Month: February 2021

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.02.21)

"A key objective of the upcoming flight will be to test the remedial work that has been completed since the December 12, 2020, flight when the onboard computer halted ignition of the rocket motor. The team has since conducted the...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (01.31.21)

Aero Linx: Fly Minnesota Airports Fly Minnesota Airports is a program sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Transportation – Aeronautics and the Minnesota Council of Airports to promote general aviation in Minnesota. This program rewards any FAA licensed pilot from...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (01.31.21): Traffic Alert And Collision Avoidance System

Traffic Alert And Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) An airborne collision avoidance system based on radar beacon signals which operates independent of ground-based equipment. TCAS-I generates traffic advisories only. TCAS-II generates traffic advisories, and resolution (collision avoidance) advisories in the vertical...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (01.30.21): Terminal Radar Service Area

Terminal Radar Service Area Airspace surrounding designated airports wherein ATC provides radar vectoring, sequencing, and separation on a full-time basis for all IFR and participating VFR aircraft. The AIM contains an explanation of TRSA. TRSAs are depicted on VFR aeronautical...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.30.21)

“We are encouraged to see the government acknowledge the airline industry as being one of the hardest hit sectors from the COVID-19 pandemic, recognizing it cannot absorb further losses and remain viable without support from the government. As pilots, we...

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Boeing flags weakness on a third of 777X backlog

Boeing has warned that over a third of its firm order backlog for the 777X –  a total of 118 aircraft – is at risk due to the financial condition of its customers and delays to the development of the...

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Myanmar’s Yangon International airport closed after military coup

Myanmar has shut its primary gateway Yangon International airport, after the military seized power on 1 February. Myanmar has shut its primary gateway Yangon International airport, after the military seized power on 1 February. A notice to airmen (NOTAM) issued on the same day...

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Biden meets with Republicans on Covid relief package

US President Joe Biden on 1 February met with a group of Republican senators at the White House to discuss their proposed $618 billion coronavirus relief package, while his administration continues to call for a $1.9 trillion stimulus to help the US...

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Traffic data shows how pandemic upset traditional hub dominance in 2020

Trying to make sense of the passenger traffic data for 2020 at airports is a nigh on impossible task given the dramatic declines reported across the globe. For an industry coming off the back of a decade of non-stop growth,...

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Ryanair suffers heaviest traffic fall in January since crisis peak

Traffic figures from Ryanair, Europe’s biggest carrier by passenger numbers and the first in the region to report data for January, illustrate the extent to which heightened travel restrictions have further hit demand. Traffic figures from Ryanair, Europe’s biggest carrier...

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