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Inside Novespace’s Zero G Airbus A310 for parabolic flights

Matt Griffin — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:41:07 +0000

Novespace is a subsidiary of CNES (Centre national d’études spatiales), the French national space agency, which operates the aircraft for research agencies from all over the world, with the majority of studies ... [read more]

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Lufthansa is serious about the leisure market

Jakob Wert — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:24:11 +0000

The German flag-carrier is introducing new continental leisure routes that it hasn’t flown before – even before the Coronavirus crisis. Lufthansa is known for a lot in its home country, but not ... [read more]

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How AirBaltic is transforming its fleet and accelerating deliveries

Jakob Wert — Sat, 09 May 2020 11:52:31 +0000

While the global airline industry is rushing to postpone aircraft deliveries amid a drop in demand from the ongoing Coronavirus crisis, Latvian airline AirBaltic is using the opportunity to accelerate the completion ... [read more]

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Airbus A380 turns 15 with most on the ground

Matt Griffin — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:37:44 +0000

On 27th April 2005, the worlds largest passenger airliner took off for the very first time. The Airbus A380 was designed to compete with and replace the Boeing 747 as the go-to ... [read more]

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ICAO excludes Taiwan from cooperation amid Coronavirus, rejects criticism

Jakob Wert — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:51:08 +0000

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations (UN) is facing further criticism for blocking critics of its practice to exclude Taiwan from cooperation amid the ongoing Coronavirus ... [read more]

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Inside the Boeing ‘ecoDemonstrator’ 777

Jakob Wert — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:00:32 +0000

Last month, Boeing’s 2019 ‘ecoDemonstrator’ aircraft, a 777-200, visited Frankfurt Airport in Germany, making it its first tour outside the United States. Under the so called ecoDemonstrator program, Boeing is working with ... [read more]

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Order summary of the Dubai Airshow 2019

Jakob Wert — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 20:17:24 +0000

From November 17th to 21st, the Dubai Airshow 2019 took place at Dubai’s ‘World Central’ Airport. The organizer claims the total value of deals and commitments signed at this year’s edition of ... [read more]

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Indonesian Safety Board publishes final report on crash of Lion Air flight JT610

Matt Griffin — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:51:54 +0000

The NTSC (National Transportation Safety Committee) of Indonesia has on Friday published its final report on the crash of Lion Air flight JT610, which occurred on almost one year ago 29th October ... [read more]

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Embraer celebrates 50th anniversary

Matt Griffin — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 21:45:17 +0000

50 years ago today, on 19th August 1969, the Brazilian government formed a new aviation company called Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica, better known as Embraer. Today, the company produces a range of commercial, ... [read more]

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The state of the Middle Market

Matt Griffin — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:30:45 +0000

There has been much discussion on the Middle-of-Market (MoM) segment over the last couple of years, a discussion which began in the early 1980s, with the introduction of the Boeing 757, and ... [read more]

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