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Continued travel restrictions prompt Norwegian to lift capital raise target

Restructuring low-cost carrier Norwegian has increased the range of its planned capital raise in view of the slow opening up of travel markets. Restructuring low-cost carrier Norwegian has increased the range of its planned capital raise in view of the...

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First 777-300ER for freighter conversion to take part in Israeli flypast

Israeli independence celebrations this year will feature a flypast which will include the Boeing 777-300ER set to be modified into a prototype converted freighter by Israel Aerospace Industries. The 777-300ER – which will be converted to a 777-300ERSF under a...

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Airbus ready to accelerate Racer after 2020’s false start

At this point last year Airbus Helicopters was gearing up for final assembly of the Racer high-speed rotorcraft it is building under the EU’s Clean Sky 2 programme, setting the demonstrator on course for a first flight in late 2021....

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Vaccines ‘no guarantee’ for border reopening: Australia health minister

While Australia looks at “progressively opening up” its borders this year amid an ongoing inoculation drive, its health minister has cautioned that vaccination is “no guarantee” for reopening. While Australia looks at “progressively opening up” its borders this year amid...

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EasyJet edges capacity levels upwards as it aims for summer recovery

UK budget carrier EasyJet is expecting to fly up to 20% of its pre-crisis capacity over the third quarter, up from 14% during the first half, and foresees these levels to start increasing from late May onwards. The airline provided...

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Biden to allow UAE F-35A, MQ-9B acquisition: report

The Biden Administration plans to move forward with $23 billion in arms sales to the United Arab Emirates, according a report citing congressional aides. The Biden Administration plans to move forward with $23 billion in arms sales to the United...

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Prototype sections for ‘Russified’ Superjet’s PD-8 engine emerge

Russia’s United Engine has completed manufacturing work on the primary components of a prototype Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplant. The PD-8 is a lower-thrust variant of a family which centres on the PD-14 designed for the Irkut MC-21-310. It is intended for...

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Boeing delivers only two KC-46A tankers in Q1 2021

Despite orders for dozens more KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tankers in recent months, Boeing only delivered two examples of the aircraft in the first quarter of 2021.   Despite receiving orders for dozens more KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tankers in...

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Virtual Town Hall explores COVID-19 vaccine for Black community in Oklahoma City

OU Health physicians, Prospect Church, the City of Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma Public Health Association are recognizing National Minority Health Month in April with an educational Virtual Town Hall about COVID-19 vaccination in the local Black...

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Airbus extends sustainable-fuel Beluga operations to UK

Airbus has extended the use of sustainably-fuelled A300-600ST Beluga outsize transports to its UK wing plant at Broughton. It has carried out an initial flight from the UK facility with aicraft F-GSTF – one of five -600STs in the airframer’s...

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