All Europe articles – Page 218
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NewsUnmanned Spy’Ranger is saving French troops in Mali, Thales says
Thales has hailed the performance of its Spy’Ranger 330 unmanned air system during French army operations in west Africa since the type’s operational debut late last year.
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NewsAn-26 hit cliff after flying inbound from sea in low cloud
Russian investigators have disclosed that the Antonov An-26 involved in a fatal coastal terrain collision at Palana had originally conducted the overland approach to the airport’s runway 29. Federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia, in preliminary findings, states that the Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise aircraft carried out a non-precision NDB approach to ...
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NewsHeathrow flags freight impact as passenger numbers down 90% in first half
London Heathrow airport is warning of the impact on freight trade from the continued travel restrictions after today disclosing that passenger numbers remained 87% down on pre-crisis levels in June. The UK’s biggest hub airport handled 956,689 passengers in June. While that marked the highest figure for the year so ...
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NewsTurkish A330 strayed to runway shoulder after roll input before touchdown
Investigators have determined that right roll inputs just before touchdown caused a Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300 to land to the right of the centreline at Port Harcourt and stray to the runway shoulder, damaging lighting as well as parts of the aircraft. The aircraft (TC-LOL) had been arriving from Istanbul ...
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NewsFinnair steps into long-haul leisure routes from Stockholm
Oneworld alliance carrier Finnair is to branch into long-haul operations from the Swedish capital Stockholm, operating to destinations in the USA and Thailand. The airline will operate Airbus A350-900s on the services to Miami, Bangkok and Phuket during the winter season. It is stepping into the main base of SAS ...
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NewsTechnical failure of crashed An-26 ‘unlikely’: airline
Russian carrier Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise has disclosed that the captain of the Antonov An-26 which crashed at Palana had logged almost 2,900h on type including 746h in command. He had joined the airline as a first officer in 2013, says flight operations director Sergei Gorb, flying as a captain for ...
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NewsEvidence of recovery as Airbus deliveries pick up in June
Airbus’s delivery of 77 aircraft during June marks the second-highest monthly figure since the onset of the air transport crisis. The level was only exceeded by the 89 achieved by the airframer during its end-of-year wrap-up in December 2020. Airbus delivered aircraft to 44 customers in June. These included 11 ...
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NewsUnited pushes Airbus into positive net orders for first half
United Airlines’ agreement for 70 Airbus A321neos finally lifted the airframer into positive net orders for the first half of the year. Airbus’s net orders had languished in negative territory over the course of 2021 until the United order was recorded on 28 June. The deal meant Airbus’s gross orders ...
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NewsAegean to restore 80% of capacity as losses narrow
Aegean Airlines’ losses almost halved year on year in the first quarter of 2021, and the Greek carrier aims to restore 75-80% of its capacity in the third quarter.
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NewsIndustry keeps pressure on as travel restrictions eased for UK residents
UK airline industry bodies have welcomed as a first step government moves to allow quarantine-free travel from 19 July for fully-vaccinated UK residents returning to England from countries classified as “amber” under its traffic light system.
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NewsJet2 waits on summer demand after losses in pandemic-hit year
UK leisure carrier Jet2 continues to have “limited visibility” for the key summer period and the coming winter season as it eyes a pick-up in travel demand after posting an operating loss of £373.8 million ($463.9 million) for the pandemic-hit year to March 2021.
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NewsGeneral Atomics produces Netherlands' first MQ-9A Reaper
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has completed the first of four MQ-9A Block 5 Reapers for the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
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NewsRussian-powered MC-21 emerges with test-flight livery
Irkut’s initial Russian-powered MC-21 has emerged in its test campaign livery, following painting at a facility in Ulyanovsk. The aircraft – fitted with Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines – has been flown to Moscow Zhukovsky to continue its flight-test programme. Its livery is similar to that carried by the Pratt & Whitney ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo converts two A321s to meet e-commerce demand
Lufthansa Cargo is increasing its capacity in view of rising e-commerce demand by permanently converting two Airbus A321 passenger aircraft to freighters.
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NewsThales eyes 2023 certification for UAS 100 platform
Thales is targeting 2023 for European civil certification of its new UAS 100 unmanned air system, after conducting a first flight of a half-scale model on 22 June.
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NewsUK carriers to demo fast-track lanes for vaccinated passengers at Heathrow
UK carriers British Airways and Virgin Altantic are working with London Heathrow airport to carry out proving trials aimed at demonstrating the smooth processing of fully vaccinated travellers entering the country.
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NewsProposed Russian labour revision aims to allow female civil aircraft engineers
Russian legislators are preparing documentation which aims to remove, from autumn this year, the prohibition preventing women from working as civil aircraft mechanics and engineers. Under Russian labour law there is a list of professions and occupations which either exclude or limit the employment of women. It features professions which ...
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NewsLeisure markets lead return in European flight activity
Greece, Turkey and Spain led the growth in flight activity across Europe over the past two weeks as Eurocontrol data illustrates leisure markets are benefiting most from the easing of travel restrictions in the region.
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NewsNo survivors after Kamchatka An-26 collided with steep cliff
None of the 28 occupants of an Antonov An-26 survived after the aircraft collided with high ground while attempting to land at Palana airport on the Kamchatka peninsula. The regional government has confirmed that the fatalities from the 6 July accident included six crew members: the two pilots, a navigator, ...
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NewsKamchatka An-26 struck high terrain in poor weather: regional governor
Rescue personnel are having to deal with adverse weather and difficult terrain to reach the crash site of an Antonov An-26 which came down while attempting to land at Palana on the Kamchatka peninsula. The crash site is located 5km north of the town, says Kamchatka regional governor Vladimir Solodov, ...