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Boeing logs more Max cancellations in November as deliveries slow

Boeing recorded 88 cancellations for the 737 Max in November, and delivered just seven jets, as the coronavirus pandemic continued hammering the commercial aviation market. Boeing recorded 88 cancellations for the 737 Max in November, and delivered just seven jets,...

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El Al increases authorised share capital

Shareholders of Israeli flag-carrier El Al have approved an increase in the company’s authorised share capital amounting to 1 billion shekels ($306 million). The increase takes the overall authorised capital to just over 2.5 billion, inclusive of the single special...

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​IATA presses governments to stimulate travel markets

IATA is urging governments to launch programmes that stimulate demand for air travel and help the aviation industry recover from the coronavirus crisis. IATA is urging governments to launch programmes that stimulate demand for air travel and help the aviation...

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​Qatar Airways to launch Seattle service in March

Qatar Airways will add Seattle to its network in March, and has entered a frequent-flyer partnership with Alaska Airlines. Qatar Airways will add Seattle to its network in March, and has entered a frequent-flyer partnership with Alaska Airlines. The Doha-based carrier will operate four...

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‘Illegal’ Mil helicopter overhaul deepens Russia-Ukraine aerospace row

An ongoing row between Russian and Ukrainian manufacturers over the  overhaul of each other’s aircraft has deepened after Russian Helicopters warned that lives were being put at risk by allegedly “illegal” work carried out on Mil Mi-17s. An ongoing row...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (12.06.20): Flight Management Systems

Flight Management Systems A computer system that uses a large data base to allow routes to be preprogrammed and fed into the system by means of a data loader. The system is constantly updated with respect to position accuracy by...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.06.20)

"The NTSB called on the FAA to issue an AD to address an unsafe condition associated with oil filter adapters installed through a STC on Continental engines. Oil leaks from these oil filter adapters can lead to a loss of...

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Brigadier General Chuck Yeager Has Gone West

Yeager's Life of 97 Years Is Without Parallel The tweet was characteristically short... but spoke volumes, from Mrs. Yeager, @VictoriaYeage11, 'It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm...

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What Next??? Paris Air Show Cancelled Due To Pandemic

The 2021 Edition Of The Paris Air Show Falls To COVID Concerns In light of the uncertainty linked to the current COVID-19 health crisis, the Paris Air Show organization reports that it has made the decision to cancel the 2021...

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Antonov offers An-225 to fill void in An-124 capacity

Ukrainian outsize cargo specialist Antonov Airlines is to offer its An-225 for commercial service, to provide additional capacity to the freight sector. The An-225, with a maximum take-off weight of 640t, is the world’s largest operational transport and is intended...

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