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Aaron Karp

There was a time when airline executives believed supersonic flight would become ubiquitous on long-haul routes. 
 
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Sean Broderick

Boeing’s inventory of completed, undelivered 787s grew to about 100 aircraft at the end of the first quarter, largely due to a five-month delivery pause that ended in late March.
 
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From Irkut set to deliver the first MC-21 airliner in 2022 with new composite wings to United Airlines setting up an innovation venture capital fund and European airlines wanting coordination in order to tap summer demand. Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.
 
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Bernie Baldwin

With crossover narrowbody jets such as the Embraer E-Jet families and the Airbus A220 family proving to have the right characteristics to deliver flexibility, test your knowledge on the jets in part three of our quiz. 
 
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Cathay Pacific’s reliance on international services has meant the airline’s network recovery has lagged compared to most other Asia-Pacific airlines. Another factor is that the Hong Kong government imposed some of the region’s strictest quarantine restrictions on both passengers and crew.
 
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The recent crisis has created an undeniable need for flexibility in MRO contracts for OEMs, Third-Party MROs and Operators. Lengthy MRO commitments are being met with hesitation to prevent ties to future obligations that may not be able to be met, and the need to conserve cash remains king, so what can we expect to see from long-term MRO contracting?

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