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NewsRescuers find no survivors from Aliansa DC-3 crash
None of the three occupants of an Aerolineas Andinas Aliansa Douglas DC-3 has survived after the aircraft came down shortly after departing Villavicencio. The airline’s operational safety director, Diego Mauricio Arias Grajales, has confirmed the loss of two pilots and a technician in the 8 July crash. Civil defence organisation ...
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NewsATR nets six-unit order from Greece’s Sky Express
Greek carrier Sky Express has ordered six ATR 72-600s, the first of which was handed over on 30 June.
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NewsDitched Transair 737-200 wreckage pictured on sea floor off Honolulu
US investigators have released images of the Rhoades Aviation Boeing 737-200C which ditched off the coast of Hawaii shortly after departing Honolulu. Underwater images from the National Transportation Safety Board show the jet’s fuselage fractured into at least two large sections, the forward cabin and cockpit detaching ahead of the ...
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NewsWill Roper, former USAF acquisition chief, named CEO of drone cargo delivery start-up Volansi
Will Roper, former chief of US Air Force aircraft development and acquisition, has been named chief executive of Volansi, a start-up developing unmanned air vehicles for cargo delivery.
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NewsUS government to regulate airlines' ancillary fees
The US government will regulate airlines’ ancillary fees as part of a broad executive order the White House says will improve competitiveness, strengthen consumer rights and counter “the trend of corporate consolidation”.
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NewsSweden prepares ground for fossil-free future
A consortium in northern Sweden has been awarded SKr9.5 million ($1.1 million) by the Energimyndigheten, the country’s energy agency, to study the practicalities of introducing zero-emission aircraft.
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NewsRaytheon on full thrust to sustainability
Merged group’s chief technology officer will join counterparts from five aerospace giants to discuss R&D’s role in industry’s route to greener future
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NewsCallen-Lenz consortium gains £1 million funding for flight-control research
A consortium researching the control requirements for “complex configuration” next-generation aircraft such as those destined for urban air mobility (UAM) applications has been boosted by a £1 million ($1.37 million) grant from the UK government.
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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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NewsPlea to keep diversity and inclusion strategies central as industry recovers
Founder of Women in Aviation & Aerospace Chater says policies for female empowerment must not fall off the agenda despite sector’s financial troubles
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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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InterviewRolls-Royce aims to turn electric dreams to reality
UK propulsion giant has become a major investor in the emerging technology with a series of recent partnerships in commuter aircraft and urban air mobility
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NewsColombian air force assists search for missing Aliansa DC-3
Search efforts to find a missing Douglas DC-3 of the Colombian carrier Aerolineas Andinas Aliansa are concentrating on a region west of the town of Restrepo in the Meta district. The aircraft departed Villavicencio for a training flight early on 8 July, according to the airline. Restrepo lies about 5nm ...
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NewsBeijing eyes networked approach for AEW&C mission
Beijing foresees a series of networked platforms performing the future airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) mission, as opposed to relying solely on dedicated assets.
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NewsChina warms to lifting 737 Max grounding: Report
China is reportedly a step closer to returning the Boeing 737 Max to service, after grounding the type for more than two years following two fatal crashes.
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NewsAfter dismal year, HKIA eyes third runway, Zhuhai collaboration
Hong Kong International airport (HKIA) saw passenger volume drop 98.6% to just 800,000 passengers in its 2020/21 fiscal year to 31 March, but remains on track to complete its third runway as it works on closer collaboration with nearby Zhuhai airport.
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NewsFAA imposes new ‘cumbersome’ rules for some pilot training, citing improved safety
In what one general aviation (GA) lobby group calls “a stunning turnabout”, the Federal Aviation Administration has ruled that owners of certain types of aircraft and flight instructors who teach in those aircraft must obtain additional documentation for flight lessons.
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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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NewsWhy the US Air Force plans to make a digital replica of the F-16 fighter
The US Air Force plans to disassemble and make 3D digital scans of two Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters mothballed in the Arizona desert.
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NewsFAA set to require inspections of more 737NG aft pressure bulkheads
The Federal Aviation Administration seeks to subject hundreds of additional Boeing 737NGs to inspections following more reports of cracks in aft pressure bulkheads.