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US-UK air services pact gives US cargo operators additional rights

The air services agreement signed by the US and the UK provides US cargo operators new rights that they did not have in the previous agreement with the European Union. The recent air services agreement signed by the US and...

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American, British Airways launch pre-departure coronavirus testing programme

American Airlines and British Airways will collaborate to launch pre-departure free coronavirus testing on some flights between the United States and the United Kingdom. American Airlines and British Airways have joined to offer free pre-departure coronavirus tests on some flights...

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Kratos upgrades mixed-reality helicopter trainer to simulate aerial assaults

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has launched a new upgrade to its mixed-reality helicopter aircrew training system. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has launched an upgrade to its mixed-reality helicopter aircrew training system. The system now integrates with a simulator...

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Pandemic drives cargo yields higher amid demand for cargo jets: Boeing report

The air cargo segment has been a rare beneficiary, with e-commerce sales and scarcity of widebody passenger jets driving up cargo yields and demand for cargo jets. The Covid-19 pandemic has certainly stricken the passenger airline industry. But the air...

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Nok Air’s losses deepen in third quarter

Nok Air’s pre-tax losses deepened in the third quarter to Bt2.59 billion ($86 million), from Bt482 million in the year-ago period. The Thai low-cost carrier attributes its poorer financial performance to the Covid-19 pandemic, while new accounting standards and the...

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Initial Drone Registrations About to Expire

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reminding everyone whose drone registrations expire in December that the DroneZone is the FAAs official website for registration. If you completed your drone registration directly with the FAA before the DroneZone was established in...

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Collins to develop nacelles for Boom’s in-development Overture supersonic jet

Collins Aerospace is the latest supplier to join up with Boom Supersonic, having signed an agreement to help develop nacelles and other structures for Boom’s conceptual ultra-fast airliner Overture. Collins Aerospace is the latest supplier to join up with Boom...

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FAA and NASA Complete Drone Demonstrations

WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has concluded the second phase of its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management Pilot Program (UTM/UPP). The agency ended the phase with virtual demonstrations in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...

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​Bangkok Airways sinks deeper into red as Q3 revenues plummet

Bangkok Airways sank deeper into the red, as third-quarter revenues declined by 86.5% to Bt903 million ($30 million). Revenue from airlines, which in the year-ago period accounted for more than two-thirds of total revenues, was nearly wiped out, declining by 91.3%...

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No Lidl ground? Ryanair and Dublin airport chiefs clash on pricing

Complaints from airline chiefs about airport charges are as old as the industry itself, but a discussion at an ACI Europe conference today showed that the issue has a fresh relevance amid the coronavirus crisis. During a robust but good-humoured...

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