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UK to withdraw from EU safety regulator after Brexit
Airlines

The United Kingdom will withdraw from the EU's safety regulator at the end of the year, with powers reverting to the country's Civil Aviation Authority.

Boeing CEO regrets criticising predecessor in interview
Airlines

Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun has told colleagues he regrets criticising his predecessor in a newspaper interview, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Canada leads initiative to protect flights from missiles
Air Crash Investigations

Canada is leading an international effort to protect airliners around the world from being shot down over conflict zones.

What tipped Flybe over the edge?
Airlines

The collapse of British regional airline Flybe leaves passengers stranded, 2,400 jobs in question and spells economic disaster for large parts of the UK.

COVID-19 impact could be four times early reports: IATA
Airlines

Coronavirus could cost the aviation industry four times as much as previously thought, the International Air Transport Association has said.

In-depth: Elon Musk says fighter jets are finished – but is he right?
Airlines

He’s controversial, he’s wealthy, and he’s drawn the ire of the global fighter pilot community – now US Air Force fighter pilots and senior leadership have hit back at bombastic entrepreneur Elon Musk’s contentious statement: “the fighter jet era has passed”. Defenceconnect editor Stephen Kuper delves beneath to rhetoric to ask, is he right?