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The Lockheed Martin subsidiary’s S-97 RAIDER aircraft have taken flight at a US Army base in support of its bid for the FARA program. Two Sikorsky Technology-built S-97 RAIDER aircraft have taken flight before US Army officials and personnel at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The demonstration was aimed at supporting the firm’s bid for

US regional carrier ExpressJet is gearing up to take back to the skies nearly a year after it was forced to cease operations, after losing its sole major contract with United Airlines. According to a filing with the Department of Transportation, ExpressJet is looking to resume short-haul regional operations as soon as May this year,

Engineers have located additional manufacturing flaws in a significant number of 737 MAX jets following earlier inspections into possible electrical issues within the cockpit. Last week, World of Aviation reported that dozens of 737 MAX jets were grounded due to production problems resulting in possible electrical faults within the aircraft cockpit’s backup power control unit.

The deal with former owners Cyrus doesn’t include the former aircraft but instead the brand, equipment and, crucially, its take-off and landing slots.

Ryanair has officially lost its ongoing battle against a number of European Union nation-states bailing out their national airlines. The giant European budget airline has legally challenged the European Commission’s decision to approve a number of states to financially bail out major national airlines in the bloc, namely Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The European Court

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has said he believes his airline will reactivate its entire fleet of 12 A380s when the pandemic subsides.