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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (10.14.20): Air Route Surveillance Radar

Air Route Surveillance Radar Air route traffic control center (ARTCC) radar used primarily to detect and display an aircraft’s position while enroute between terminal areas. The ARSR enables controllers to provide radar air traffic control service when aircraft are within...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (10.12.20)

Aero Linx: The Flight Safety Foundation The Flight Safety Foundation. We are an independent, international, and impartial non-profit that exists to champion the cause of aviation safety. Since 1947, Flight Safety Foundation has helped protect everyone who benefits from air...

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Civil aircraft subsidies: EU fails to persuade WTO of case for higher penalties

While the European Union, in its transatlantic civil aircraft subsidy dispute, had sought World Trade Organization authorisation to impose a higher penalty than the $7.5 billion awarded to the US government, it ultimately failed to convince the WTO of its...

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​EasyJet’s new finance chief to start on 3 February

EasyJet’s new chief financial officer, Kenton Jarvis, will assume his role at the airline on 3 February 2021. This will be followed by a short handover period with his predecessor, Andrew Findlay, “to ensure a smooth transition”, the carrier states....

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Vietnam Airlines warns of big loss for first nine months of 2020

Vietnam Airlines has warned of a consolidated loss of D10.8 trillion ($464 million) in the first nine months of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll on operations. The company adds that it expects consolidated revenues of D23.9 trillion...

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StormBreaker approved for use on F-15E Strike Eagle

The Department of Defence plans to start fielding the weapon on the US Navy’s Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet later this year, followed by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at a later, undisclosed date. The GBU-53/B StormBreaker glide-bomb was...

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How ‘War on Terror’ UAV maker General Atomics is pivoting to great power conflict

The San Diego-based company has reacted with a flurry of new initiatives in the past couple of years intended to hold onto existing business, seize new opportunities in the near future and ultimately maintain its position as the USA’s leading...

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Delta posts $5.4bn Q3 loss, sees bright spots

Delta Air lines reported a third quarter loss of $5.4 billion as the airline begins to regroup following a catastrophic summer brought on by the coronavirus global pandemic.  Delta Air lines reported a third-quarter loss of $5.4 billion as the...

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Diverse UAE firm claims intention to bid for Israeli carrier Israir

United Arab Emirates-based investors are intending to bid for the Israeli leisure carrier Israir, one of the country’s main operators. NY Koen Group, a diversified holding company located in Dubai, says it will be submitting a bid to purchase the...

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Porter pushes back restart to December

Canada’s Porter Airlines has pushed back its restart date for the sixth time as ongoing travel restrictions in Canada hamper the industry’s overall recovery in that country. Canada’s Porter Airlines has pushed back its restart date for the sixth time...

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