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Wheels Up purchases charter company Mountain Aviation

US charter company Wheels Up continues to expand through acquisition, announcing it has purchased Colorado-based private aviation company Mountain Aviation. US charter company Wheels Up continues to expand through acquisition, announcing it has purchased Colorado-based private aviation company Mountain Aviation....

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Teledyne to buy FLIR Systems for $8bn to grow sensor business

Teledyne has signed an agreement to acquire FLIR Systems for about $8 billion worth of cash and stock. Teledyne has signed an agreement to acquire FLIR Systems for about $8 billion worth of cash and stock. The planned acquisition is...

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​Air India sale delayed as government scraps shortlist deadline

India’s government has hit another stumbling block in its years-in-the-making sale of flag carrier Air India. The timeline for the sale is now uncertain after the government decided against informing bidders today as to whether they had been shortlisted. Source: Boeing...

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Pilatus hands over 100th PC-24

Pilatus has delivered the 100th PC-24 business jet, with the milestone aircraft handed to long-term customer Jetfly Aviation. Pilatus has delivered the 100th PC-24 business jet, with the milestone aircraft handed to long-term customer Jetfly Aviation. Luxembourg-based fractional ownership provider...

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EasyJet restricts voting power of shares held by non-EU interests

Budget carrier EasyJet has started suspending voting rights for certain shares which are still held by non-European Union interests, in order to comply with EU ownership regulations. EasyJet holds an EU operating licence and, as a result, needs to be...

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Israel and Elbit Systems to set up M-346-equipped flight academy for Greek air force

Greece and Israel have struck a provisional agreement covering the creation of a flight school for the Hellenic Air Force to be built and run by Elbit Systems and which will also see the acquisition of 10 Leonardo M-346 jet...

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Ryanair, Wizz ended 2020 with traffic still in the doldrums

Low-cost carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air saw another month of heavy traffic decline in December, as respective passenger numbers fell by 83% and 80% against the same month in 2019. Low-cost carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air saw another month of...

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Gulf blockade on Qatar could ease as Saudi Arabia opens airspace

There are signs that a long-running multinational blockade by Arab states against Qatar might be easing, after an agreement was reached to open airspace and other borders between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The agreement has been disclosed by Kuwaiti foreign...

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Qantas eyes international network restart in July, amid government criticism

Qantas is looking to restart international flights from July, in a move that has earned the rebuke of the Australian government. Qantas is looking to restart international flights from July,  in a move that has earned the rebuke of the...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.03.21)

"Unfortunately, the final rule, unlike existing international standards, does not allow the use of equally effective network remote ID, and requires all UAS, no matter the use case, to use 'broadcast' RID. This approach creates barriers to compliance and will...

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