News
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14 July 2021
SITA buys sustainable aviation tech provider Safety Line
The acquisition is anticipated to fortify SITA’s Digital Day of Operations portfolio.
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14 July 2021
United Airlines signs deal to acquire 100 Heart Aerospace ES-19 aircraft
United Airlines Ventures (UAV) has signed a conditional agreement to acquire 100 ES-19 aircraft from electric aircraft start-up Heart Aerospace.
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13 July 2021
BBAM places 12 additional firm orders for 737-800 BCFs
Boeing has secured 12 additional firm orders of the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) from aircraft leasing and management firm BBAM.
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12 July 2021
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity conducts first fully crewed spaceflight
Virgin Galactic’s spaceship VSS Unity has successfully conducted the first test flight with a full crew, including Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson.
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9 July 2021
NeXt unveils iFLY evTOL personal air vehicle
Advanced air mobility start-up NeXt has introduced an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (evTOL) personal air vehicle.
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8 July 2021
IATA reports global demand for air travel down 62.7% in May
Data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revealed that total demand for air travel measured in revenue passenger kilometres or (RPKs) dropped by 62.7% in May compared with...
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7 July 2021
Business optimism improves marginally in June: Poll
The increase in the rate of vaccination and easing of coronavirus-related restrictions helped improve business optimism in June, although marginally.
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7 July 2021
Aircraft crash in Russia claims lives of 28 people
MChS said that Antonov An-26 lost contact with air traffic control in its way from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana.
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7 July 2021
Volocopter gains EASA production certification for eVTOL
German air taxi and drone manufacturer Volocopter has received the production organisation approval (POA), which complies with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA Part 21G).
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6 July 2021
IAI and Atitech to open passenger aircraft conversion site in Italy
Aviation manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has agreed with MRO service provider Atitech to open an aircraft conversion site in Italy.