max flights after UAE approval

Flydubai is to start the process of returning its Boeing 737 Max aircraft to service after the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) cleared the type for operations again. Flydubai is to start the process of returning its Boeing 737...

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Air France-KLM braced for tough first quarter after €7bn loss in 2020

Air France-KLM is warning of an even more challenging first quarter of 2021 before it hopes to lift capacity in the summer after today posting a group net loss of €7.1 billion ($8.6 billion) for the pandemic-hit 2020 Air France-KLM...

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MTU forecasts uptick this year as 2020 revenue and profit hit by pandemic

German propulsion specialist MTU Aero Engines is cautiously optimistic of a recovery in commercial aerospace this year, as it revealed preliminary results for 2020 that saw both revenue and profit hammered by the effects of the pandemic. German propulsion specialist...

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Weak China Lunar New Year traffic offers little festive cheer

Chinese airlines carried just 3.57 million passengers across the seven-day Lunar New Year public holiday period, in what the country’s civil aviation regulators have called a “sharp drop” in passenger traffic amid a resurgence in the coronavirus.  Chinese airlines carried...

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Airbus brings year-end inventory level below 2019 figure

Airbus brought its inventory figure down to €30.4 billion at the end of 2020, below the previous year-end level of €31.5 billion. The inventory figure had sharply increased over the course of the year, reaching €37.5 billion during the first...

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Rolling updates planned for HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter

After the original US Air Force requirements for the HH-60W Jolly Green II were overtaken by new threats within less than a decade – even before the first example of the rotorcraft was delivered – manufacturer Sikorsky is aiming to...

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Two forces create toxic mix for Indian airlines: IndiGo chief

IndiGo chief executive Ronojoy Dutta maintains that low fares and high taxes can be a fatal mix for airlines operating domestically in India. IndiGo chief executive Ronojoy Dutta maintains that low fares and high taxes can be a fatal mix...

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Qantas to build new flight training centre in Brisbane

Qantas will build a new flight training centre at Brisbane airport by the end of the year and expand existing facilities at Melbourne, as part of a wider relocation of training assets.   Qantas will build a new flight training centre...

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