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Had he been human, 10-year-old Odie would have earned gold frequent flyer status as the seeing eye dog clocked up thousands of kilometres of air travel with his handler. But the black labrador’s high-flying lifestyle has ended as Odie turns in his harness and heads off to retirement Owned by Virgin executive Christopher Evans, Odie …
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Most Australians back Australia’s policy of keeping borders closed during the COVID pandemic despite pushes from business groups and some government MPs to restart international travel. A Newspoll published in national broadsheet The Australian Monday shows 73 percent of voters support the suggestion Australia’s federal government should keep international borders closed until at least the …
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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, after the Canadian Pacific Railway Company decided to purchase ten small bush airlines, Canadian Pacific Airlines (CP) is born. This the story of how this once well-known airline began. In the early 1940s, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company decides to purchase Ginger Coote Airways, Southern Air Transport, Wings, Prairie Airways, Mackenzie Air Services, Arrow Airways, Starratt …
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Summary List Placement The booming e-commerce industry is fueling a need for more cargo aircraft to carry packages around the world. Instead of buying new aircraft, many cargo carriers are choosing to purchase former passenger planes and convert them to freighters. It’s a months-long process that can cost upwards of $10 million for larger aircraft. …
Special passengers: Captain David Morgan with Lilly (12) and Annie (11). Photo: Air NZ “Today’s flight is a real heart warmer. Some of these children have never been on a plane before so we wanted them to experience the excitement of flying and our teams have pulled out all the stops to make today a …
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The Pelican Ultra Rapid COVID-19 test. Photo: BA “As we start to see the opening up of travel, we remain committed to exploring easy and affordable testing solutions to help our customers travel again, whether it’s for business, to reunite with family and friends or take a much-needed break abroad,’’ BA chief executive Sean Doyle …
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MIAMI – The Italian government is on the verge of voting on a US$968m (€800m) financing to get ITA, the airline poised to take over Alitalia (AZ), in the air by July 2021. According to Italian newspaper Il Corriere, which is, however, specifying that the final amount is yet to be defined, the decision, taken …
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MIAMI – With a Government decision to come into force on Sunday, May 16, France has added four more countries to its compulsory quarantine list. The new arrivals on the list are Colombia, Bahrain, Costa Rica, and Uruguay. Due to an increased virus circulation, all travelers arriving from these countries will be subject to a …
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MIAMI – GOL (G3), Brazil’s largest airline, published an investor update covering results for April 2021 and anticipating a return to pre-pandemic liquidity levels. While navigating the pandemic crisis, G3 continues with its policy to keep investors updated on finance and operational issues and is watching the developments of the national vaccination program, accompanied by …
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MIAMI – The United States Federal Aviation Administration is set to require wire failure inspections on Boeing 737 Classic aircraft. The inspection orders, in the form of an airworthiness directive, mandate that the connection of a flap synchro wire to a safety sensor is secure. The flap synchro wire itself is a part of the …
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Aerospace engineer Richard Godfrey has used an MH370 search aircraft from the Royal New Zealand Air Force on March 28th, 2014 to help validate his new technology called GDTAAA (Global Detection and Tracking of Aircraft Anywhere Anytime). This new system is based on the Weak Signal Propagation Reports (WSPR) pronounced ‘whisper’ and promises to give …
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Summary List Placement Delta Air Lines is no longer blocking middle seats onboard its aircraft. The 13-month era came to an end on May 1, when Delta became the last US airline to end the pandemic policy that started in April 2020. The program was abandoned by all airlines as more flyers took to the …
Signs of recovery continue at Korean Air as a surge in cargo revenue helped reduce the airline’s first-quarter net loss to $US25 million from a mammoth $US610 million for the same period last year. The first quarter of 2021 delivered the Korean carrier its fourth consecutive quarter of operating profit, $US110 million, as it benefited …
MIAMI – Eviation Aircraft is ramping up plans for the maiden flight of its all-electric Alice aircraft, which is slated for later this year. The company has received the first electric propulsion unit (EPU) produced by MagniX, its sister corporation. According to Eviation, the fixed-wing aircraft is on schedule to receive its type certification from …
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Christiaan van Heijst, a 747 pilot and guest contributor has taken a stunning photo of t the rare Zodiacal Light lighting up the night sky from his cockpit. Christiaan takes up the story. “The bright waxing moon behind us illuminating the thin atmospheric layer and clouds below. And if that were not enough, a spectacular …
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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, five leading airlines founded the Star Alliance, the world’s first and largest airline alliance, in 1997. The alliance is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, near Frankfurt Airport (FRA). The five founders of Star Alliance were then the world’s leading airlines Air Canada (AC), Lufthansa (LH), Scandinavian Airlines (SK), Thai Airways International …
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Summary List PlacementTable of Contents: Masthead Sticky Paris has long been the preferred fantasy of wanderlust daydreamers, and increasingly so during the past year filled with COVID lockdowns and travel restrictions. As a travel writer married to a born-and-bred Parisian, I’ve visited Paris many times for both business and leisure. But during quarantine, I …
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MIAMI – CAE and Jaunt signed a cooperation agreement for the former to develop an aerospace simulator for the development of Jaunt Air Mobility’s eVTOL, the Journey aircraft. CAE, formerly Canadian Aviation Electronics, will also focus on developing the Jaunt Aircraft Systems Integration Lab (JASIL) to facilitate the validation of systems and the aircraft itself. …
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Summary List Placement If you’re hunting for the perfect Airbnb after a year of not traveling, be prepared to shell out more than you may have planned: average daily rates are up 35% compared to the same time last year. While gross bookings this quarter are still 21% below pre-pandemic levels, the company said Thursday …
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MIAMI – Airbus is resuming work on a modernized and digital A320 family Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse (TLS) to achieve the industrial capability and meet expected market demand once airline industry recovery takes over from the Covid pandemic. The new facility will take over from the original TLS based A320 FAL and will …
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MIAMI – Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., parent company of Frontier Airlines (F9), reported a first-quarter net loss of US$91m but noted a strong rebound in demand for leisure travel. “This is our first quarter reporting as a public company and we couldn’t be more pleased with what we are seeing relative to the recovery in …
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The McDonnell Douglas ATMR (Advanced Twin (Aisle) Medium Range) airliner of 1981. However, at the time seating space was more generous and carry-on baggage was not the issue it is today. Mockup of the Boeing 7J7, a twin-aisle, 250-seater that was exhibited at the Paris Air Show 30 years ago. Work on the first UltraFan …
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MIAMI – ATR has reached a development milestone of the ATR42-600S-S, or Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL), whose design phase is now completed. As indicated by the ATR press release issued on May 13, the general architecture of the aircraft has now been “frozen” and performances confirmed. Sourcing tools and manufacturing of parts by suppliers …
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