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Panasonic sees lockdown influence in streaming lift from unlimited Wi-Fi trial

Panasonic Avionics is highlighting a greater propensity for passengers to stream content as one of the learnings from a recent airline trial offering unlimited Wi-Fi connectivity onboard. Panasonic Avionics is highlighting a greater propensity for passengers to stream content as one of...

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​Virgin Atlantic urges for restriction-free US-UK travel as it reports large loss

Virgin Atlantic has reported large losses for 2020 and called on policymakers in the USA and UK to provide the certainty needed to resume flying at scale. Virgin Atlantic has reported large losses for 2020 and called on policymakers in the USA...

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Saab includes 64 Gripens and GlobalEye pair in best and final offer for Finnish HX contest

Saab is offering 64 Gripen E fighters, a pair of GlobalEye surveillance jets, and an extensive weapons package to Finland as its best and final offer for the nation’s HX Boeing F-18 replacement contest. Saab is offering 64 Gripen E...

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Airborne 04.29.21: Michael Collins Goes West, Airbus Flightlab, UK Fines

Also: FAI World Paragliding XC Championship, Embraer Delivers, Barksdale Airshow, NBAA Pays Tribute A true American Hero has gone west. Apollo 11's Mike Collins has passed away. Michael Collins was born Oct. 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy. He graduated from...

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A-OK at South Korea’s low-cost start-up Aero K

South Korean low-cost start-up Aero K has big plans to become a “global best practice low-cost airline”, but the path to take-off was not an easy one, says airline chief Mike Kang.  The city of Cheongju – with its population...

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ANA forecasts profit return for year ahead after pandemic losses

All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) parent company expects to swing back to profitability for the current business year, on the back of air travel recovery helped by an improving global economy and vaccine rollouts. All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) parent company expects...

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Airbus parks second Beluga as larger XL variant takes over

Airbus has parked a second A300-600ST Beluga transport following the introduction of the higher-capacity BelugaXL. The airframer withdrew one of its five -600STs – the Beluga 2 aircraft, F-GSTB – last October, placing it into temporary storage. Airbus tells FlightGlobal...

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London City airport switches to remote digital tower operations

London City airport has switched over to a remote digital control tower, with its operations controlled from a facility located at the southern UK’s en route centre in Swanwick. Controllers at Swanwick, which is 115km south-west of the airport, have...

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Safran sees signs of hope, despite stalled traffic recovery in first quarter

French aerospace giant Safran saw glimmers of recovery in the first quarter but a stalled air traffic revival amid fresh lockdowns led to sales “weakness” during the period. French aerospace giant Safran saw glimmers of recovery in the first quarter...

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China’s ‘Big Three’ still in the red, though quarterly losses narrow

China’s three largest airlines warned that they were far from being out of the woods, despite narrowing their losses and a pickup in passenger traffic. China’s three largest airlines warned that they were far from being out of the woods,...

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