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August 19, 2026
euroAtlantic Airways strengthened its fleet with the arrival of its first Airbus A330-300, an aircraft that represents another step in the airline's growth and renewal strategy…
A Lufthansa Airbus A380 landed short at Munich Airport, damaging approach lights, just days after a Boeing 787 overran the same runway.
A historic milestone collided with the mundane reality of spacewalking: six hours is never quite enough when old wiring fights back. The post Sophie Adenot became the first French woman to spacewalk…
An Airbus A320neo inaugurated high-speed connectivity in the European group's fleet, which plans to equip around 850 aircraft with this technology by 2029.
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An Airbus A320neo brought high-speed connectivity to the European group's fleet, which plans to equip around 850 aircraft with the technology by 2029.
Last August 19, a Lufthansa aircraft took off for the first time with the Lufthansa Group's new Wi-Fi, powered by Starlink. An Airbus A320neo registered "D-AINM" opened the…
The contract is worth €99 million. The European manufacturer will supply twelve UH-72B Lakota, the Americanized version of the best-selling H145M, to the US Army. Twin-engine helicopters that…
Airbus is said to be targeting late September for the maiden flight of its new A350F freighter, with 24 September 2026 emerging as the preferred date, according to sources cited by…
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 19, 2026, © Leeham News: Airbus’ backlog for the A320neo family shows why the company is adamant about increasing production to 75 aircraft per month. It…
Yesterday, 400 kilometers above Earth, Sophie Adenot had a date with history. And the French astronaut showed up. Although her spacewalk did not go entirely […]
Lufthansa has put an aircraft with the new Starlink internet into regular service for the first time. On Wednesday (19 August), the Airbus A320 Neo registered D-AINM departed as flight…
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Munich Airport recorded a new incident on the same runway where, days earlier, a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 suffered a tail strike on landing. This…
Airframer aiming to reach 13-per-month build rate for twinjet in 2028. Airbus has commenced construction of an A220 wing plant extension in Belfast to support production ramp-up of the type. The…
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French container line CMA CGM has partly eased its suspension on handling Upper Gulf transit cargo via Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Port, which has been hit hard by terminal congestion and inland…
In 2020, after the failure of the XM2001 Crusader and XM1203 NLOS-C [non-line of sight – cannon] programmes, meant to let it replace part of its M109 self-propelled howitzers and its…
CASABLANCA — An Air France Boeing 777-300ER bound for Paris has declared a general emergency mid-flight and initiated a sharp descent over Moroccan airspace, tracking data shows. Flight AF711…
Sophie Adenot became, on Tuesday 18 August, the first French woman to perform a spacewalk. For 6 h 23 min, the ESA astronaut worked alongside American…
FL Technics LLC has expanded its approved line maintenance capabilities to include the Airbus A350, Boeing 777, Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 MAX with LEAP-1B engines at three major UAE airports. The…
The first flight of Airbus’ next-generation A350 freighter is set to take place towards the end of September, according to Reuters. Quoting industry sources, the newswire said the airframer is…
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Aircraft investment specialist Stratos has acquired an Airbus A321-200 on lease to Air Transat, adding the Canadian carrier as a new client within its growing serviced aircraft portfolio. The…
For more than two years, France has no longer been detailing the material support it provides to Ukraine. Only occasional announcements and the report to Parliament on arms exports…
Airbus provisionally set the third week of September for the maiden flight of its A350F freighter, a delayed project, Reuters reported citing sources from the…
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MUNICH — Aviation safety authorities in Germany have launched an investigation after a Lufthansa Airbus A380 superjumbo damaged runway approach lighting while landing at Munich Airport on Monday…
FL Technics' heavy maintenance center in Punta Cana is now operational. It received its first aircraft on August 12, an Airbus A320ceo. It represents a […] The article FL…
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has become the first Frenchwoman to perform a spacewalk, venturing outside the International Space Station yesterday, 18 August, with NASA astronaut Anil Menon to repair…
Already a distributor of the Blackwing, Alti Aero expands its catalog with the Zlin Norden. The company will now distribute this adventure aircraft in France and several European markets…
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot completed her first spacewalk after spending six hours and 23 minutes outside the International Space Station (ISS), in a…
Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has delivered the first of four Airbus A321neo aircraft to Wizz Air under a new sale-and-leaseback (SLB) agreement. The aircraft was delivered at the Airbus Delivery…
A flight by US carrier Delta Air Lines from France to the US West Coast turned into an unusually long journey on 13 August 2026…
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The toll of the wildfires in Gironde and the Landes has quickly come to light. France is experiencing its worst wildfire season this year, with the largest…
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