Aviation and space news
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August 21, 2026
2027 will bring a bigger Alaska Airlines presence in Italy, not only through the reconfirmed Seattle–Rome Fiumicino flight but also its resumption five weeks earlier than planned. The…
MCF argues that close contacts should be examined and treated at the same time as the cases and requests to know the protocol applied by Military Health. The association also requests…
In a ceremony held this Thursday, August 20, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy and the Chilean Navy signed an agreement…
Portugal's oldest airline is marking its 85th anniversary. The Sociedade Açoreana de Estudos Aéreos, Lda., was founded on 21 August 1941 in Ponta Delgada by José Bensaúde…
On the morning of August 18, a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III took off from Christchurch, New Zealand,... The article C-17 bound for Antarctica turns back: why did it…
The takeoff incident involving a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 on 15 August in Munich has repercussions in Vietnam. Alongside the ongoing technical investigation by Germany's BFU, Vietnam…
In waters near Hawaii, the Pacific Dragon 2026 exercise was held, a biennial US Navy exercise dedicated to ballistic missile defense and the exchange of…
It succeeds a Convair C-131 Samaritan, a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and, most recently, a Douglas C-9 Skytrain II; no small feat! Earlier this week NASA officially unveiled its Boeing…
F-18M jets from Wing 12 shot down an attack drone in Romanian airspace, marking the first aerial victory by a Spanish fighter in a real operation in more than 83…
by Giuseppe Tarallo * Seemingly unforeseeable crises often arise from a failure to interpret a series of signals that, in hindsight, would seem impossible to ignore. The arrival…
Russian attacks have damaged about 4,000 of Kyiv’s roughly 12,000 buildings, or nearly one in three, since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February… The post Russian attacks damaged…
Morocco is changing pace. And it is doing so with determination, the fruit of growing ambitions, fueled by solid economic fundamentals and a gradual liberalization of the exchange rate…
US carrier Alaska Airlines will expand its international network from its Seattle-Tacoma hub in spring 2027 to include two European capitals. The…
Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km section of the glacier’s floating ice tongue broke away on 4…
The deal, which still must clear several procedures before becoming a firm purchase, is estimated at a total cost of $4.5 billion, equivalent to nearly €3.85 billion…
US appeals court overturns government order that would have ended nearly decade-old partnership allowing the airlines to coordinate schedules, fares and capacity
The memorandum responds to that perception with a change of model in which the White House and its departments and agencies, especially NASA, will stop being the main operator…
A 3.5-billion-year-old rock found in India may preserve signs of ancient microorganisms that once lived on the planet…
Motorola Solutions has completed the acquisition of D-Fend Solutions for a purchase price of USD 1.5 billion. D-Fend uses RF cyber-takeover technology is designed to The post Motorola completes…
Japan’s SkyDrive has raised new funding through a third-party share allotment to Resona Asset Management Co, a Japanese asset manager. This capital injection strengthens SkyDrive’s business…
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Passenger volumes on the Kuwait City–Milan Bergamo route of low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways have fallen short of expectations, and the last rotation will operate on 11 September…
According to the Ministry, two of the 24 cases predate the mass entry on July 30, so it does not link the two events. Military associations, for their part…
Finnish meteorological technology company Vaisala says it expects to include a €25m (US$29m) award for airport weather systems in Indonesia in its orders received for the third quarter of 2026, now…
The Port of Seattle Commission has authorized initial funding for the next major modernization project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) – the S Concourse Evolution – with major…
As you gaze toward the famous Teapot asterism in the constellation Sagittarius, you are looking toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The post Teapot of Sagittarius points to the Milky Way’s…
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has filed a lawsuit to force the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to turn over records about the agency’s new privatization…
Written by Raoul Cardellini Leipertz Space talks endlessly about attracting the next generation. But behind the promise of meritocracy lies a quieter barrier: who can actually afford the education…
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Norwegian long-haul carrier Norse Atlantic Airways is pressing ahead with its operational and financial restructuring. According to the company, as part of a review process…
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