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‘They burned the biggest plane’: Ukraine’s AN-225 reportedly destroyed by Russia
Dubbed ‘Mriya’, which means ‘The Dream’ in Ukrainian, the jet was reportedly under repair and routine maintenance at the Antonov Company site in Gostomel Airport when it was destroyed.
Read moreCivil aircraft ‘suspended’ from Ukraine airspace
| 2 Comments on Civil aircraft ‘suspended’ from Ukraine airspaceFlights are restricted within cities of Ukraine such as Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Odesa, Simferopol FIR, Kyiv UIR, according to the notice.
Read moreUS deploys more fighter jets to defend Ukraine
| 1 Comment on US deploys more fighter jets to defend UkraineThe task force will send up to eight F-35 fighter jets sent from Germany to several NATO eastern flank locations, a battalion of 20 AH-64 Apache helicopters to the Baltic region and 12 Apache helicopters from Greece to Poland.
Read moreAmerican Airlines suspends more flights amid Dreamliner delays
In a regulatory filing in the US, the carrier said that Boeing has delayed deliveries of its new 787 Dreamliner jets, with the airline now planning to accept only 10 of the 13 Dreamliners it had scheduled for delivery this year. The remaining three aircraft will be delivered next year.
Read moreQantas pens deal with Airbus to enhance A321 freighters
The modifications to the “A321P2F” will include upgrading the LCD cockpit display and weather radar as well as the airframe.
Read moreAirbus instructed to delay cancellation of Qatar jet order
/ | 1 Comment on Airbus instructed to delay cancellation of Qatar jet orderAccording to Reuters, the planemaker has been asked to delay it for several weeks, preventing it from allocating new early delivery slots to other airlines before an April hearing.
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