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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Historic Commercial Space Transportation Reforms

New rule modernizes the way FAA regulates and licenses commercial space operations.

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’Small flows through hubs’ will lead recovery, says KLM chief

The recovery of international air connectivity will favour KLM’s hub operations above point-to-point services, according to the Dutch flag carrier’s chief executive Pieter Elbers. The recovery of international air connectivity will favour KLM’s hub operations above point-to-point services, according to the Dutch...

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Firefly reverts to jet operations amid broad restructuring

Malaysian regional carrier Firefly – most recently the subject of speculation that it might become the country’s flag carrier – will commence jet operations from next year, reverting to an earlier plan which was eventually shelved.  Announcing the move, parent...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.12.20)

“This course coalesces test and space expertise from Test Pilot School, the Space Force, NASA, the Air Force Academy and others. It is just the first step in training the cadre of space test professionals we need – space operators,...

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Power, Pulchritude and Performance: Flight Testing the Pipistrel Panthera-Part 3

By Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-in-Chief/Test Pilot (Arrogant, Over-Opinionated Know-It-All/Test Dummy) ANN E-I-C Note: OK… serious apologies for dragging this out… but things are crazy here… we’ve hired some new people, we’re training aggressively, we have a stunning number of new...

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Crisis a chance to fix aviation’s gender imbalance: EU transport chief

The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to address the “poor” gender imbalance among workers in the air transport industry, according the European Commissioner for Transport, Adina Valean. The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to address the “poor” gender imbalance among...

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Dassault confirms December roll-out for Falcon 6X

Dassault is to roll-out its new Falcon 6X on 8 December, marking a key milestone for the ultra-wide-cabin business jet. Dassault is to roll-out its new Falcon 6X on 8 December, marking a key milestone for the ultra-wide-cabin business jet....

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Ryanair cuts winter capacity to 40% of 2019 level

The Irish operator blames “increased flight restrictions” imposed by European governments, which caused forward bookings to “weaken slightly” in October and “materially” in November and December. Ryanair intends to operate just 40% of 2019 capacity during the coming winter season,...

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Etihad 787-10 operates service through Israeli airspace

United Arab Emirates carrier Etihad Airways has conducted a commercial service through Israeli airspace, with its Milan Malpensa-Abu Dhabi flight. Flight EY88 has a scheduled block time of 6h 5min and typically spends about 5h 25min airborne. The service is...

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​Philippines takes formal delivery of six Super Tucanos

The Philippines Air Force has taken delivery of all six Embraer A-29 Super Tucano close air support aircraft, and could be eyeing an additional six examples. All six were handed over on 14 October at Clark AFB, says Embraer. The...

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