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Embraer E195-E2 Gains Type Certification
At a ceremony held on Monday at the company’s facilities in São José dos Campos, Embraer received the Type Certificate for the E195-E2 from three regulatory authorities: ANAC, the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil), the FAA (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency). The E195-E2 is the biggest […]
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United Applies for Newark to Cape Town Route
In preparation for the upcoming seasonal offering, United applied with the U.S. Department of Transportation for authority to begin new service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Cape Town International Airport on Monday. United plans to operate nonstop three-times weekly flights to South Africa’s oldest city, starting in December 2019. “We are always looking at ways […]
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Boeing’s 737 MAX: A Crisis and Opportunity for China
It is no secret that in a 20-year forecast, one of the driving markets for commercial aviation will be China, with its increasing demand for long-haul and domestic routes. In that scenario, the Boeing 737 MAX’s complicated situation has created both a crisis and an opportunity. China was the first country to halt the MAX […]
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Wow Air Ceases Operations Following Months of Financial Troubles
After failing to close a deal with a group of investors, Iceland’s Wow Air announced that it has ceased operations as of Thursday morning. The company was forced to go under after last-minute negotiations were unsuccessful and a much-needed injection of capital was denied. “We weren’t able to secure funding for the company,” said Skuli […]
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Garuda Indonesia Reportedly Nixing 737 MAX Orders
According to Indonesian publication detikfinance and reported by One Mile at a Time, Garuda Indonesia’s CEO has stated that the carrier is set to cancel its order for 49 Boeing 737 MAX, citing “loss of confidence” in the aircraft. “Even if Boeing fixes the MAX 8 system, that passenger confidence is gone. So we asked […]
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Avianca Reshapes A320neo Orders to Reduce Financial Exposure
According to a Reuters report, Colombian-based carrier Avianca is set to cancel 17 orders and to delay the delivery date of 35 A320neo family orders, as the scenario demands for financial sustainability rather than growth. Last December, Avianca’s CEO Hernan Rincon announced that it had started conversations with Airbus to reduce an order of 107 […]
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Boeing’s 737 MAX: Two Opposing Viewpoints
While the investigation about the Ethiopian ET302 crash is just starting, there is a strong division between Boeing 737 MAX operators: those who trust the aircraft and those who do not. Either due to an agency mandate or an internal decision, over half of the MAXs delivered are not going to fly for now. All […]
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Boeing Tackles Future Pilot and Technician Shortage by Funding Embry-Riddle University
Boeing has announced that the company awarded a $3 million grant to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to accelerate pilot training and aviation maintenance programs. Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is a private university system offering associate, bachelor, master’s, and PhD degree programs in arts and sciences, aviation, business, engineering, computer programming, cyber security and intelligence. It is […]
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103 Cancellations: 2019 is Not Treating Airbus Very Well
It seems that the first two months of 2019 are proving to be rough on Airbus, as the cancellations grow and orders are being logged at a very low pace. Besides the well-known and discussed Emirates A380 cancellation, Eithad is also delivering a blow after a strategy revision that would write off 42 A350s from […]
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“She Flies! She Flies!”: Celebrating 50 Years of the Concorde
“She Flies! She Flies!” is the first sound that most people remember about this day 50 years ago. Raymond Baxter, the BBC’s anchor that was covering the event shouted in excitement while the four Snecma Olympus 593 engines delivered full thrust and the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde left the runway and was finally airborne. It was a […]