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Unstable weather caused Airbus UAV to break up mid-air

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has confirmed that an Airbus high-altitude surveillance and communications drone that broke up in-flight in September 2019 did so due to unstable weather conditions. The Zephyr solar-electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) weighs around 65 kilograms, and requires a crew of at least four people to launch. It can linger at

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Ryanair to open fourth base in France at BVA

Despite the financial hit of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Ryanair has announced it will open its fourth base in France at the Paris-Beauvais Airport from 3 December 2020. The Irish budget carrier already boasts braces in Toulouse, Marseille Provence and Bordeaux, however will now base two aircraft out of BVA, situated 85 kilometres outside the

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Monday MAX update: EU to give green light, FAA chief will personally conduct test flight

Over the last few days, the future of the 737 MAX has begun to look a little more certain, with regulators in the US and EU due to recertify the plane as soon as November, and an FAA administrator to conduct a personal safety test. EU regulator gives tentative green light The European Union Aviation

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Vietnam’s domestic aviation market on the road to recovery

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Vietnam’s aviation industry is gradually recovering with passenger numbers heading toward pre-pandemic levels after a months-long slump. Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi handled 29,000 passengers daily during the weekend, nearly triple the daily average of August when there was a COVID-19 resurgence. To Tu Ha, deputy director of the airport, said there has been

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26 killed in Ukrainian Antonov An-26 crash

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A military Antonov An-26 carrying air force cadets crashed in Ukraine’s north-east on Friday evening, killing 26 of the 27 people on board. The aircraft reportedly crashed near a highway, around two kilometres from the Chuguev military airbase, while attempting to land during a training exercise. The plane burst into flames shortly after the crash.

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A file image of Air Canada Boeing 777-200LR C-FNNH. (Wikimedia Commons/Mark Harkin)

Comment: Airlines should rethink their refusal to refund passengers during COVID-19

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In this cross-posting with The Conversation, Rumina Dhalla argues that now is the time for airlines to switch up how they think about passenger refunds. Despite unrelenting pressures from passenger rights advocates, intense media scrutiny and strident demands from passengers, Canadian airlines have remained largely immutable in refusing to issue cash refunds for cancelled flights. Passengers are

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