April 2020

General Aviation News April 6, 2020

Japan Coast Guard orders two more H225 helicopters

Japan’s largest Super Puma operator, Japan Coast Guard (JCG), has placed a new order of two H225 helicopters. This follow-on order brings JCG’s Super Puma…

Military Aviation News April 3, 2020

Boeing Delivers First CH-47F Chinook to Royal Netherlands Air Force

-Aircraft is first of 20 CH-47F Chinooks to be delivered to RNLAF -Netherlands is one of eight NATO nations to operate the heavy-lift helicopter…

Civilian aviation news April 3, 2020

Leasing company Avolon cancels order for 75 Boeing 737MAX jets, 4 Airbus A330s

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Aircraft lessor Avolon on Friday announced the cancellation of an order for 75 Boeing 737 MAX planes that were due to be…

Civilian aviation news April 3, 2020

Airline crisis forces Airbus to consider A320 output cuts

PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus is studying a sharp cut in output of its top-selling A320 plane series amid an industry-wide slowdown triggered by the coronavirus…

Space News April 3, 2020

Airbus built BepiColombo mission will make a fly-by past Earth

03 April 2020 – The Airbus built BepiColombo mission will make a fly-by past Earth on 10th April 2020 as it continues on its epic…

Boeing KC-46A Pegasus 15-46009 344th ARS USAF

Military Aviation News April 3, 2020

US Air Force and Boeing agree on final KC-46 RVS 2.0 design

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — The Air Force and Boeing reached two agreements April 2 to implement a final KC-46A Pegasus Remote Vision System design, known…

Civilian aviation news April 2, 2020

IATA – Passenger Demand Plunges on COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for February 2020 showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers…

Civilian aviation news April 2, 2020

IATA – Air cargo growth slumps in February as COVID-19takes hold

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released February 2020 data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in cargo tonne kilometers…

Civilian aviation news April 2, 2020

China’s domestic aviation recovers, but only mildly, from virus shutdowns

BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) – China’s domestic flights rose by about a fifth in March from the previous month, the aviation regulator said, but that was still…

Civilian aviation news April 1, 2020

Qatar Airways Cargo increases flights to The Netherlands

Qatar Airways cargo has increased its freighter flight frequency to The Netherlands, from nine to 34 flights per week. The carrier is using Boeing 777…

Military Aviation News April 1, 2020

The F-35 for Belgium

With the Belgian government’s selection of the F-35A, Belgium becomes the 13th nation to join the F-35 program of record. This selection, building off Lockheed…

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