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6 days ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Jon Lake
Details of the Boeing airliner deal emerged on Friday 9 May, when the International Airlines Group (IAG) published its Q1 financial results. The International Airlines Group (IAG) is the parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, LEVEL and Vueling. The Group reported a €198 million operating profit in the first quarter of 2025, up from €68 million a year ago.
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6 days ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
Although Air Canada CEO and president Michael Rosseau said that its Q1 results were indicative of the flag carrier “effectively managing through a turbulent period,” the ongoing uncertainty surrounding market conditions (particularly regarding flights to and from the US) has led Air Canada to “prudently” moderate its expectations.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
An interim report into the substation power outage that brought London Heathrow to a standstill in late March has concluded that cause of the fire remains unknown, although counter-terrorism and investigations confirmed “no evidence to suggest that the incident was suspicious in nature”. On 20 March, a fire broke out at a transformer in an electricity substation in West London’s North Hyde; one of three independent supply points feeding the airport.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is to assess the operational potential of Radia’s ‘WindRunner’ cargo aircraft concept, a proposed 356 behemoth promising to offer around twelve times the volume of the Boeing 747.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
A new ‘Defence Standard’ milestone has been reached by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to allow the use of up to 30% blended SAF in its aircraft, something industry taskforce leader BP described as “a significant increase” from the current limit of 5%.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
Vertical Aerospace and Honeywell have signed a new long-term agreement to certify what the latter defines as “two of the most critical systems” on Vertical’s upcoming four-passenger VX4 eVTOL, including the aircraft’s flight control and fly-by-wire systems. Vertical has also selected new Honeywell inceptors for use on its aircraft.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Chloe Greenbank
Adacel, which specialises in air traffic control (ATC) simulation and training systems and air traffic management (ATM) solutions, is collaborating with ADB Safegate to demonstrate their combined solution for an Integrated Digital Tower System (IDTS), enhanced by advanced simulation capabilities.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
US Department of Transportation secretary Sean Duffy has announced the FAA’s vision to build a “brand new, state-of-the-art air traffic control system that will be the envy of the world,” promising to “replace core infrastructure including radar, software, hardware and telecommunications networks to manage modern travel”. An updated system is certainly sorely overdue. “Decades of neglect have left us with an outdated system that is showing its age,” explained Duffy.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
Wisk Aero CEO Brian Yutko is to step aside from his leadership role in the wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary, moving to a new position as head of product development within Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After leading the advanced air mobility company since February 2023, Yutko will now transition within Boeing to a new role as vice president of product development at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, although will continue to provide strategic oversight and support to Wisk.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Jon Lake
The well-publicised problems with the F-35’s TR-3 (Technology Refresh 3) upgrade led to a halt in deliveries of modified aircraft, and meant that the RAF had not received any of its F-35Bs since the last pair of Lot 14 aircraft (ZM168 and ZM169 BK-34 and BK-35) were delivered on 16 March 2024. The six remaining aircraft expected during 2024 were not delivered.