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Embraer seeks customer input on E-Jet branding
A decision on whether to rename Embraer’s E-Jets is still up in the air following the announcement that the company’s commercial aircraft business will be rebranded as Boeing Brazil-Commercial. Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO John Slattery says the decision to rename his unit after Boeing closes on a $4.2-billion deal to acquire an 80% stake was made after careful deliberation and was not a top-down mandate from the US air framer.
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Europe’s Pilots Censure 'Delegated Certification' of 737 Max
For the first time since the two fatal accidents involving the Boeing 737 Max 8 and the worldwide grounding of the type in March, European pilots have weighed in on the certification and pending recertification of the aircraft, describing the process as flawed.
The October 29 crash of Lion Air Flight 610 into the Java Sea 12 minutes from Jakarta and the March 10 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa have shined a spotlight on “critical flaws that have developed in the system as regards design, certification, regulation, and adequate training,” the European Cockpit Association (ECA) said Thursday.
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MAX Training Issues Expand To NGs
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) is reporting the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX is being pushed back because something in the investigation has prompted a review of training in the previous model. There are more than 5,000 Boeing 737NG models in use all over the world and the safety record of the type is considered good. The news clearly annoyed Boeing. “While we are working with the FAA to review all procedures, the safety of the 737 NG is not in question,” a Boeing spokesman told the Journal’s Andy Pasztor.
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Air New Zealand orders eight GE-powered 787-10s
The firm commitment for eight GE GEnx-1B-powered 787-10s, announced May 26, is valued at $2.7 billion at list prices. Air New Zealand said the carrier “negotiated a significant discount on current list prices.”
Air New Zealand has 14 787-9s in its fleet; deliveries of the larger -10 will start in 2022.
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Landing A350's wake suspected in Dubai DA62 crash
Investigators believe wake turbulence from a landing Airbus A350-900 may have contributed to the fatal crash of a light aircraft at Dubai earlier this month.
The Thai Airways International A350 had been arriving on runway 30R on 16 May, following a service from Bangkok, at around the time that the Diamond Aircraft DA62 crashed.
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Air NZ looks to 787-9s for nonstop New York flight
Air New Zealand will likely use its existing Boeing 787-9s to launch a future Auckland-New York route, having bypassed the Airbus A350 and 777X and selected the 787-10 to replace its 777-200ER fleet.
In announcing the fleet selection, chief executive Christopher Luxon reaffirmed that “one of our big ambitions in life is to land a flight from Auckland to New York.”
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Lufthansa Cargo holds naming ceremony for B777F
Lufthansa Cargo has held the naming ceremony for one of its new B777Fs, giving the aircraft the name Konnichiwa Japan.
The aircraft arrived in February and is one of two that the airline has taken delivery of this year, the other being delivered in March.
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Flydubai thrives on developing new markets in Central Asia, Caucasus
Flydubai has emerged as one of the largest airlines in Central Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Following the recent launch of services to Tashkent and the upcoming launch of Sochi, flydubai will have 21 destinations in the CIS.
The Dubai-based hybrid airline serves all five Central Asian countries, including newly added Uzbekistan, and all four countries in the Caucasus. Its Russian network will grow to nine destinations as Sochi is launched and several seasonal destinations are resumed.
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Heathrow to launch first airport Ultra Low Emission Zone
Heathrow proposes to launch an Ultra Low Emission Zone which would target older, more polluting cars and private hire vehicles in a bid to protect local air quality.
Heathrow has announced its plan to introduce a set of tough new measures to protect local air quality, reduce congestion and tackle emissions
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Air cargo group aims to fix Madrid supply chain bottlenecks
Foro MADCargo, the association that seeks to promote airfreight in Madrid, has formed a working group to identify the stumbling blocks hindering cargo operations at Madrid-Barajas Airport.
The working group’s members include handling agents, forwarders, transportation providers and airlines – IAG Cargo, Swissport WFS, DHL Forwarding, Panalpina, DB Schenker, Cacesa, Ireneo Logística, FLF (Inditex) and Transemer among them.
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Turkish airports: TAV Airports results point to a future after Atatürk
When it was disclosed that Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport was to close to passenger operations and to be replaced by Istanbul Airport (of which TAV Airports would not be involved in the financing or developing) it looked not only like the end of an era for TAV, but that the firm would be severely impacted financially.
It might still be early days but financial results from 1Q2019, the quarter in which the transition was finalised, indicate that TAV has not just rolled over and given up the fight.
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PICTURES: India conducts second air-launched Brahmos test
The Indian air force recently conducted the second launch of the Mach 2.8 Brahmos cruise missile from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter, and the country's weapons developers have also tested a new 500kg guided bomb.
India’s defence ministry says the 22 May Brahmos launch went well and the aircraft scored a direct hit on a land target.
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In blossom today, then scattered:
Life is so like a delicate flower.
How can one expect the fragrance
To last forever?
- Vice Admiral Ohnishi, Kamikaze Special Attack Force
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