All news – Page 1396
-
News
Qatar to try operating Osaka route again
Oneworld carrier Qatar Airways is to resurrect its Japanese route to Osaka, restarting the service from early summer next year.
-
NewsLCA Navy makes first arrested landing
India achieved an aviation milestone recently when a Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) LCA Navy fighter caught an arresting hook at a shore-based test facility in Goa.
-
News
Virgin Australia to buy back stake in loyalty unit
Virgin Australia will buy back a 35% stake in its Velocity loyalty programme for A$700 million ($481 million) from private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners.
-
News
US DOT fines JAL $300,000 for excessive tarmac delay
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Japan Airlines (JAL) $300,000 for two incidents in which the airline forced passengers to wait more than 4h on the tarmac before being given an opportunity to deplane.
-
News
US Army looks for long-range missiles for rotorcraft and UAVs
The US Army is looking to acquire a Long Range Precision Munition (LRPM) for its rotorcraft and unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).
-
News
Embraer sticks to schedule on E175-E2 and promises sales soon
Embraer has underlined that it is still holding to a 2021 target for service entry of the E175-E2, despite a lack of orders for the smallest variant of the second-generation E-Jet family.
-
News
Air Macau increases commitment to A321neos
Air Macau is to lease three more Airbus A321neos from late next year, under a fleet-modernisation plan.
-
OpinionIs three a crowd for Tempest programme?
This year’s DSEI brought further good news for the UK’s Tempest programme, with the Italian government and leading industry players signalling their intention to work in partnership on a next-generation fighter.
-
OpinionWhy B-52 remains strategic champion
Second World War dust was still settling when, in late 1945, the US Air Force (USAF) called for a new strategic bomber.
-
NewsThe high cost of survival in an air war with China
For 30 years the US Air Force has sought efficiency gains from big air bases - but the prospect of fighting China has it looking to spread its assets
-
NewsHow jet-powered target drones inspired USAF's loyal wingman
In a world with few air battles, aviators still need to know what it is like to shoot down another aircraft – for a lucky few, that means shooting at disposable jet-powered target drones
-
NewsWhat makes the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress so long-lasting?
Two decades ago, working on the B-52 seemed like a brief assignment - not a career
-
AnalysisFlying Colours charts more growth as finishing work builds
Two partly completed aircraft hangars tower over a plot of land beside the municipal airport in Peterborough, Ontario, an outlying suburb of Toronto.
-
Paid contentHow biometric services are shaping the airline of the future according to NEC
This paid content has been provided by a third party and does not necessarily represent the views or opinion of FlightGlobal
-
AnalysisSix months on from the Boeing 737 Max grounding
It was on 13 March this year that the US Government ordered the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft, the final stage in a series of rulings by regulatory agencies around the world halting flights with the type.
-
News
Colombian ATR damaged by hard landing and tail-strike
Preliminary information from Colombian investigators indicate that an ATR 72-600 suddenly sank in the moments before touchdown, leading to hard landing and tail-strike.
-
News
PICTURE: US Navy takes first E-2D with refueling probe
The US Navy has received its first Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft with an air-to-air refueling probe.
-
News
Two French carriers to take on Paris-New York route
Two French carriers are intending to open services from Paris Orly to New York next year.
-
News
Start-up Great Dane edges into Swedish routes
Start-up regional operator Great Dane Airlines is expanding its fledgling network from Aalborg into its Scandinavian neighbourhood.
-
News
Vietnam Airlines retires last A330 amid fleet transformation
Vietnam Airlines has retired its last A330-200, a type it has operated for the last 13 years.