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News about commercial airlines, including regulations, aircraft orders, safety, acquisitions, and mergers.

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JSfirm Unveils Database Match Feature

Aviation employment firm JSfirm is making it easier for companies to recruit qualified employees from the FAA database.
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Jet2 Adds 15 More Neos to Deal for 36 Signed in August

Contracts covering 51 A320neos make Jet2 a new Airbus customer and call for first delivery in 2023.
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IATA Survey Shows Growing Passenger Frustration with Covid Rules

Passengers are increasingly willing to fly but are hampered by the patchwork of confusing and inconsistent restrictions for cross-border travel.
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IATA Reports Growing Passenger Frustration with Covid Rules

Passengers are increasingly willing to fly but are hampered by the patchwork of confusing and inconsistent restrictions for cross-border travel.
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AerCap Boss Calls on OEMs, Lessors To Keep Buoying Airlines

AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly expects that aircraft leasing companies will have to do “some more heavy lifting" to help airlines as they recover from Covid-19.
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Saudia's Flyadeal Eyes International Expansion

Flyadeal's fleet of 15 Airbus A320s could be augmented with long-range A321 variants for international flying.
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IATA Sees Reduced Airline Losses for 2022

The global airline trade body predicts that airlines’ joint loss will narrow to $11.6 billion; North America the only region to be profitable.
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Alitalia Successor ITA Picks Airbus for Future Fleet

ITA has inked deals with Airbus and Air Lease Corp for 59 Airbus narrowbody and widebody airliners ahead of its formal launch October 15.
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Latest IATA Stats Show Recovery Slowdown in August

The emergence of the Covid-19 Delta variant cut deeply into domestic demand during August, said IATA.
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Air France Takes Its First Airbus A220

Airbus and Air France celebrate delivery of the French flag carrier’s initial A220-300 during a Wednesday ceremony at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport.
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NASA Transfers Revolutionary ATM Tech to FAA

Starting next year, the FAA will deploy new NASA-developed software to aid departure efficiency at 27 airports in the U.S.
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Northern Pacific Chooses 757s for New Transpacific Services

Alaska-based start-up Northern Pacific Airways is building its fleet around the Boeing 757-200 airliner as it prepares to launch services in 2022.
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Brazilian Airline Gol To Operate Commercial eVTOL Flights

Gol will bring a fleet of Vertical Aerospace's VA-X4 eVTOL aircraft into commercial service from 2024 through a deal with leasing group Avolon.
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Air New Zealand Joins Airbus's Hydrogen Airliner Project

The Asia-Pacific carrier will study how Airbus's planned Zero E hydrogen airliners could be integrated into its domestic and regional flight network.
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ATR, Braathens Regional Airlines and Neste Accelerate Pure SAF Certification

The partners will operate a test flight with a ATR72 turboprop regional airliner early next year with one engine burning 100% SAF and the other one 50%.
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Accidents

India Runway Overrun Investigation Highlights Pilot Errors

A report on the fatal crash of an Air India Express aircraft said the pilots didn't follow operational procedures when attempting to land in monsoon rain.
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Breeze Boosts A220 Fleet With New Livery Unveiled

Breeze Airways will start taking delivery of an additional 20 of Airbus's A220 airliners by the end of 2021, adding to its current Embraer E190 fleet.
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Accidents

All Survive Cape Air Cessna 402 Crash in Massachusetts

A Cessna 402 flown by regional airline Cape Air burst into flames after a running off the runway at Provincetown Airport.
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United, Honeywell To Partner in Massive SAF Investment

As part of a partnership agreement with Honeywell, United Airlines plans to buy 1.5 billion gallons of SAF from Alder Fuels.
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Qatar Airways Dispatches Five Evac Flights from Kabul

Qatar and the UAE have gone to great lengths to participate in the Afghanistan evacuation over the past month.
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Analysis: Ryanair Holds in Poker Game with Boeing

Ryanair's pricing demands for the 737 Max 10 proved too steep for Boeing.
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British Airways To Burn SAF on Domestic Flights for COP26

The UK subsidiary of IAG has accelerated its sustainability drive with a new program dubbed "BA Better World."
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Jazeera Airways Aims for Return to Normality Early Next Year

Schedules call for delivery of Jazeera's 16th and 17th aircraft in early September
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Emirates Moves Up Delivery of Last A380 to November

The planned reinstatement of 17 routes due to an improving traffic outlook prompted Emirates to take its last three A380s earlier than anticipated.
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Electric Power May Transform Regional Airline Business Models

Airline fleets could transition from a dependence on fossil fuels to meet climate change goals, but the move to electric aircraft could cut costs as well.
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UK’s Jet2 Orders 36 Airbus A321neos

Leeds, UK-based Jet2 has changed its allegiance from Boeing to Airbus with an order for A321neos.
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Ryanair CEO Flags Progress on Max 10 Talks with Boeing

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is “hopeful” on an agreement on pricing for 100 to 200 Max 10s before summer 2022.
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Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing To Partner on African ‘Aviation Hub’

An MOU between Boeing and Ethiopia’s flag carrier establishes a four-pronged strategy for aviation development in the country.
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British Airways Proposes Short-haul Unit Based at Gatwick

Talks between BA and its unions over a proposal to launch a new short-haul subsidiary have begun.
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Qantas Hopes to Restart International Service by Year-end

The ability for Australia’s flag carrier to reinstate international service hinges on Australia’s ability reach an 80 percent vaccination rate threshold.
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