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​Firmer crude oil bolsters jet fuel prices

The price of jet kerosene is continuing to strengthen despite weak demand from airlines, as firmer crude oil values filter through to the market. The price of jet kerosene is continuing to strengthen despite weak demand from airlines, as firmer...

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Leonardo anticipates slight recovery from ATR in 2021

Turboprop joint venture ATR should hand over at least 20 aircraft this year as regional carriers begin a slow recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. Turboprop joint venture ATR should hand over at least 20 aircraft this year as regional carriers...

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Cathay sees no further fleet cuts following record loss

Cathay Pacific Group does not expect to park more aircraft in long-term storage overseas beyond those already in Australia and Spain, as it looks at cargo opportunities for more aircraft types to bolster revenue. Cathay Pacific Group does not expect...

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Cut in UK domestic air passenger duty floated for transport consultation

Consultation is set to take place on cutting the UK’s air passenger duty scheme as part of a broad government rethink on the country’s transport network. Air passenger duty is a distance-based scheme which is pitched as a mechanism for...

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The Max crisis has already shifted how regulators certificate jets

The Boeing 737 Max crisis has already upended some aspects of aircraft certification, with regulators more closely reviewing certification projects and shying away from rubber stamping decisions made by foreign counterparts. The Boeing 737 Max crisis has already upended some...

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Why Boeing’s future still rests on the 737 Max’s recovery

The Max holds outsize importance for Boeing, both financially and competitively. Which is precisely why the grounding left the US aerospace behemoth in such a competitive pickle, and why the type’s rebound is key to Boeing’s recovery, aerospace analysts say....

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A timeline of how Boeing 737 Max went from grounding to service return

A timeline of the twists and turns since the type’s grounding two year ago as Boeing, regulators and operators worked to return the Max to service October 2018 Lion Air 737 Max crashes Lion Air flight 602, a 737 Max,...

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How and why Boeing re-engined the 737 to create the Max

Circumstances preceding Boeing’s 2011 launch of the 737 Max programme share similarities with the situation the company now finds itself in. Circumstances preceding Boeing’s 2011 launch of the 737 Max programme share similarities with the situation the company now finds...

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Which airlines have returned the Boeing 737 Max to service?

Two years since its grounding and nearly four months since the FAA cleared the type for a return to the skies, thirteen carriers are now flying the Boeing 737 Max on revenue services, including Alaska Airlines, which debuted operations with the...

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Max crisis and pandemic wipe nearly 1,250 737s from Boeing’s backlog since January 2020

Since the start of 2020, cancellations and accounting adjustments pushed Boeing’s 737 Max backlog down by some 1,250 aircraft, erasing 28% of the 737 orders Boeing held in January 2020. Since the start of 2020, cancellations and accounting adjustments pushed...

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