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Optimistic Icelandair sees spring return for 737 Max

Icelandair Group is optimistic that it will be able to start ramping-up its network in the second quarter of this year, and intends to return its Boeing 737 Max fleet to service in spring. The company has six 737 Max...

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Fleet cuts prompt dispute with pilot union at Swiss

Swiss has walked away from labour talks with pilot union Aeropers and terminated a collective agreement with the body amid a dispute over planned restructuring in response to the pandemic. Swiss has walked away from labour talks with pilot union...

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Delta to block middle seats through April

Delta Air Lines has extended through the end of April its ban on selling middle seats on its flights to give customers the additional “peace of mind” that comes with fewer passengers and the perceived lower risk of getting infected with...

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HAL details progress on new 13t helicopter for India

Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) believes the new heavy-class multi-role helicopter it is developing for the Indian military can be “benchmarked” against the best products on the global market. Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) believes the new heavy-class multi-role helicopter it is developing for...

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MC-21’s Russian-built engines pass ICAO emissions test

Russia’s Aviadvigatel PD-14 engine for the Irkut MC-21-310 has met the latest ICAO requirements regarding emissions criteria. State technology firm Rostec says the powerplant, originally certified by Russian regulator Rosaviatsia in 2018, “fully meets” a new ICAO standard introduced last...

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KLM carries out first flight part-powered with sustainable synthetic fuel

KLM last month carried out a commercial passenger flight partly flown from sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, in the latest push by the Dutch sector develop alternative fuels for aviation. KLM last month carried out a commercial passenger flight partly flown with sustainably...

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No evidence Ukraine aware of threat before MH17 shot down: analysis

Independent analysis has found no evidence that Ukrainian authorities were aware of the threat to high-altitude traffic, and specifically civil aviation, before a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. This is despite Ukrainian national security officials’...

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France’s DGA to modernise flight-test fleet with four TBM 940 turboprops

Daher has been awarded €21.8 million ($29.8 million) to produce four TBM 940 high-speed turboprops for use by France’s DGA defence procurement agency. Daher has been awarded €21.8 million ($29.8 million) to produce four TBM 940 high-speed turboprops for use...

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Boeing turns page on troubled 2020 but strategy ill defined

Some analysts view Boeing’s fourth quarter 2020 results as a case of a company clearing the decks – dumping a barrel of bad news at the end of a terrible year so as to focus on rebuilding in 2021. Some analysts view...

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New Zealand orders CAE simulator for P-8A instruction

Boeing late last year awarded CAE a subcontract to produce an operational flight trainer and desktop-based training equipment to support the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s future fleet of P-8A maritime patrol aircraft. Boeing late last year awarded CAE a...

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