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Porter, Alaska Airlines Adding More Embraer Aircraft

Porter Airlines and Alaska Air Group are growing their regional fleets with the addition of more Embraer passenger jets.
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De Havilland Intros Dash 8-400 Cargo Conversions

De Havilland Canada unveiled three Dash 8-400 freighter conversion programs addressing “a wide variety of business models."
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Delta Adds a Dozen to A220 Order Tally

Delta Air Lines plans to receive a further 107 A220 narrowbody airliners from Airbus, including 12 more of the A220-300 model.
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Embraer and LOT Renew Pool Program Coverage

Embraer and LOT Polish Airlines renewed and expanded the flag carrier’s pool program coverage for its E-Jets fleet.
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Aviation Capital Is Buyer for 12 Boeing 737-8s

Boeing says the "reboot" of the Max program is complete and that the company sees a return to a normal competitive landscape with Airbus.
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Airliner Deals Heat Up at Sun-kissed Farnborough Show

Sales and commitments signed over the first two days of the Farnborough International 2022 Airshow covered almost 300 new and converted airliners.
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New Leasing Firm Abelo Orders 10 ATR 72-600s

Dublin-based leasing firm Abelo, already slated to take 10 of ATR's upcoming 42-600S turboprops, has now added 10 ATR 72-600s.
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Virgin Atlantic To Fly eVTOL Air Taxi Trials in the UK

Test flights with Vertical's VX4 eVTOL aircraft will be from London's Heathrow and City airports, as well as from Bristol and two smaller UK airfields.
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L3Harris, Air Astra, Announce Pilot Training Plan

L3Harris will train pilots at new Bangladesh airline Air Astra through 2026 under an agreement announced at the Farnborough Airshow.
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Feel Air Taps ATR To Kickstart Japanese Regional Services

Feel Air signed a letter of intent to potentially purchase a mix of 26 ATR42 and ATR72 regional airliners in order to launch regional service in Japan.
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NATA To Honor Bill Bohlke for Distinguished Service

The NATA Award for Distinguished Service will be presented to Captain William “Bill” Bohlke in recognition of his outstanding service to the industry.
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Outgoing Eurocontrol DG Reflects on His Tenure

Eamonn Brennan hands over Eurocontrol’s reigns to Raúl Medina Caballero on January 1.
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Several New SAF Production Projects Emerge across Europe

Airlines are signing more long-term SAF off-take agreements and supporting the diversification from biomass SAF with e-fuels.
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Hiring Spree Reverses Covid Pain for Pilots

Some U.S. Majors have employed bus companies to replace flights on shorter routes.
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UK Aviation Industry Unhappy at Loss of EASA Membership

The post-Brexit transition period for mutual aviation license and approvals recognition ends on Dec. 31, 2022.
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Will Hackers Bring Down Airplanes One Day?

Airline reticence over cyber-security suggests the threat has become increasingly serious.
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European Pilots Blame Disruptions on 'Deep Systemic Issues'

The European Cockpit Association has called on EASA to publish a safety information bulletin on how all stakeholders should cope with travel disruptions.
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EU’s Decarbonization Policies Will Drive up Costs for Airlines

Europe’s airlines express concern about the significant costs of implementing the EU’s Fit for 55 package aimed at trimming CO2 levels by 55 percent.
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SAS Files for Chapter 11 Protection in U.S.

A strike among some 1,000 pilots has affected roughly half of SAS’s schedule and led to its decision to voluntarily enter bankruptcy protection.
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Airbus Inks Orders for 292 A320neos with Chinese Airlines

Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and Shenzhen Airlines will take A320neo-family jets under the terms of contracts signed in Beijing.
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Airbus’s New A321XLR Will Be An Intercontinental Narrowbody Airliner

Airbus’s New A321XLR Will Be An Intercontinental Narrowbody Airliner
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Lufhansa Group CEO Sees Strengthening Yield Environment

Strong post-Covid demand combined with delays in aircraft deliveries will result in a much healthier airline industry, said Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr.
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Airbus CEO Doubts Prospects for a Future Very Large Aircraft

Airbus sees the European Union's "Fit for 55" policy as a “mixed bag” of some positive and not so positive measure aimed at decarbonizing air transport.
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IATA Upbeat on Recovery, Forecasts Return to Profit in 2023

Airlines are seeing a strong uptick in demand and expect to return to profit in 2023 though the re-start is causing disruptions in Europe and North America
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Spanish Airline Plans Airship Services From 2026

Air Nostrum says it plans to be the launch operator for Hybrid Air Vehicles' 100-seat Airlander 10 airship on domestic routes of up to around 265 miles.
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Aeroflot To Order 300 Russian-made Airliners

MC-21 and SSJ100 programs will get a major boost from an impending order from Russia’s flag carrier.
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Pilots Call on Wizz Air to Put Safety over Profits

Following recorded comments from Wizz Air CEO József Váradi complaining of flight disruptions caused by staff shortages, pilots' unions strike back.
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JetBlue Again Sweetens Merger Offer for Spirit Airlines

In its latest offer to merge with Spirit Airlines, JetBlue increases its promised reverse break-up fee to $350 million.
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Eurocontrol Pushes Back Covid Recovery as Delays Worsen

The air traffic management agency published a revised short-term forecast for European air traffic, as airlines and airports face serious staff shortages.
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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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