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Russia’s Aeroflot Cuts Superjet Flights After Fatal Crash in May

Flightradar24 data shows Aeroflot has also at times substituted Airbus or Boeing planes for the Superjet, the first new passenger jet developed in Russia since the Soviet Union collapsed.Fallout from the crash risks undermining the aircraft’s reputation at a time when Russia is promoting another domestically made passenger plane, the M-21, as a rival to Boeing and Airbus.

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IATA cuts forecast for airline profits as US-China trade war intensifies

“Trust in the certification system has been damaged — among regulators, between regulators and the industry and with the flying public,” IATA Director General and Chief Executive Officer Alexandre de Juniac said in a speech on Sunday in Seoul. “While Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration are at center stage, the close collaboration of counterpart manufacturers and civil aviation authorities around the world is essential. Any rift between regulators is not in anybody’s interest.”

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