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Airlines

Novel Coronavirus Shakes Up Global Airline Industry

Airlines that have not benefitted from government aid struggle to survive the pandemic.
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Airports

Data Confirms Scheduled Flight Decline Averages 70 Percent

Traffic data from seven airports around the globe provides a fascinating snapshot of how the Covid-19 pandemic has dented air transport activity.
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Engines

Rolls Reaches Single-digit AOG Goal with Trent 1000

Rolls-Royce has mounted a series of solutions to improve durability of its Trent 1000 series engines.
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Aircraft

Strata Delivers On 100-shipset Order for A350 Composite Flaps

Airbus A350-900 inboard flaps assemblies undergo fabrication in the UAE by Strata Manufacturing.
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Maintenance and Modifications

SR Technics Introduces Remote Table Inspections

Zurich-based MRO provider SR Technics is now offering remote table inspections (RTI) for engines at its facility.
Avionics

BAE Reduces Sizes of Energy Systems For Electric Aircraft

BAE is adapting energy management, engine controls, and power conversion systems for use with the electric propulsion systems of new eVTOL aircraft.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Western Aircraft To Double MRO Footprint

Western Aircraft's 93,000-sq-ft expansion is driven by its pursuit of more Gulfstream and Citation work.
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Deloitte Sees Headwinds for Commercial Aviation

In its revised 2020 Aerospace and Defense Outlook, Deloitte says that commercial aviation faces an uphill climb, while defense should remain stable.
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Aircraft

Boom Preps for Rollout of XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator

Boom's plan for the October 7 virtual XB-1 rollout is the next step in its ambitions to develop the Mach 2.2 55-passenger Overture.
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Aircraft

UK Carrier On Course for First Deployment

HMS Queen Elizabeth has begun operational training of both the ship’s company and aircrew in the build-up to the first operational cruise.
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Aircraft

Seat Partitions To Block Covid Raise Feasibility Questions

IATA and engineering experts expressed skepticism about the regulatory and cost viability of proposed seat dividers to block Covid virus.
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Charter & Fractional

AINdebrief Episode 17 | July 17, 2020

FIA Connect, Dassault Falcon 6X, Charter Fraud, Textron Aviation Layoffs, ADS Airs Concerns about UK Aerospace Industry
Charter & Fractional

AINsight: Best Five Options To Fly Privately

Amid the pandemic, some families, businesses, and individuals have made a flight to safety by traveling again or for the first time on private jets.
Airlines

Qatar Airways Wants Compensation for Lost Airspace Access

An International Court of Justice Tuesday ruling that ICAO can hear Qatar’s case against four Arab neighbors emboldens Qatar Airways.
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Leonardo continues to embrace partnerships to deliver exciting new technologies and capabilities

Innovation is key to national economic prosperity and security for communities, including international and joint efforts.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell Opens New T55 Engine MRO Facility

Honeywell Aerospace's T55 Repair and Overhaul Center of Excellence is located near its Phoenix headquarters.

Argus Report Details 1H2020 Bizav Activity Erosion

Argus's just-released TraqPak 2020 Mid-Year Business Aviation Review shows U.S. flight activity down by more than 30 percent in the first half of 2020.
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Accidents

NTSB Cites First Officer Actions in Atlas Crash

The crash of an Atlas Air Boeing 767 in 2019 stemmed from improper activation of the go-around mode.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Offers Upgraded Cabin Features on CL350

An upgraded CMS and Viasat Ka-band connectivity are among the new offerings on Bombardier's Challenger 350.
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Avionics

Leonardo AW139 Gets Honeywell Primus Epic Upgrade

The new Honeywell Primus Epic Phase 8 software will be available in the Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin.
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Aircraft

British Airways Retires Its Boeing 747s

Covid-19 claims its latest airplane victim as BA grounds its 747-400s.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UK Ministry of Defence Signs First Protector Order

The RAF plans to operate 16 Protector remotely piloted aircraft, which are based on the General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian.
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Flying into Uncharted Territory

Our industry has faced downturns before but the depth of this one is epic.
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Regulations and Government

Farnborough Show Goes Online With FIA Connect Webinars

Over four days, the industry will gather around a program of 77 webinars addressing all aspects of aerospace and defense.
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Aircraft

FAA Review of 737 Max Reaches Final Stages

The Max’s July 10 operational suitability flight marked one of the last procedural hurdles the program must clear before the FAA lifts its grounding.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Project Mosquito: UK’s ‘Loyal Wingman’ Program Moves Ahead

The UK’s defense laboratory is overseeing a project to develop unmanned vehicles to partner with manned combat aircraft.
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FutureFlight

Faradair Establishes UK Base For Biofuel Hybrid STOL Aircraft

Faradair will build the prototype for its BEHA family of fixed-wing regional aircraft at the historic Duxford airfield in the UK.
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FutureFlight

KinectAir Makes Plans To Operate VoltAero's Electric Cassio

KinectAir says it intends to be a launch customer for VoltAero's Cassio electric fixed-wing aircraft for its planned charter network.
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FutureFlight

Nexa Teams With Vertical Flight Society To Support Urban Air Mobility

The Vertical Flight Society has partnered with Nexa Advisors to form a new company called UAM Geomatics that will produce data on the eVTOL market.
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FutureFlight

Electric Aircraft Maker Bye Raises $10M for eFlyers

Bye Aerospace aims to have its two-seat eFlyer all-electric aircraft ready to enter service in 2021, followed by the four-seat eFlyer 4.
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