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Boeing second quarter deliveries drop to 20
Boeing has released its delivery figures, which reported just 20 deliveries of commercial aircraft over the last three months.
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Air France flight turns back after smell of smoke in cockpit
An Air France Boeing 777-300 made an emergency landing at its departure airport on Reunion Island after the crew saw smoke in the cockpit.
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Podcast: Just why are airlines adding international flights?
/With border closures changing by the minute, the team discuss whether airlines were preemptive in committing to getting planes back in the sky?
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Japanese start-up readies eVTOL for first public outing
| 4 Comments on Japanese start-up readies eVTOL for first public outingJapanese start-up SkyDrive is gearing up for the first public demonstration of its “flying car” – an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft prototyped for urban air mobility. Just seven months after achieving the first unmanned outdoor sortie in December 2019, the company has announced a plan to demonstrate a manned flight to the
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Belligerent passenger forces Alaska Airlines turnback
Alaska Airlines Flight 422 has been turned back shortly after departing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, after a passenger threatened to “kill everyone on board”. The plane, which departed on Saturday at 11:10pm bound for Chicago O’Hare, was still in ascent phase when the passenger became belligerent. A spokesperson for the airline said that the passenger became
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Qatar Airways Cargo launches charity campaign
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched a new campaign, which will see the delivery of 1 million kilograms of cargo on behalf of charities around the world, delivered free of charge. From July to December 2020, charities will be able to utilise the services of Qatar’s cargo branch for the transport of humanitarian aid, medical supplies
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