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British Airways 747-400 sets subsonic speed record for Atlantic crossing
Fast sector time achieved as Storm Ciara sweeps in creating powerful jetstream
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Photo gallery from the Singapore air show 2020
All the best photos from the static and flying display at the Singapore air show 2020
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FAA chief defends reasoning to delay 737 Max grounding
US FAA chief Steve Dickson has defended the administration’s decision to wait for empirical evidence to order the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, rather than follow other authorities’ precautionary approach. The FAA grounded the type on 13 March, three days after the loss of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft – ...
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Utair cites windshear as 737-500 suffers landing accident at Usinsk
One of Russian carrier Utair’s Boeing 737-500s has been evacuated after it suffered a landing accident on a wintry runway in Russia’s Komi republic. The aircraft (VQ-BPS) had been operating the UT595 service from Moscow Vnukovo to Usinsk airport on 9 February. Utair says that a “sharp, unpredictable windshear” occurred ...
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Flawed firefighting preceded fatal Emirates 777 explosion
Flawed firefighting tactics and inadequate accident site surveillance contributed to the sole fatality after an Emirates Boeing 777-300 crashed on the runway at Dubai during a failed go-around. While two initial foam vehicles – known as Fire 6 and Fire 10 – arrived at the scene of the accident within ...
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Icelandair 757 suffers main-gear collapse at Keflavik
One of Icelandair’s Boeing 757-200s appears to have suffered a landing-gear collapse upon arrival at Reykjavik’s Keflavik airport. Images from the scene circulating on social media, purporting to show the aftermath, indicate that the right-hand main landing-gear has collapsed, leaving the twinject (TF-FIA) listing to the right with its starboard ...
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Emirates 777 crash probe revisits pilot awareness of design logic
Investigation of the Emirates Boeing 777-300 go-around accident in Dubai is likely to draw further attention to the issue of pilots’ awareness and understanding of aircraft system design logic. The crew attempted to abort the landing and activated the go-around switches, without realising that the aircraft had briefly touched down ...
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Opinion
Why fighter contenders must keep cool in Finnish HX battle
Buying a new fleet of fighters is a huge decision for any nation: not only due to the high capital cost of making such an acquisition, but also because of the heavy responsibility of selecting the right type to defend its citizens for 30 years or more.
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Opinion
Bribery scandal recovery a bitter pill for Airbus
Airbus insists that it has learned vital lessons from big bribery scandal, but to avoid a repeat will require cultural change, not simply a box-ticking exercise
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Icelandair reiterates interest in potential Airbus order
Icelandair intends to decide over “the next few months” whether to introduce Airbus types to its all-Boeing fleet.
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Pilatus concludes PC-24 rough-field certification campaign
Pilatus has concluded the rough-field certification campaign for its PC-24, with approval for the super-light business jet to operate from grass, wet earth and snow, awarded by European and US regulators in early February
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Analysis
How Boeing’s battle with Airbus could shape up as 777-9 testing gathers pace
Still much to play for in fight for large widebody market sector with A350-1000
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Icelandair counts costs of 737 Max grounding
Icelandair Group estimates that the Boeing 737 Max grounding has had a net negative effect of $100 million on the company’s EBIT to date.
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Gulfstream begins demo tour with G700 cabin mock-up
Gulfstream has embarked on an international customer demonstration tour with its G700 cabin mock-up, to drum-up sales of the ultra-long-range business jet in its key markets.
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First commercial flights begin at Indian airport Bidar
Commercial airline services have today begun at Bidar airport, located in the north-eastern part of Karnataka state in India.
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Singapore Airshow to go on amid heightened coronavirus alert level
The organiser of the Singapore Airshow, Experia Events, says that the show will proceed as planned from 11-16 February, with precautions in place, amid a heightened alert level in the country. “Since the outbreak of 2019-nCoV, the Singapore government is already working with various stakeholders such as airports, hotels, the ...
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Franchise partner Airlink steps in to retain four axed SAA routes
Airlink is to continue operating in its own right four of the routes being axed by its franchise partner South African Airways at the end of the month.
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A319 upset included altitude loss and overspeed
Investigators have disclosed that an in-flight upset involving an Avianca Airbus A319 resulted in a 2,500ft loss of altitude. The aircraft had been operating a San Jose-Bogota flight and was cruising at 37,000ft, with the captain as the flying pilot, when the incident occurred. French investigation authority BEA, citing Costa ...
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Captain perceived ‘thermals’ before ill-fated Emirates 777 go-around
Investigators have disclosed that an Emirates Boeing 777-300 captain perceived the aircraft had encountered a thermal updraught, and would not be able to land in the touchdown zone at Dubai, before an ill-fated go-around attempt resulted in the jet’s crashing on the runway. While it had already explained why the ...
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Malaysian prime minster weighs in on AirAsia-Airbus probe
Malaysia’s prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has weighed in on bribery allegations around AirAsia Group’s aircraft orders from Airbus. “Usually when the [Malaysian] government buys equipment, we would often ask [the manufacturer] for an offset. Meaning, if we were to buy an aircraft, we would ask for an offset,” Mahathir told ...