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August 19, 2026
A Boeing 777-300ER flew Juventus Turin nonstop from Perth to Turin. It was the longest nonstop flight in Turkish Airlines' history.
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A veteran Fokker 100 which has flown for American Airlines, Austrian Airlines and, most recently,…
FlightPath3D, the global leader in moving map technology, has extended its long-standing partnership with business aviation connectivity infrastructure provider Gogo, as the companies build on a…
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The President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, received in audience this Monday, August 17, in Luanda, the chairman of the Executive Board of the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer…
German investigation authority confirms tail-strike as Hanoi-bound twinjet laboured to become airborne. German investigation authority BFU has confirmed that the Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9…
StandardAero executive Brian Campbell is all set to join Critical Services Group (CSG) as Operating Partner, bringing more than four decades of commercial and leadership experience to support the…
For more than a decade, Washington sought to concentrate its military presence on the Pacific to keep China in check. The ongoing war with Iran now ties up so many resources…
Union grievance alleges that Main Cabin service and new premium offerings were never properly tested for economy operations.
Strong partnership for Austria's supply chain: Vienna Airport and the Austrian Armed Forces' Army Logistics School will work together in areas such as air freight, technology…
For the first time, Lufthansa is actually releasing award seats for its new Allegris First Class via Miles & More. Although booking with miles has officially been possible since November 2025, seats…
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The company specializes in virtual reality software and real-time 3D visualization for enterprise applications. Its clients include companies in sectors such as aerospace…
An unusual incident caused the delay of an international passenger flight at Heraklion Airport on the Greek island of Crete. Before the scheduled takeoff, the…
Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM) has been awarded more than US$8.5m in federal funding to rehabilitate its primary runway. The funding, awarded through the US Department of Transportation, will…
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American Airlines reverses course on its "bring your own device" bet for its single-aisle fleet. The US airline decided that its passengers will have screens with access […]…
The sun passes through Ophiuchus for about 2 weeks every year, so why isn’t this constellation considered the zodiac’s 13th sign? The post Is Ophiuchus the 13th constellation of the zodiac? first…
Now that pilot salaries after the pandemic upheaval have normalized, we can assess the gap between regional and major airline captains.
But the most interesting findings come from studying the ejected material, since the images clearly show bright and dark "rays" extending from the center of the…
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 18: Stars and sparklers First Quarter Moon occurs at 10:46 p.m. EDT. The Moon is up nearly all evening, not setting…
Written by Jascha Langenberg Reaching industrial scale creates a new challenge for space start-ups: the organisation itself. Chapter 5 explores how founders, teams and structures must evolve as a…
L3Harris welcomed the Artemis II crew and NASA leaders to the Los Angeles site in Canoga Park to celebrate the successful Artemis II mission.
In the U.S., Hanwha Defense USA won the contract to deliver wheeled self-propelled K9 (K9MH) howitzer prototypes for the tactical artillery…
Reports claim aircraft were based at Abu al-Duhur, but there is no confirmation that the recently seen Su-22s were destroyed
Flughafen Wien Group (FWAG) posted improved financial results in the first half of 2026, despite a decline in passenger traffic at its home hub, Vienna-Schwechat. The…
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Legacy C-130s form the backbone of Indonesia’s transport capabilities. Indonesian MRO firm GMF AeroAsia has completed upgrade work on a second Lockheed Martin C-130H tactical transport for the the…
Ryanair (FR) passengers travelling from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) reportedly became ill after being left inside a hot aircraft for more than an hour while…
'Il était une foi: mes ailes', by Bernard Chauvreau. Gil Roy's choice. The meeting between a young private pilot and a humanist adventurer. Bernard Chauvreau…
Air Arabia is adding Frankfurt to its route network. From December 15, the low-cost airline will connect Sharjah nonstop daily with Germany's largest airport.
NASA released on August 18 the images captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) probe of the crater created on August 5 by the impact on the Moon of a second stage of the […]…
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AerFin has expanded its Boeing 777 component inventory at its Miami facility, strengthening aftermarket support for airlines and MRO providers across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean…
Scandinavian carrier SAS Scandinavian Airlines will resume direct flights to India for the first time in 17 years starting 1 October 2026. The carrier will operate the route from Copenhagen to…
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