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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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FutureFlight

Beta Secures $375 Million To Support Development of Alia 250 eVTOL Aircraft and Charging Network

Venture capital groups TPG Rise Climate and Fidelity Management & Research Company lead the latest investment in Beta Technologies.
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FutureFlight

H2Fly’s HY4 Demonstrator Sets Altitude Record for Hydrogen-Electric Aircraft

The HY4 flew from Stuttgart to Friedrichshafen to participate in the Aero Friedrichshafen airshow, scheduled to take place from April 27 to April 30.
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Aircraft

Cape Air, Eviation Sign LOI Covering 75 Alice Electric Aircraft

Massachusetts-based Cape Air sees a business case for electric aircraft service to “a panoply” of communities.
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FutureFlight

Odys Aviation Makes Long Beach the Hub For Its eVTOL Ambitions

The California city nicknamed "Space Beach" will host Odys Aviation’s 15,000-square-foot facility at Long Beach Airport.
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FutureFlight

Cape Air, Eviation Sign Letter of Intent Covering 75 Alice Electric Aircraft

Massachusetts-based Cape Air sees a business case for Alice service to “a panoply” of communities.
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Accidents

China Eastern Returns Boeing 737-800s to Service

Almost a month after the crash of China Eastern Flight MU5735, Chinese authorities cleared the airline’s fleet for return to scheduled service.
FutureFlight

New Electric Aircraft Operators Face Part 135 Certification Challenges

While some companies opt to "buy" their operating certificates through acquisitions of other operators, others, such as eVTOL developer Joby, have taken on the task directly.
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Airlines

U.S. Airlines Continue Struggle to Cope with Increased Demand

First-quarter traffic statistics for U.S. carriers show a 31.6 percent increase in cancellations compared with the first quarter of 2019.
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FutureFlight

Airbus and Kawasaki Join Forces to Support Hydrogen-Powered Airline Operations

A memorandum of understanding signed in Tokyo between Airbus and Kawasaki lays the groundwork to study elements of hydrogen uptake by the aviation industry.
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Aircraft

Airbus, Kawasaki To Partner on Hydrogen Development

An MOU signed in Tokyo between Airbus and Kawasaki lays the groundwork to study elements of hydrogen adoption by the aviation industry.
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