Airlines
Air Arabia expects third-quarter debut for Saudi airline venture
Budget carrier and investment partners granted rights last year to establish operator in Dammam.
Aerospace
First serial MC-21-310 flown to Moscow for customer painting preparation
Production-standard twinjet undertakes long-distance flight days after maiden sortie.
ROTORCRAFT
South Korean police order single KUH-1P helicopter
Variants of the KUH-1 Surion continue to be adopted by South Korean parapublic agencies.
AIRLINES
AirAsia delays London, Bahrain flights amid capacity ‘reset’
Low-cost group plunges to quarterly loss on high fuel costs
Safety
Malta Air 737 window-loss event: Fractured blade punctured engine inlet forward of fan
Investigators find evidence of fatigue as well as bird remains in powerplant of Ryanair Group jet.
Routes
Delta to launch first transatlantic route from Austin to Paris
Carrier also announces service to San Diego from Austin, Texas.
Airlines
Gol appoints new chief executive and president
Abra Group has major international ambitions for Gol.
Engines
GE’s new Black Hawk engine achieves preliminary flight rating
GE Aerospace designed the T901 Improved Turbine Engine to replace the T700 turboshaft powering both the UH-60M and AH-64E helicopters.
Procurement
India formally launches competition for new military transport
Embraer, Lockheed Martin and Airbus are all expected to compete for the Medium Transport Aircraft tender.
Programmes
Heart Aerospace carries out piloted maiden flight of all-electric X1
Battery-powered demonstrator is ‘representative’ of manufacturer’s planned ES-30 airliner.
Airlines
Pegasus hit by Middle East disruption in loss-making second quarter
Pegasus falls to operating loss for April-June as international passengers down 11%.
Propulsion
Russia’s United Engine starts delivering serial PD-8 engines for SJ-100 programme
Powerplant secured approval in June but import-substituted twinjet yet to receive certification.
Defence
Engines
GE’s new Black Hawk engine achieves preliminary flight rating
GE Aerospace designed the T901 Improved Turbine Engine to replace the T700 turboshaft powering both the UH-60M and AH-64E helicopters.
Procurement
India formally launches competition for new military transport
Embraer, Lockheed Martin and Airbus are all expected to compete for the Medium Transport Aircraft tender.
MUNITIONS
Hyundai Rotem, KAI to develop long-range air-to-air missile
Missile development pact comes as Hanwha Group boosts KAI stake beyond 15%.
Production
Northrop Grumman unveils new engineering site for sixth-generation aircraft
The defence contractor is vying to build the US Navy’s sixth-generation F/A-XX carrier-based fighter.
Airlines
Airlines
Air Arabia expects third-quarter debut for Saudi airline venture
Budget carrier and investment partners granted rights last year to establish operator in Dammam.
AIRLINES
AirAsia delays London, Bahrain flights amid capacity ‘reset’
Low-cost group plunges to quarterly loss on high fuel costs
Routes
Delta to launch first transatlantic route from Austin to Paris
Carrier also announces service to San Diego from Austin, Texas.
Airlines
Gol appoints new chief executive and president
Abra Group has major international ambitions for Gol.
Aerospace
ROTORCRAFT
South Korean police order single KUH-1P helicopter
Variants of the KUH-1 Surion continue to be adopted by South Korean parapublic agencies.
Military MRO
Marshall aims to find buyer for aerospace business by year-end
UK family firm discloses intention to divest its final division in annual report.
Aerospace
Vertical reaches tentative $100m financing deal to support Valo certification and production effort
Aerospace firm’s eVTOL heads for critical design review as rival Archer unveils consolidation with Boeing.
FINANCIALS
Embraer firmly on course as it notches up its best-ever second quarter
Brazilian airframer also reports record backlog in latest financial results.
Safety
Safety
Malta Air 737 window-loss event: Fractured blade punctured engine inlet forward of fan
Investigators find evidence of fatigue as well as bird remains in powerplant of Ryanair Group jet.
Safety
A320 crew’s detection of violent convective cell too late for evasive action
Several cabin crew and passengers left with bone fractures after severe turbulence encounter during descent to Corsica.
Safety
S7 Airlines 737-800 freighter overruns during landing at Norilsk
Incident took place six weeks after aircraft from same carrier suffered excursion at Mirny.
Safety
Fatal King Air ambulance terrain-collision probe yet to determine significance of GPS jamming
Military exercise taking place when descending aircraft struck mountain ridge during visual approach in darkness.
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