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Embraer triumphs: Record-breaking year with surging deliveries and unprecedented backlog – ACE (Aerospace Central Europe)

Source Node: https://aero-space.eu/2024/01/31/embraer-triumphs-record-breaking-year-with-surging-deliveries-and-unprecedented-backlog/
Time Stamp: January 31, 2024 6:16 AM - Modified On: January 31, 2024 - Published By:
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In an extraordinary display of resilience and growth, Embraer, a global leader in aerospace manufacturing, has reported a significant surge in its deliveries and backlog for the year 2023. The company, renowned for its innovation in aviation, achieved a 13% increase in aircraft deliveries compared to the previous year, reinforcing its position in the competitive aerospace industry. Embraer’s delivery of 181 aircraft in 2023 marks a commendable rise from the 160 aircraft supplied in 2022. This achievement is particularly notable considering the ongoing challenges posed by supply chain disruptions. The

Slovakia fills its artillery shell stocks with $132 million order

Source Node: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/01/31/slovakia-fills-its-artillery-shell-stocks-with-132-million-order/
Time Stamp: January 31, 2024 5:51 AM - Modified On: January 31, 2024 - Published By:
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MILAN — The Slovak Ministry of Defense has awarded contract to local ammunition giant ZVS Holding for the production of 155mm artillery shells for the Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers, one of the largest orders placed since the election of a new government last year.The contract was allocated in the absence of a competition, as indicated by a notice last week by the Tenders Electronic Daily website, an online repository of European public procurements.The amount of shells was not disclosed, but the order has an estimated value of 122,2 million euros

Blockchain-Backed Passports for Transparent Carbon Removal Launched by Tomorrow’s Air

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Time Stamp: January 31, 2024 3:14 AM - Modified On: January 31, 2024 - Published By:
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PicoNext has recently announced a collaboration with Tomorrow’s Air, the flagship climate initiative of the Adventure Travel Trade Association. Tomorrow’s Air focuses on educating, inspiring, and mobilizing individuals to support carbon removal technologies and sustainable aviation fuel in the travel industry. The initiative is part of a larger effort to promote sustainable travel practices and innovative climate solutions. Every payment received by Tomorrow’s Air supports climate conscious travel education. It also funds the scale up of carbon emission reductions and carbon removal innovations. PicoNext is an end-to-end platform for experienced

Video Podcast: Is Qantas’ new safety video really that bad?

Source Node: https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/video-podcast-is-qantas-new-safety-video-really-that-bad/
Time Stamp: January 31, 2024 1:33 AM - Modified On: January 31, 2024 - Published By:
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[embedded content] This week, Qantas unveiled a flash new safety video that took in destinations as varied as Litchfield National Park and Lapland. The problem is not one bit of it was filmed in an actual aircraft. This week, the team discuss whether it’s too smart for its own good, endangering safety, or whether the Flying Kangaroo’s critics are more interested in holding a grudge. Plus, will Western Sydney Airport finally break the monopoly of monopoly airports and bring competition to the country’s domestic aviation sector? You can watch the

Human error contributed to near miss between Qantas 737s

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Time Stamp: January 30, 2024 11:17 PM - Modified On: January 30, 2024 - Published By:
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The flight paths of VH-VZW and VH-VZM during the separation incident in April 2023. (Image: ATSB) A misinterpreted instruction from air traffic control contributed to a separation incident between two Qantas 737-800s at Sydney Airport in April last year, the ATSB has found. In its report, the transport safety watchdog notes that on 29 April 2023, VH-VZM was cleared to take off for Brisbane on Sydney’s parallel runway 16L at the same time as VH-VZW, arriving from Queenstown, was landing, each with around 170 passengers on board. Air traffic controllers

Come back to Canberra, minister tells Qatar Airways

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Time Stamp: January 30, 2024 10:21 PM - Modified On: January 30, 2024 - Published By:
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A Qatar Airways 777 lands at Canberra Airport following the inaugural flight in 2018. (Image: Qatar Airways) The Assistant Minister for Competition has called on Qatar Airways to resume services to Canberra. Speaking to Adam Shirley on ABC Radio this week, Dr Andrew Leigh reiterated the government’s line that allowing extra Qatar flights into major airports was “not in the national interest”, but urged the Middle Eastern carrier to bring back flights to the nation’s capital. Qatar – which operated flights to Canberra via Sydney before the pandemic, first starting

Virgin finishes rolling out bag tracking across all flights

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Time Stamp: January 30, 2024 7:45 PM - Modified On: January 30, 2024 - Published By:
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Virgin Australia allows bag tracking via app across its entire network. (Image: Virgin Australia) Virgin Australia is expanding baggage tracking across its entire domestic and international network. The feature, piloted in May 2023 and rolled out on 70 per cent of Virgin flights in August, allows what Virgin bills as end-to-end tracking via its app, with push notifications when a bag is checked in, loaded, transferred, and unloaded, as well as advising which carousel to collect from. Baggage tracking will now be available on every domestic Virgin flight, as well

Bonza chalks up 750,000 passengers in its first year

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Time Stamp: January 30, 2024 6:40 PM - Modified On: January 30, 2024 - Published By:
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Bonza’s first flight onboard 737 MAX ‘Bazza’. Bonza says it has moved more than 750,000 passengers as it marks one year since its first flight. On its first “Bonzaversary”, the low-cost carrier claimed it had saved passengers more than $125 million in its first year, based on the difference between its own average airfares and those of other airlines on routes where they compete. Bonza currently serves 21 destinations, with 84 per cent of its 38 routes not served by any other airline and 89 per cent not served by

Air Force’s electric aircraft test ends with simulated casualty evac

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Time Stamp: January 30, 2024 4:29 PM - Modified On: January 30, 2024 - Published By:
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s three-month test of an electric aircraft at Duke Field in Florida wrapped up this month and included a simulated casualty evacuation exercise.Beta Technologies said in a Monday release that its Alia aircraft took part in a casualty evacuation scenario with the 41st Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia this month. It was the first such simulated mission conducted with an electric aircraft, the company added, and served as a proof-of-concept exercise to show such an operation can work.Beta Technologies is one

United Airlines flight diverted due to cracked windshield on Boeing 737-800

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Time Stamp: January 30, 2024 3:56 PM - Modified On: January 30, 2024 - Published By:
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On 28 January, United Airlines flight UA1627, a Boeing 737-800 registered N33289, was diverted from its Las Vegas to Washington, DC route to Denver International Airport due to a cracked windshield.The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the diversion, citing a maintenance issue.The flight, with 166 passengers and seven crew members, landed safely, and after necessary maintenance, it continued its journey to Dulles International Airport where it landed with a delay of 4 hours and 45 minutesThis incident follows United CEO Scott Kirby’s recent criticism of Boeing after the grounding of the

Boeing expects Grey Wolf helicopter deliveries to Air Force this year

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Time Stamp: January 30, 2024 1:25 PM - Modified On: January 30, 2024 - Published By:
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WASHINGTON — Boeing expects to start delivering the Air Force’s first field-ready MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters later this year.In a Friday release, Boeing said it finished construction on the first low-rate initial production Grey Wolf in late December. That helicopter also started its flight testing at Italian aerospace firm Leonardo’s facility in Philadelphia, the company said.Boeing said the MH-130 is continuing the Federal Aviation Administration’s certification testing process.The Air Force plans to buy up to 80 MH-139s to replace its fleet of 63 UH-1N Huey helicopters. Security forces airmen will