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Textron unveils cabin-updated CJ4 variant

Textron Aviation has updated the Cessna CJ4’s cabin to create a new variant of the light-twin business jet called the CJ4 Gen2 Textron Aviation has updated the Cessna CJ4’s cabin to create a new variant of the light-twin business jet called the...

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​UK mandates hotel quarantines for returning red-list passengers

The UK is to launch mandatory hotel quarantines for UK and Irish residents returning from “red list” states where transmission rates of Covid-19 are high. “In short, this means that any returning residents from these countries will have to quarantine...

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Swissport names former EasyJet executive as new chief

Restructuring ground handler Swissport International has appointed Warwick Brady, currently head of the recently rebranded Stobart Group, as its new chief executive, enabling Christoph Mueller to take up the chairman role with the Swiss firm. Restructuring ground handler Swissport International...

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Airbus lines outside Europe delivered most aircraft in January

Airbus’s delivery figures for January were unusual because, as a result of the air transport crisis, the majority of aircraft were handed over from its non-European final assembly lines. The airframer has five sites with assembly lines – in Toulouse,...

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BA eyes UK alcohol-to-fuel plant after sustainability tie-up with LanzaJet

British Airways is the latest carrier to tie up with a sustainable alcohol-to-fuel initiative established last year by carbon recycling and biotechnology firm LanzaTech. Its agreement involves not only the supply of fuel but initial exploration into a possible biorefinery...

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SIA swaps 787s for more 777-9s in S$4 billion capex deferral

Singapore Airlines Group has made significant changes to its order book — by swapping Boeing 787-10s for more 777-9s — in a move that sees it defer more than S$4 billion ($3.01 billion) in capital spending by about three years. ...

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TUI sees vaccine roll-out key to sparking summer travel

Travel firm TUI Group is taking encouragement that a rapid roll-out of vaccines will help fuel a return to travel even as its latest quarterly results showed the company continuing to be hammered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Travel firm TUI Group is...

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Icelandair focuses on cash preservation as pandemic resurgence bites

Icelandair transported just 14,000 passengers during December 2020, but even this figure was more than the October and November totals combined. Fourth-quarter revenues for Icelandair Group amounted to just $60 million to 31 December, down by more than 80%, while...

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Malaysia can do more to help its aviation industry: Panel

While the Malaysian government has gone some way in helping its airline industry tide through the coronavirus crisis, more can done to give the ailing sector a fillip — especially because recovery is hard to predict.  While the Malaysian government...

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HAL Light Utility Helicopter achieves army IOC

The Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) 3t Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) has achieved initial operational clearance (IOC) from the Indian army. The Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) 3t Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) has achieved initial operational clearance (IOC) from the Indian army. The IOC...

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