Air China will launch non-stop service between Beijing and Washington DC from 10 June, ending United Airlines' monopoly on the route.
The Star Alliance carrier will operate four times weekly, with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, says an Air China spokesperson.
United operates daily between Washington DC and Beijing, also with 777s.
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In a series of flight tests, Lockheed Martin’s secretive Skunk Works unit simulated an offensive counter air mission where an airborne, human battle manager aboard an Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros directed two autonomous Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin jets, which worked together to defeat two mock enemy fighters using simulated mission systems and weapons.
Textron Aviation has secured an agreeement to deliver a pair of Cessna SkyCourier turboprops to Air Marshall Islands.
Built on a Bombardier Global 6500, the Athena platform will offer an interim intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance solution to the US Army while it awaits delivery of an in-development long-range aircraft called Hades.
