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US government monitoring Spirit Airlines’ response to cancelations
/Last week, over 2,000 flights were delayed, and hundreds were cancelled due to weather and “operational issues,” according to the Florida-based airline.
Read moreRyanair pulls out of London Southend Airport
Almost exactly a year after its budget competitor easyJet pulled out of the Essex airport, Dublin-based Ryanair announced its operations will halt 1 November this year.
Read moreSkyWest buys 16 Embraer 175s under new agreement
/The Utah-based airline remains Brazilian manufacturer Embraer’s largest customer, and all 16 of the aircraft are scheduled to enter into service from the beginning of 2022.
Read moreChina reports largest travel slump amid Delta spread
/According to aviation specialist OAG, Chinese airline capacity dropped 32 per cent in one week from the outbreak, which began at the end of July.
Read moreNASA unveils first glimpse of supersonic jet
/The time-lapse video shows the X-59’s wing, tail and fuselage being merged together from March 2019 to June 2021, and was likely shot at Lockheed’s Skunk Works in California.
Read moreElectric air race set for next year, first Pulitzer Trophy since 1925
The NAA, the oldest not-for-profit aviation organisation in the United States, will award the winner a trophy on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
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