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Boeing to cut 11,000 more jobs as losses mount
/Boeing has announced a fourth straight quarterly loss, as well as 11,000 additional job cuts, as the company continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing 737 MAX crisis. The planemaker has said it lost $466 million in the third quarter, marking its fourth straight quarterly loss. The pandemic has seen demand for
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Comment: How to use COVID-19 testing and quarantining to safely travel for the holidays
/In this cross-posting with The Conversation, general physician Dr Claudia Finkelstein relays how best to keep yourself and others safe while travelling for the holidays, if your country permits you to do so. With the holidays approaching, many people are considering whether to visit relatives or friends in the coming weeks. At the same time,
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ST Engineering, Airbus JV to expand following first delivery to Qantas
The joint venture between Airbus and ST Engineering is gearing up to expand its A321 passenger-to-freight conversion program, following the delivery of its first conversion to Qantas on Tuesday. Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture between European planemaker Airbus and Singapore-based ST Engineering, has delivered its first A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft to Australian flag-carrier Qantas
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NAVAIR looks to beef up Poseidon strike capability
/ | 1 Comment on NAVAIR looks to beef up Poseidon strike capabilityThe US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has been quietly enhancing the strike capability of its Boeing P-8A Poseidon platform. Long-range strike has emerged as one of the key battlegrounds and capability gaps for both the US and its allies, particularly in the Indo-Pacific as they grapple with the realities of overcoming or in some
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ANA to cut down 10% of its fleet, launch budget carrier in 2022
Japan’s largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), has said it will retire more than a tenth of its fleet and cut over 3,500 jobs, as it attempts to rein in its cash burn amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the carrier still intends to cash in on changing travel preferences by launching a new budget
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Demand spikes for private aircraft amid COVID-19 pandemic
Pre-owned corporate aircraft transactions have seen a major spike, now nearing 2019 levels, as cashed-up travellers pay to avoid commercial flights amid the global pandemic, according to an aircraft brokerage. The trend has now begun to drive up demand for new private aircraft, according to lawyers and brokers dealing with such matters, as older models
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