All Europe news – Page 85
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NewsWindracers starts Ultra cargo drone trials in Orkney
UK drone developer and operator Windracers has begun trials of its Ultra autonomous cargo platform on flights linking several of the Orkney Isles off the north coast of Scotland.
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NewsLow fuel led Falcon 10 crew to attempt landing in Afghan mountains
Preliminary findings from investigators probing a fatal Dassault Falcon 10 crash in Afghanistan indicate the crew was attempting an emergency landing after running low on fuel. The Russian-registered aircraft (RA-09011) had been conducting a 20 January medical flight from U-Tapao in Thailand to Moscow Zhukovsky. After refuelling at Gaya, in ...
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NewsNATS adapting Heathrow delay-reduction tool to extract greater environmental benefits
UK air navigation service NATS is adapting a predictive decision-making took potentially to prioritise arriving flights based on environmental performance.
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NewsLessor GTLK Europe’s liquidators offer five A220-300s for sale
Joint liquidators of Russian-affiliated lessor GTLK Europe have initiated a sales process covering five Airbus A220-300s. The process – which commenced on 16 July – involves five 2019 airframes, all of which are based in the Netherlands. Interested parties are being invited to submit expressions of interest to IBA, the ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to drop long-standing Shanghai route
Virgin Atlantic will drop its Shanghai service this winter after 25 years as it further cuts its Asia-Pacific network amid the longer flying times necessitated by not being able to overfly Russia.
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NewsNATO pledges to expand defence industrial capacity
National leaders from all 32 NATO member states have committed to expanding defence industrial cooperation throughout the transatlantic bloc and expanding their capacity to deliver military weapons and equipment.
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NewsLOT turns in profitable year after adapting recovering network to conflicts
Polish flag-carrier LOT has turned in a profitable full year despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s interruption of its strategic plan and the subsequent conflict in Ukraine. LOT says it turned in an operating profit of zl1.13 billion ($289 million) and a net profit of zl1.07 billion, on revenues of zl10.12 billion ...
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NewsPremium operator La Compagnie plans to acquire third A321neo
Premium transatlantic operator La Compagnie is to introduce another Airbus A321neo, which is set to join the fleet in September 2026. La Compagnie has disclosed the expansion as it commemorates 10 years of services. The airline currently uses a pair of A321neos – fitted with CFM International Leap-1A engines – ...
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NewsAurigny withdrawing sole Embraer 195 through sale to US lessor
Channel Islands-based regional carrier Aurigny is withdrawing its sole Embraer 195 from its fleet, and selling it to a US lessor. Aurigny has been operating the E195 – the only jet in its fleet – for 10 years, on routes to destinations in Europe. But it had indicated towards the ...
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NewsA320 terrain near-collision inquiry: ILS ‘masking’ threat of mis-set altimeter
French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter pressure settings.
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NewsFirst Maersk Air Cargo 777F arrives in Billund after delivery flight
Danish logistics specialist Maersk Air Cargo has received its first Boeing 777 freighter, one of a pair scheduled to be introduced to the carrier. The aircraft arrived in Billund on 13 July, having been flown from Bangor. Maersk Air Cargo says the 777F is the first of the twinjet family ...
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NewsAirbus hikes 20-year delivery forecast with balance tilting towards single-aisles
Airbus is estimating demand for 42,430 new aircraft deliveries over the next two decades, with a higher proportion – some 44%, compared with last year’s 42% – set to serve as replacements.
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NewsAirbus’s latest freighter outlook leans more towards new-build and replacement markets
Airbus has trimmed its 20-year outlook for freighter demand, while tipping it more in favour of new-build aircraft and the replacement market.
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NewsFlight recorders from crashed Gazpromavia Superjet recovered and downloaded
Both flight recorders from a crashed Gazpromavia Yakovlev Superjet 100 have been retrieved and their information downloaded for analysis. The aircraft came down in a forest on 12 July while being ferried from Lukhovitsy to Moscow Vnukovo. None of the three crew members survived the accident. Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee ...
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NewsGazpromavia Superjet 100 crashes in forest outside Moscow
Russian investigators have opened an inquiry after a Yakovlev Superjet 100 suffered a fatal accident near the city of Kolomna. United Aircraft says the aircraft was performing a ferry flight on 12 July, without passengers on board. Kolomna is around 100km southeast of Moscow. Russia’s emergency situations ministry says the ...
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NewsVintage UK glider damaged by drone collision during landing approach
UK investigators have disclosed that a vintage glider was damaged in collision with a small drone being flown by a young operator. The Slingsby T21B – built in 1947 – has a high-wing configuration and an open cockpit, with two seats arranged side-by-side. It had been carrying a pilot and ...
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NewsGerman struggles prompt Lufthansa to cut full-year profit outlook for second time
Lufthansa Group has cut its full-year profit expectations for a second time after disclosing adjusted EBIT down more than one-third at €686 million ($745 million) for the three months ended June 2024.
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NewsBudget airlines inaugurate Italy’s new Salerno airport
Budget airlines have commenced services from Italy’s Salerno Costa d’Amalfi airport, following its upgrade and restoration with modernised infrastructure. Naples airport management company GESAC is operating the facility. It says Volotea carried out the first arrival, from Nantes, on 11 July followed a few minutes later by an EasyJet service ...
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NewsDutch court backs ‘balanced approach’ over Schiphol airport capacity cuts
A Dutch court has ruled that a ‘balanced approach’ procedure must be followed in tackling noise issues at Amsterdam Schiphol airport, meaning different mitigating options are considered before any reduction in slots are implemented.
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NewsNorwegian profits slip in second quarter
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian’s operating profit slipped 9% in the second quarter to NKr593 million ($55.3 million) compared with the same period last year, as the airline confirmed its recently lowered full-year profits outlook.