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Glacial recovery will see Cathay operate below half capacity in 2021

Cathay Pacific will operate only around 10% of its capacity for the rest of year, and just about half for the coming year. This comes as it warns of a very slow recovery in passenger traffic, despite seeing some signs...

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Qantas to exit joint venture with Vietnam Airlines: report

Australia’s Qantas plans to give up its stake in low-cost carrier Pacific Airlines to joint venture partner Vietnam Airlines, according to a media report. This will be transferred at no cost and the deal is expected to be finalised by the end of October, DealStreetAsia,...

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Jet Airways creditors accept Jalan-Kalrock bid

Creditors of grounded Indian carrier Jet Airways have voted to accept a bid for the airline from entrepreneur Murari Lal Jalan and asset management firm Kalrock. The creditors’ committee had discussed two rival bids for the company at a meeting...

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Raptor Aircraft Makes Successful First Flight… Barely

Much Hyped And Over-Promised Aircraft Appears To Have A Number of Problems Several days ago, a fair part of the experimental aircraft world was agog at the first flight of an experimental aircraft ostensibly headed for the kit market... some...

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A330 joins exclusive club of 1,500 twin-aisle deliveries

Airbus’s A330 has become the first of the European airframer’s twin-aisle aircraft to reach 1,500 deliveries, a mark only previously achieved by two Boeing widebody models. Delta Air Lines received two A330-900s last month – on 21 and 23 September...

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Prospects for Flybe sale lift as administrators retain licence and slots

Collapsed UK regional operator Flybe’s administrators have been holding talks with parties interested in acquiring the business, with prospects potentially raised by success in retaining the company’s operating licence and slots. Flybe ceased operations in early March this year and...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (10.15.20): Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes

Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes The term “ATS Route” is a generic term that includes “VOR Federal airways,” “colored Federal airways,” “jet routes,” and “RNAV routes.” The term “ATS route” does not replace these more familiar route names, but serves...

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Classic Aero-TV: Stunning Simplicity–Adventure A/C’s Electric Motorglider

From 2014: An Exercise In Elegant Simplicity... AND Affordable Fun! Model airplanes and ultralights are close cousins, and you’ll see what we mean by that in this video. ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell took the opportunity to talk with...

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Airborne-Unmanned 10.14.20: KBYF Adds CTA, Sonin Hybrid, NRC: Drones v Planes

Also: Patented: uAvionix UAS RID, Fortress UAV, Drone Bridge Inspection, DroneSeed FAA Approval AUVSI and AMA, along with the FAA have confirmed that the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has joined the UAS education campaign titled “Know Before You Fly.” This...

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Airborne 10.09.20: Supersonic XB-1, ACJ TwoTwenty, Starliner Crew Shakeup

Also: Honeywell Forecast, NBAA Airmanship Award, Fortress UAV, True Blue Power for PC-12 They have finally taken the wraps off its supersonic demonstrator, XB-1, reportedly the first independently developed supersonic jet. To design and build XB-1, Boom recruited a team...

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