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Commercial aircraft market should reach equilibrium by 2023: Udvar-Hazy

The commercial aircraft market should return to something more like its historical balance by 2023, following an accelerated retirement and replacement cycle, in the view of Air Lease executive chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy. The commercial aircraft market should return to something more...

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​Flybe secures Heathrow slots for Scottish services

Reborn UK regional carrier Flybe has secured 86 summer-season slots at London Heathrow airport that it plans to use for services to Edinburgh and Aberdeen in Scotland. Reborn UK regional carrier Flybe has secured 86 summer-season slots at London Heathrow airport that it plans to use for services...

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Steven Udvar-Hazy on the pandemic, environment and airline market recovery

In an exclusive video interview with FlightGlobal, Air Lease executive chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy gives his insight on how the pandemic and environmental pressures are changing the airline industry, when the market might return to some kind of normality and the...

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Panasonic sees lockdown influence in streaming lift from unlimited Wi-Fi trial

Panasonic Avionics is highlighting a greater propensity for passengers to stream content as one of the learnings from a recent airline trial offering unlimited Wi-Fi connectivity onboard. Panasonic Avionics is highlighting a greater propensity for passengers to stream content as one of...

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​Virgin Atlantic urges for restriction-free US-UK travel as it reports large loss

Virgin Atlantic has reported large losses for 2020 and called on policymakers in the USA and UK to provide the certainty needed to resume flying at scale. Virgin Atlantic has reported large losses for 2020 and called on policymakers in the USA...

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Saab includes 64 Gripens and GlobalEye pair in best and final offer for Finnish HX contest

Saab is offering 64 Gripen E fighters, a pair of GlobalEye surveillance jets, and an extensive weapons package to Finland as its best and final offer for the nation’s HX Boeing F-18 replacement contest. Saab is offering 64 Gripen E...

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Airborne 04.29.21: Michael Collins Goes West, Airbus Flightlab, UK Fines

Also: FAI World Paragliding XC Championship, Embraer Delivers, Barksdale Airshow, NBAA Pays Tribute A true American Hero has gone west. Apollo 11's Mike Collins has passed away. Michael Collins was born Oct. 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy. He graduated from...

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A-OK at South Korea’s low-cost start-up Aero K

South Korean low-cost start-up Aero K has big plans to become a “global best practice low-cost airline”, but the path to take-off was not an easy one, says airline chief Mike Kang.  The city of Cheongju – with its population...

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ANA forecasts profit return for year ahead after pandemic losses

All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) parent company expects to swing back to profitability for the current business year, on the back of air travel recovery helped by an improving global economy and vaccine rollouts. All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) parent company expects...

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Airbus parks second Beluga as larger XL variant takes over

Airbus has parked a second A300-600ST Beluga transport following the introduction of the higher-capacity BelugaXL. The airframer withdrew one of its five -600STs – the Beluga 2 aircraft, F-GSTB – last October, placing it into temporary storage. Airbus tells FlightGlobal...

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