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Air Canada loses C$1.3bn in Q1; calls on government to end restrictions

Air Canada continues to haemorrhage cash as the airline’s home country keeps its air carriers in the dark about a time-line for easing strict restrictions that are hindering them from returning to a pre-coronavirus normal. Air Canada continues to haemorrhage...

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Qantas uses Alliance E190 options to beef up regional capacity

Qantas has called up five additional Alliance Aviation Embraer E190s under a wet lease agreement with the regional operator. Qantas has called up five additional Alliance Aviation Embraer E190s under a wet lease agreement with the regional operator. The move comes...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (05.04.21): Off-Route Obstruction Clearance Altitude

Off-Route Obstruction Clearance Altitude (OROCA) An off-route altitude which provides obstruction clearance with a 1,000 foot buffer in non-mountainous terrain areas and a 2,000 foot buffer in designated mountainous areas within the United States. This altitude may not provide signal...

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Airborne-Flight Training 05.06.21: Skyborne-US, Leonardo Training, Master CFI

Also: UPRT Partnership, Launch Activity Areas, AF Youth Programs, Virtual Reality FST Skyborne Aviation Group has completed the acquisition of its new Flight Academy located in Vero Beach, Florida. “Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach” will be the first pilot training...

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Airborne-Flight Training 05.06.21: Skyborne-US, Leonardo Training, Master CFI

Also: UPRT Partnership, Launch Activity Areas, AF Youth Programs, Virtual Reality FST Skyborne Aviation Group has completed the acquisition of its new Flight Academy located in Vero Beach, Florida. “Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach” will be the first pilot training...

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WAI Urges Aviation Community to #HonorTheWASP

Please Visit a WASP Gravesite To Honor A WASP... and Remember Women in Aviation International (WAI) members and friends will honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) by visiting their graves and leaving an appropriate decoration in the form of...

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BA owner IAG hopes for ‘decent’ summer season from July

European airline group IAG is expecting a “decent” summer season from July onwards, following a slower-than-expected recovery in demand during the first half of the year. European airline group IAG hopes to see a “decent” summer season from July onwards, following a slower-than-expected...

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Long-haul ‘tipping point’ not likely before mid-2022: Airbus chief

Airbus is not expecting to see a notable upward shift in the long-haul market until the middle of 2022, as it prepares to begin ramping-up single-aisle production. Speaking during the Atlantic Council EU-US Future Forum on 6 May, Airbus chief...

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Skyborne goes stateside with Vero Beach flying school acquisition

UK training college completes purchase of 55-year-old FlightSafety academy in Florida resort to become major player in US market UK flight college Skyborne has become one of the largest independent pilot training organisations after completing its takeover of the former...

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Airbus chief sees single-aisle ‘triopoly’ with China as early as end-decade

Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury believes its single-aisle duopoly with Boeing could transform into a three-way competition by the end of the decade if China progresses strongly with its Comac C919. Speaking during the Atlantic Council EU-US Future Forum on...

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