Former Libyan dictator Gaddafi’s luxurious private plane heads for home
Almost every year I go on vacation to Spain, not far from the French Spanish border you find the airport of Perpignan, where for years…
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flydubai cancels 65 B737MAXs
flydubai has announced it has canceled 65 B737MAXs on order with Boeing. The move comes after the airline conducted a post-COVID fleet assessment. In 2013…
United Airlines to buy 100, 19-seat electric planes from Heart Aerospace
Gothenburg,Sweden–July 14, 2021– Heart Aerospace,a company building a 19-seaterelectric airplane, has raised a $35M Series A roundled by Breakthrough Energy Ventures,United Airlines Ventures and Mesa…
BAE Contract to support new UK-Qatar Hawk training squadron
BAE Systems has been awarded a six-year contract to deliver support and training to a new joint UK-Qatar Hawk squadron based at RAF Leeming, UK….
Norway’s First P-8A Poseidon Rolls Out of the Paint Shop
RENTON, Wash., July 9, 2021 – The first P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Norway today rolled out of the paint shop in Renton, in Royal Norwegian…
Airbus says delivered 297 airplanes in H1
PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) – Airbus delivered 297 airplanes in the first half of the year after a surge of handover activity in June, the…
Boeing to Support Royal Air Force Poseidon Fleet and Train Crews for Next Five Years
Contract creates 150 highly skilled jobs, including more than 100 at RAF LossiemouthCAE UK, based in West Sussex, will provide rear crew and engineering training…
Airbus to showcase the A350-1000 for the first time in Russia during the MAKS 2021 International Aerospace Show
Moscow, 08 July 2021 – Airbus will demonstrate its latest technological innovations and projects implemented in Russia at the International Aerospace Show which takes place…
IATA – Marginal Improvements in May Travel Demand
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that both international and domestic travel demand showed marginal improvements in May 2021, compared to the…
IATA – May Air Cargo 9.4% Above Pre-COVID Levels
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released May 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand continued its strong growth trend….
MC-21-310 flight-test aircraft equipped with Russian PD-14 engines arrived in Zhukovsky to continue flight tests
July 7, 2021 MC-21-310 flight-test aircraft after being painted at “Spektr-Avia” arrived from Ulyanovsk in Zhukovsky. The aircraft was operated by the crew of 1st class…
Germany signs on for Five Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
BERLIN, June 30, 2021 — The German Ministry of Defense today signed a letter of offer and acceptance for five Boeing (NYSE:BA) P-8A Poseidon aircraft…