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NewsHeathrow airport closed after substation fire causes ‘significant’ power outage
London’s Heathrow airport will be shut for the entire day on 21 March, after it suffered a “significant” power outage from a major electrical substation fire.
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NewsUganda Airlines to open London route with A330-800
Uganda Airlines has disclosed that it plans to open a route to London, several years after initially floating the plan. The carrier will operate Airbus A330-800s on the four-times weekly route from Entebbe to London Gatwick. It will start the service on 18 May. Chief executive Jenifer Bamuturaki detailed the ...
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NewsNew UK carrier Ascend secures approval for US charters
New UK operator Ascend Airways has obtained approval to conduct transatlantic charter services to US destinations. The approval took effect from 12 March, according to regulatory filings from the US Department of Transportation. Ascend Airways secured its UK air operator’s certificate and operating licence just under a year ago, in ...
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NewsSweden to top up Meteor missile stocks via accelerated buy
Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration has ordered an additional batch of MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles for use by the nation’s Saab Gripen fighters.
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NewsCollision-risk restructuring of Zurich airspace temporarily limits arrival capacity
Swiss air traffic controllers are to impose temporary capacity reduction at Zurich airport, in order to implement a new airspace structure which has been based on collision-risk modelling. The redesigned airspace – intended to minimise infringements – will come into effect from 20 March. Swiss air navigation service Skyguide will ...
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NewsAirbus general works council official urges Berlin to axe F-35 purchase
An official representing workers at European giant Airbus’s defence unit in Germany has called on the nation’s new government to cancel an order for the Lockheed Martin F-35A, amid geopolitical uncertainty caused by the actions of US President Donald Trump.
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NewsA380 testbed starts series of flights aimed at in-service fleet improvement
Airbus is undertaking a series of flight tests with its original A380 testbed as part of an effort to improve the in-service fleet. The airframer has not specified the nature of the testing involving MSN1. But it says the aircraft has undergone “several months of preparation” and system upgrades, as ...
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NewsProbe into fatal Swiss A220 cabin-smoke event finds damage to engine gear system
Examination of a Swiss Airbus A220-300 engine following a fatal smoke and diversion event over Austria has revealed damage to the fan drive gear system as well as bearings. But investigators probing the occurrence, on 23 December last year, have yet to draw specific conclusions over the circumstances and the ...
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NewsMBDA boosts missile output as backlog spikes to €37bn
European guided weapons specialist MBDA enjoyed record success in 2024, securing orders totalling €13.8 billion ($15 billion): up from a previous high of €9.9 billion in 2023.
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NewsModified Superjet 100 conducts maiden flight with Russian-built PD-8 engines
Russia’s United Aircraft has conducted the maiden flight of a Yakovlev Superjet powered by the domestically-built Aviadvigatel PD-8 engine. It took off from the manufacturing facility at Komsomolsk-on-Amur, on 17 March, for a sortie lasting 40min. The aircraft is a modified Superjet 100 airframe, serial number 95157, which was built ...
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NewsUK regulator highlights upcoming deviations from new EU lost-comms procedures
Civil aviation regulators are highlighting that certain European Union procedures for radio communication failure, due to take effect from 1 May, are not being adopted in the UK. The EU published an amendment in April last year detailing the procedural revision. But the UK Civil Aviation Authority states that “no ...
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NewsRussian civil aircraft production needs structural overhaul: United Aircraft chief
Russian aerospace firm United Aircraft’s new chief has underlined to the country’s prime minister the need not only to modernise equipment but overhaul the fundamental structure of civil aircraft production. Premier Mikhail Mishustin sought an update on civil aviation programme status from Vadim Badekha four months after he was put ...
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NewsVirgin drops Vertical in favour of Joby’s proposed UK air taxi operations
Virgin Atlantic has abandoned its relationship with Vertical Aerospace in favour of a deal with US air taxi developer Joby Aviation.
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AnalysisAllies suggest passing on F-35 acquisitions amid questions of US reliability
Defence ministers from Portugal and Canada now say they must consider alternatives to the US-made Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter for their fleet modernisation efforts, in light of recent comments from Washington about support for NATO and rhetoric toward allies.
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NewsRyanair 737 descended unnoticed during go-around after crew did not clarify autopilot status
Neither pilot of a Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200 noticed that the aircraft was descending from its assigned altitude during a go-around, after the captain wrongly assumed the autopilot and autothrottle were engaged. The aircraft, inbound from Szczecin on 8 March last year, had conducted a go-around at 15ft during ...
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NewsAir Astana progresses with fleet simplification and aims for 84 aircraft this decade
Kazakh operator Air Astana Group is expecting to expand its fleet to 84 aircraft by the end of the decade, from 57 at the close of last year. Air Astana ended 2024 with 34 aircraft while its FlyArystan subsidiary had 23, after each carrier took delivery of five jets over ...
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NewsGreece’s Aegean discloses order for more A321neos
Greek carrier Aegean has identified itself as a customer for eight more Airbus A321neo twinjets. Aegean says the top-up agreement expands, for the third time, an original order with Airbus from 2018. It takes its overall commitment to 58 aircraft, comprising 33 A321neos, four long-range A321LRs, and 21 A320neos. Thirty-four ...
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NewsAzerbaijan training academy receives 777 simulator through Silk Way tie-up
Azerbaijan’s National Aviation Academy has introduced a Boeing 777 full-flight simulator through a partnership with freight carrier Silk Way West Airlines. The simulator has been manufactured by L3Harris Commercial Aviation Solutions. It is capable of supporting pilot training on the 777-200LR and -300ER as well as the 777F, offering an ...
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NewsSpanish consumer group filing ‘test case’ to block Ryanair baggage fees
Spanish consumer organisation OCU is filing a legal test case against budget carrier Ryanair alleging persistent charging for cabin baggage, despite previous fines from the country’s consumer affairs ministry. Ryanair was among five airlines fined but the OCU says the affected carriers have appealed the matter in court. The OCU ...
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NewsAir Baltic records full-year net loss but sees evidence of engine problems receding
Air Baltic had an average of eight Airbus A220 aircraft simultaneously grounded over spare engine shortages last year, and expects the situation to continue in 2025. The figure is lower than the nine it recorded the previous year, and the carrier states that the overall performance of the Pratt & ...