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Aircraft

Harbour Air’s eBeaver Program Slowed by Supply Chain Kinks

Circumstances out of Harbour Air’s control—namely, the Covid pandemic and resulting supply chain constraints—have slowed progress of its eBeaver program.
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FutureFlight

Harbour Air’s eBeaver Electric Conversion Program Slowed by Supply Chain Kinks

The program’s second flying eBeaver aircraft will also serve as the first to enter service in early to mid-2024.
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FutureFlight

H55 To Supply Battery System for Pratt & Whitney’s Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft

P&WC’s choice of H55 for the de Havilland Dash 8 hybrid-electric demonstrator comes 10 months after program launch.
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Aircraft

Pratt Canada Picks Battery Supplier for Hybrid-Electric Project

Pratt & Whitney Canada has chosen Switzerland’s H55 to supply battery systems for its hybrid-electric Dash 8 demonstrator program.
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FutureFlight

Lilium Applies for 37 New Patents to Protect eVTOL Aircraft Technology

The patents made public this week constitute part of a batch of 50 applications eVTOL aircraft developer Lilium filed throughout 2021.
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Overair and Urban Movement Labs Team On Air Mobility For Los Angeles

The Urban Air Mobility Partnership will explore operational and infrastructure considerations associated with UAM in the Los Angeles metro area..
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Aircraft

Ukraine War Weighs on Otherwise Strong Q1 for AerCap

AerCap registers a $2 billion loss during the first quarter due to write-offs of aircraft and engines in Russia.
Airlines

JetBlue Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Spirit Airlines

New York-based JetBlue has filed a “Vote No” proxy statement for Spirit's upcoming special meeting.
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Airlines

Eurocontrol Sees CO2 Measures Costing €29 billion by 2030

In its 16th in a series of “think papers,” Eurocontrol examines cost of emissions reduction measures.
FutureFlight

Hawaiian Airlines Agrees to Invest in Regent’s Monarch Seaglider

Along with its equity investment, Hawaiian Airline agrees to support the initial design of the 100-passenger Monarch.
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Accidents

Tibet Airlines A319 Bursts into Flames after Runway Excursion

No deaths reported among the 122 passengers and crew aboard a Tibet Airlines A319 that crashed and caught fire in southwestern China Thursday.
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Aircraft

ATR 42-600S Flies for First Time in Partial Configuration

Following its May 11 first flight, the new 30- to 50-seat STOL aircraft will now enter a phase of ground and flight testing.
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FutureFlight

Embraer-backed Eve Boosts eVTOL Plans With $377 million Initial Public Offering

Eve’s $377 million in initial public offering proceeds fell short of the $500 million originally targeted.
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Aircraft

Lufthansa Orders Seven Boeing 777-8 Freighters

Boeing welcomes Lufthansa as the European launch customer for the 777-8F.
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Aircraft

Embraer Gets Launch Customer for E-Jet P2F Conversions

Nordic Aviation Capital has signed an agreement in principle to order freighter conversions for 10 of its existing E190s and E195s.
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Aircraft

Airbus Chooses Thales To Supply FMSs for Future Airliners

Based on the PureFlyt product, the new Thales FMS system will appear in all A320s, A330s, and A350s starting in 2026.
FutureFlight

Hydrogen Infrastructure Challenges Rival Aircraft Tech Hurdles

Experts believe “clean” production and distribution rank as the biggest challenges to the adoption of hydrogen power by the aviation industry.
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FutureFlight

Joby Welcomes Korea’s TMAP to Ridesharing Service Partnership with SK Telecom

TMAP brings extensive transportation and mapping data to Joby-SK Telecom partnership.
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FutureFlight

Hydroplane Secures Second USAF Contract to Fund Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powerplant

A new contract with the U.S. Air Force marks the closing of Hydroplane’s seed round of fundraising.
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Aircraft

Hydrogen Infrastructure Challenges Rival Aircraft Tech Hurdles

Experts believe “clean” production and distribution rank as the biggest challenges to the adoption of hydrogen power by the aviation industry.
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Airlines

Spirit Rejects JetBlue Acquisition Overtures

Spirit Airlines chooses Frontier Airlines merger proposal over that of JetBlue, citing concerns over antitrust risk.
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Aircraft

Qantas Confirms Orders for Projects Sunrise, Winton

Schedules call for the first Qantas A350-1000 will arrive in 2025 and the first A320XLR/A220-300 in late 2023.
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FutureFlight

Eve Sales Commitments Mount as the Embraer Unit Readies for Wall Street Listing

Eve Urban Air Mobility said the number of provisional sales commitments received for its planned four-passenger eVTOL aircraft has reached 1,825.
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FutureFlight

EasyJet partners with GKN Aerospace To Speed Adoption of Hydrogen in Aviation

European low-fare carrier has agreed to support GKN’s H2JET and H2GEAR hydrogen power programs.
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Airlines

EasyJet partners with GKN Aerospace on Hydrogen Power

European low-fare carrier EasyJet has agreed to support GKN’s H2JET and H2GEAR hydrogen power programs.
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FutureFlight

Airbus and ITA Airways To Develop eVTOL Air Taxi Network in Italy

The agreement calls for adding local partners to participate in the launch of the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL aircraft operations.
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Aircraft

Airbus, ITA Airways To Partner on eVTOL Work in Italy

An agreement between Airbus and ITA calls for recruiting partners to participate in the launch of the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL operations in Italy.
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Aircraft

Boeing Puts Positive Spin on 777X Delay

Delay of first delivery of the 777-9 until 2025 reflects a position of “strength, not weakness,” according to Boeing CEO David Calhoun.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

Lufthansa Aviation Hub Report Claims the SPAC eVTOL Bubble Has Burst

New report suggest that special purpose acquisition companies are losing their luster among investors.
FutureFlight

GE Recruits BAE Systems to Provide Energy Management for NASA’s Hybrid Electric Aircraft Technology

NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project aims to advance hybrid electric technologies for commercial aviation.
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