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Canada suspends all flights to Mexico and the Caribbean

Canadian airlines will suspend all flights to Mexico and the Caribbean for the next three months as the country imposes even stricter measures to stem the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. Canadian airlines will suspend all flights to...

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Finland requests final offers for HX fighter deal

Finland has asked all five bidders involved in its HX fighter contest to submit best and final offers by 30 April, ahead of a type selection decision at “the end of 2021”. Finland has asked all five bidders involved in...

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New Spanish facility of BAA Training to offer 737 Max simulators

Pilot-training organisation BAA Training is intending to introduce Boeing 737 Max simulation devices at its Spanish facility over the course of this year. The company says the Barcelona centre will be introducing a Max full-flight simulator in April, and complement...

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Bombardier becomes pure business jet company with sale of rail unit

Bombardier has completed its planned transformation into solely a business jet manufacturer, having closed the sale of its train business to French company Alstom. Bombardier has completed its planned transformation into solely a business jet manufacturer, having closed the sale...

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Sustainability: Are we ready to embrace disruptive propulsion?

Thursday 11 February 2021, 3pm GMT Recent years have seen a flurry of initiatives to develop alternative power sources for aviation, from batteries to hydrogen. However, how realistic is a technological breakthrough that will herald a future generation of engines that...

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​Air cargo leaders expect ‘challenging but profitable’ 2021

Elevated demand for dedicated air cargo services will persist for several years until there is a meaningful return of passenger services, according to leading figures in the air cargo industry. Elevated demand for dedicated air cargo services will persist for...

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Gulfstream G650 demand holding up despite development of G700

Gulfstream continues to see strong interest in the eight-year-old G650, despite fears that newer models elsewhere in airframer’s line-up would kill demand for the ultra-long-range business jet. Gulfstream continues to see strong interest in the eight-year-old G650, despite fears that...

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Textron Aviation eyes partial rebound in 2021

Textron anticipates higher output from its aviation unit this year as the market for business aviation bounces back, in part driven by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Textron anticipates higher output from its aviation unit this year as the...

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Chinese domestic flights drop to levels last seen in May 2020

Domestic flights in China have entered a steep downward trend in the past few days, according to data released by Eurocontrol, as the country responds to a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in some regions. Domestic flights in China have entered...

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Airborne-Flight Training 01.28.20: AeroEducate, E-Trainers, US Aviation Academy

Also: Liberty University, The Ninety-Nines, Edward W. Stimpson Scholarship, Federal Air Surgeon EAA has introduced AeroEducate -- which they hope will bring an interactive, educational, and engaging experience to young people ages 5 to 18 beginning in 2021. AeroEducate's web-based...

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