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Qantas to outsource ground handling at 10 Australian airports

Qantas has rejected in-house bids from its employees after a three-month process and decided to outsource its ground handling at 10 airports across Australia. Qantas has rejected in-house bids from its employees after a three-month process and decided to outsource...

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CALC unit to disassemble 2008-vintage 777-300ER

The asset management arm of China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) will disassemble its first Boeing 777-300ER, a 12-year-old example that formerly flew for Jet Airways. The asset management arm of China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) will disassemble its first Boeing...

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Cebu Pacific to experiment with free virus tests before flights

Cebu Pacific Air will conduct a trial where passengers are tested at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport before flights to the southern city of General Santos. Cebu Pacific Air will conduct a trial where passengers are tested at Manila’s Ninoy...

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Air NZ expects more cargo revenue but warns of full-year losses

Air New Zealand expects cargo revenue for the coming financial year to exceed previous years’ levels, after being awarded four more months of cargo flights under a government scheme. Air New Zealand expects cargo revenue for the coming financial year...

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Comac C919 enters final flight test stage

Comac has received the type inspection authorisation for its C919 narrowbody programme, paving the way for final flight testing and certification.  Comac has received the type inspection authorisation for its C919 narrowbody programme, paving the way for final flight testing...

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Berlin airport needs more than €550 million to support operation

Berlin’s airport operator estimates that it will require more than €550 million ($658 million) in additional funding to support the German capital’s recently opened gateway if air traffic in 2021 does not rise significantly above this year’s level. Noting that...

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Volga-Dnepr temporarily withdraws An-124 fleet after Novosibirsk accident

Russian outsize freight carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines has temporarily withdrawn its Antonov An-124 freighter fleet from service, pending clarification of the circumstances of an accident in Novosibirsk. The operator has about a dozen of the type, including the modernised An-124-100M-150 variant....

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MC-21-310 still on track for year-end first flight: minister

Irkut’s first domestically-powered MC-21 twinjet is still on course to conduct its first flight by the end of this year, according to the Russian trade minister. Denis Maturov made the claim during a formal visit to the assembly plant in...

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Russian customs Mi-8 wrecked after felling airport lighting mast

Russian investigators are probing a ground-manoeuvring accident at Volgograd which resulted in a federal customs service Mil Mi-8 helicopter colliding with a lighting mast which then fell on the aircraft. The Mi-8 MTV (RF-38376) had been taxiing across the eastern...

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China orders 737 Classic checks after cracks found on landing gear beam

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has issued a safety bulletin urging operators of Boeing 737-300/400/500 aircraft to have the main landing gear checked. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has issued a safety bulletin urging operators of...

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