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Ryanair sees €815m annual loss, MAX deliveries again delayed
European mammoth budget airline Ryanair has posted its biggest ever annual loss of €815 million for the 2020 financial year, in light of an 81 per cent drop in passenger traffic, after posting a €1 billion profit the previous year. Ryanair called the 12 months to 31 March its “most challenging” year in its 35-year
Read moreSriwijaya Air crash results in FAA probe into 737 Classic wiring
The US Federal Aviation Administration has warned operators of Boeing 737 Classic aircraft to check for possible wiring failures, following the investigation into the January crash of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182. Flight SJ182, a 26-year-old Boeing 737-500, crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Saturday, 9 January 2021, killing all
Read moreDon’t holiday in Spain, Brit Health secretary says
Budget European carriers were dealt a blow after British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Brits should “certainly not” travel to countries such as Spain and Greece on holiday.
Read moreUK to spend US$2bn upgrading its Chinooks
The UK Ministry of Defence has approved a £1.4 billion ($2.5 billion) contract to modernise the Armed Force’s Chinook fleet over the next 10 years.
Read moreMicrosoft Flight Simulator gets audio voice tours
/The sound is AI-generated and has been created by the website Bushtalk Radio, covering locations from the Chrysler Building in New York City to the Galapagos Islands.
Read moreUS airlines expect MAX jets back in the air ‘in the coming days’
Major airlines in the US are expected to get their entire 737 MAX fleets back up and running within days, having already begun the necessary electrical repairs on affected MAX models. Just yesterday, Boeing released its service bulletin on the required repairs for the MAX’s electrical issues, which has seen nearly a quarter of all
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