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Airbus Lost €202 Million Last Year With The A380 Program
Airbus’ earnings release today has highlighted a record-breaking year for the European manufacturer. However, amongst the healthy profits and solid order book, small nuggets of disappointment lurked. One such issue was the A380 program, which saw Airbus pegging a loss of €202m ($219n).
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Airbus Resumes Operations At Its China Final Assembly Line
European planemaker Airbus has now resumed operations at its A320neo final assembly line in Tianjin, China, despite the on-going coronavirus crisis.
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EASA And FAA Award Type Certification To The Airbus A330-800neo
After a long wait, the A330-800neo has finally achieved certification. Airbus announced today that the smallest A330neo has received joint Type Certification from both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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Airbus To Cut A330 Production To Support A350 Production
Airbus has decided to shift production resources away from the A330 program and instead focus on its A350 flagship program, as the latter has more orders and a bigger order backlog.
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Airbus Now Holds 75% Of The A220 Program As Bombardier Backs Out
Airbus now holds 75% of the A220 program. As a result of Bombardier backing out of the program, the European manufacturing giant now owns the A220 program alongside the Government of Quebec.
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Why The Basic Fuselage Model Has Never Changed
When you imagine an airplane, you think of a long narrow aircraft, mounted on top of wings with engines underneath. This design has been unchanged ever since aircraft came into widespread use at the turn of the last century. However, why was no other aircraft concept successful? Why has the ‘long-tube’ lasted as long?
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Airlines

Network Expansion Delays 1/3 Of Air Serbia Flights Over 6 Months
Air Serbia is a rapidly growing European airline, but its expansion has come with increased unreliability. An investigation by BIRN found that almost a third of its flights were delayed between June and November 2019. Let’s have a look why.
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Turkish Airlines Shows Off Its Brand New Airbus A350
Turkish Airlines has continued to generate excitement over its upcoming Airbus A350XWB deliveries. Today, the airline posted a new image of the first of its order on Twitter under the hashtag #WidenYourWorld. The new aircraft will allow Turkish Airlines to further develop its route network which already operates in more countries than any other airline in the world.
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Bulgaria Air Launches Valencia Flights From Sofia
This summer, Bulgaria Air will begin service connecting Sofia – Bulgaria’s capital city to Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city. This once-weekly flight will take place every Tuesday, leaving Sofia around 1310h and arriving in Valencia at 1515h. It will then depart Valencia on the return journey at 1600h, arriving back in Sofia at 1945h. The services commences on 2 June.
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British Airways Now Has A Quarter Of Its Airbus A350 Fleet
British Airways has now received over a quarter of the Airbus A350 aircraft it has ordered. The British flag carrier yesterday took delivery of its fifth A350 in Toulouse, France.
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Southwest Airlines Revises MAX Return To Service To August
Southwest Airlines, the largest operator of the 737 MAX, has revised its expectations to say that it will not include the troubled aircraft in schedules until August. Previously the airline had said it hoped the plane would return by 6 June.
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Vietnam Airlines Set To Lease Their A350s & 787s To Other Airlines
Vietnam Airlines has announced it will be putting some of its aircraft up for lease. At the moment the airlines says it will be leasing either its Airbus A321s, its Airbus A350-900s and/or its Boeing 787-9/10s.
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El Al Relaunches Flights To London Stansted Airport
Israeli carrier El Al is set to resume its service to London Stansted following an 11-year hiatus. The carrier will begin flying to the low-cost hub five times a week with the Boeing 737-800.
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American Airlines To Return To India
Earlier today we saw that Alaska Airlines will be joining oneworld. Well, it seems as though American Airlines is already looking to take advantage of this new partnership. The existing oneworld member will add new services from Seattle, which is a major hub for Alaska Airlines.
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Breaking: Alaska Airlines Intends To Join oneworld Alliance
Breaking news coming out of Seattle is that Alaska Airlines intends to join the oneworld Alliance from summer 2021. This move will give Alaska passengers a number of new options for travel around the world.
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Inside Aegean's Brand New A320neo
Yesterday we revealed the new livery for Aegean Airlines, as seen on one of its brand new A320neo aircraft. Today, we want to take a deeper dive into what we can expect from these new aircraft on the inside, and how the new livery came about.
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Green Africa Signs MoU For 50 Airbus A220-300 Aircraft
Airbus and Green Africa Airways have today announced a huge order for 50 of the popular Airbus A220 narrowbody jet. All are to be the larger A220-300 variant. It’s one of the biggest orders for the A220 to date, and the first major order from the African continent.
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What Happened To Emirates' Boeing 727s?
Emirates has had an incredibly diverse fleet of aircraft over its many years of operation, from smaller Boeing 737s to gigantic Airbus A380s. But not many people know that the airline did operate three Boeing 727s in its early days.
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Spirit Airlines Eyes Huge Capacity Increase At Fort Lauderdale
The South Florida-based ultra-low-cost-carrier Spirit Airlines eyes a huge capacity increase at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. The move will make it the largest international airline operating out of Fort Lauderdale.
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South African Airways Being Taken To Court Over Job Cuts
South African Airways is in the midst of carrying out a business rescue plan. The financially struggling airline is looking to cut some of its workforce in order to reduce expenses. However, this week we learned that two labor unions are taking court action to stop this from happening.
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Airports

Bristol Airport Expansion Blocked - What Now?
A conflict of interest between environmental enthusiasts and advocates for development was pivotal in a decision that blocked Bristol Airport’s expansion earlier this week. The airport expects to exceed capacity by 2021 but now has no way to manage the demand. What happens next?
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New artwork set to make Heathrow the World's most Instagrammed airport
Four of the world’s most Instagrammed pieces of street art have been recreated at Heathrow to provide passengers with the perfect ‘post’ moment when starting their journey at Heathrow.
The artwork aims to make Heathrow the most Instagrammed airport in the world this year and follows research revealing that ‘Instagrammability’ is now one of the biggest motivations for booking a holiday.
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Military

Singapore Gets Smart with Airbus A330 Tanker
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is the launch customer for the Smart enhancements to the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), Airbus announced here yesterday. This consists of automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R) and enhanced maintenance. The RSAF has taken delivery of all six A330MRTTs that it ordered; one is on display in the static park at the Singapore Air Show.
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Aviation Quote

The man who enters combat encased in solid armor plate, but lacking the essential of self-confidence, is far more exposed and naked to death than the individual who subjects himself to battle shorn of any protection but his own skill, his own belief in himself and in his wingman. Righteousness is necessary for one's peace of mind, perhaps, but it is a poor substitute for agility . . . and a resolution to meet the enemy under any conditions and against any odds.

- Major Robert S. Johnson, USAAF.


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