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Lufthansa Cuts Costs Faster than Expected, Says CEO

Carsten Spohr expects no need for further state aid for the German group.

Airlines

January 22, 2021

Boeing Commits To Certifying Jets for Pure SAF Power by 2030

Aviation’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2050 will require jets to fly on 100-percent SAF well before then, says Boeing.

Aircraft

January 22, 2021

Airbus Taps Brakes on A320 Rate Increases

While A220 production rates will remain steady, Airbus has decided to slow planned output increases of the A320.

Aircraft

January 21, 2021

Search for Sriwijaya Air Crash Victims Ends, CVR Hunt Continues

Authorities give up the search for bodies following a 13-day recovery operation tied to the crash of a Boeing 737-500 off the Indonesian coast.

Airlines

January 21, 2021

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IAG Moves on Purchase of Air Europa at Discounted Price

The group will pay only half of the price upon which it initially agreed and will defer payment for six years.

Airlines

January 20, 2021

Honeywell, Curtiss-Wright Certify 25-hour Voice Recorder

Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright have developed a new series of 25-hour cockpit voice and flight data recorders.

Avionics

January 19, 2021

IATA Urges Adoption of Vaccine Certificates for Travelers

A proposal by Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for a digital vaccine certificate to allow free movement has gained IATA's endorsement.

Airlines

January 19, 2021

Boeing Inks Firm Order for Six 737-800 Converted Freighters

A deal covering a firm order for six 737-800BCFs and options on another six raises San Francisco-based BBAM’s commitment total to 15.

Aircraft

January 19, 2021

Transport Canada To Lift Boeing 737 Max Ban on January 20

Canada’s civil aviation authority has concluded its review of the Boeing 737 Max.

Aircraft

January 18, 2021

Irkut MC-21 Suffers Runway Overrun

MC-21-300 prototype 73051 ended a one-engine-out breaking test stuck in heavy snow.

Accidents

January 18, 2021

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Launches, Plans Tel Aviv Flights

The joint venture between Wizz Air and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ Holdings flies to Athens on its inaugural service.

Airlines

January 15, 2021

U.S. Adds Comac to DOD Sanctions List

The maker of the C919 and ARJ21 could face divestment by U.S. partners due to a new Department of Defense ban.

Aircraft

January 15, 2021

Norwegian To Shut All Long-haul Operations

A new business plan at Norwegian Air calls for a return to an all-narrowbody fleet.

Airlines

January 14, 2021

CDC Calls for Negative Tests for Pax Flying to U.S.

The CDC order signed on January 12 is calling for passengers flying into the U.S. to show proof of a negative test taken within three days of travel.

Regulations and Government

January 13, 2021

DHL Orders Eight Boeing 777 Freighters

First deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled for 2022.

Aircraft

January 13, 2021

EU Aerospace Set To Benefit from Post-Brexit Deal with UK

A European Commission official applauds “asymmetries" between UK and EASA design certificate approvals.

Aircraft

January 13, 2021

IATA Sees ‘Bleak’ Prospects for Air Transport Amid Quarantines

International Air Transport Association director general Alexandre de Juniac calls on governments to give up aspirations for a ‘zero Covid world.’

Airlines

January 12, 2021

Boeing Lands 747-8F Order from Atlas Air

Atlas Air places an order for the last four 747-8Fs Boeing plans to produce.

Airlines

January 12, 2021

Max Restart Cushions Boeing’s 2020 Delivery Shock

Boeing delivered 157 commercial jets last year, less than half of its 2019 total.

Aircraft

January 12, 2021

CVR, FDR Signals Detected from Doomed Sriwijaya Air 737

Authorities expect to find no survivors from the Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea Saturday.

Accidents

January 11, 2021