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Allegiant announces 34 new routes

Allegiant Air will launch 34 new nonstop routes to domestic leisure destinations as the airline continues to plan for customers to return in larger numbers during the summer travel season. Allegiant Air will launch 34 new nonstop routes to domestic...

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Air Canada suspends flights to USA, Latin America, Europe and Asia

Air Canada is temporarily cutting 17 more routes as it struggles to operate amid government travel restrictions designed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Air Canada is temporarily cutting 17 more routes as it struggles to operate amid government...

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Japan’s first KC-46A tanker makes flight debut

Boeing has flown an export example of its KC-46A tanker for the first time, with the modified 767 on order for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force. Boeing has flown an export example of its KC-46A tanker for the first time,...

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Irish MRO firm takes over Flybe A400M servicing division

Collapsed UK regional operator Flybe’s former aviation maintenance service at Brize Norton has been acquired by Irish-based Atlantic Aviation Group. Flybe Aviation Services had been working on the Royal Air Force’s Airbus Defence & Space A400M transports at the facility...

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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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