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Pentagon, SpaceX may demo rocket delivery of cargo in 2021

US Transportation Command has partnered with Space Exploration Technologies Corporation to study delivering tens of thousands of kilograms worth of cargo to anywhere on Earth within about an hour using the aerospace company’s vertical landing rockets. US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)...

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Boom rolls out XB-1 supersonic demonstrator, lays out Overture timeline

Boom Supersonic has publicly unveiled its XB-1 supersonic aircraft, a demonstrator Boom will use to develop a future supersonic passenger aircraft called Overture. Boom Supersonic has publicly unveiled its XB-1 supersonic aircraft, a demonstrator Boom will use to develop a...

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Pentagon funds autonomous sea barge for rotorcraft to land, refuel and rearm

The Department of Defense (DoD) has granted a contract to Sea Machines Robotics to develop a prototype autonomous ocean barge that would serve as a floating Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) for rotorcraft. The Department of Defense (DoD) has...

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More airport jobs cuts announced as UK studies testing initiative

London Stansted and Manchester airports’ owner MAG Group has become the latest UK airport operator to open talks with unions over cuts amid the continued slump in air traffic as a result of the coronavirus crisis. London Stansted and Manchester...

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Qatar Airways adds new US link with San Francisco flights

Qatar Airways is to launch flights to San Francisco this December, adding the west coast city to its US network for the first time. Qatar Airways is to launch flights to San Francisco this December, adding the west coast city to its...

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Austrian cuts back winter capacity as Covid-19 cases rise

Austrian Airlines has become the latest European carrier to scale back winter capacity amid rising coronavirus infections and ongoing travel restrictions. Austrian Airlines has become the latest European carrier to scale back winter capacity amid rising coronavirus infections and ongoing travel restrictions....

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Wizz Air to launch domestic Norwegian services

Wizz Air plans to establish a base at Oslo Gardermoen airport and operate domestic Norwegian services to Bergen, Tromso and Trondheim from early November. Wizz Air plans to establish a base at Oslo Gardermoen airport and operate domestic Norwegian services to Bergen, Tromso and Trondheim from early November. The move...

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Alaska speeds retirement of 10 Airbus A320s

Alaska Airlines will retire 10 of the Airbus A320 aircraft it owns earlier than intended, accelerating its cost-saving transition back to the all-Boeing fleet structure it operated before acquiring Virgin America. Alaska Airlines will retire 10 of the Airbus A320 aircraft it owns...

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Inexperienced PA-34 pilot triggered serious A320 airprox

French investigators have disclosed that the pilot of a Piper PA-34 light aircraft failed to heed orders from an air traffic controller intended to avert a conflict with an Airbus A320 climbing out of Baden-Baden. Investigation authority BEA says the...

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EasyJet Switzerland to cut two aircraft and 70 jobs

The unit has begun a formal consultation process on cuts at its Basel operation. EasyJet Switzerland has begun a formal consultation process on cutting 70 jobs and two aircraft from its Basel operation. That would see its fleet at the...

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