News

Gatwick Airport

Gatwick plans local support if runway approved

24th November 2021

Businesses local to Gatwick Airport will benefit from new targeted opportunities if its northern runway plans are approved

airline crew

Get-e ground transportation launches in Barbados

24th November 2021

Get-e, the global ground transportation service for airline crew, is expanding its operations to Barbados

Climate change

Cross-border collaboration for clean flying

24th November 2021

Flying can become distinctly cleaner and more efficient through cross-border collaboration

Dassault

UAE set to buy Rafale

23rd November 2021

All the indications are that Dassault will soon announce a deal with the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defense (UAEAF&AD) for up to 60 Dassault Rafale F4 multirole fighters

HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Queen Elizabeth hosts Italian F-35s during cross deck exercise

23rd November 2021

HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) welcomed Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters from both the Marina Militare/ Italian Navy and the Aeronautica Militare/ Italian Air Force during a cross deck exercise with Italian Carrier, ITS Cavour, on November 21

Aircraft

Norway receives first P-8A Poseidon

23rd November 2021

The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) accepted the first of five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft on November 18

Helicopter

Bundle of surplus UK Merlin kit offered for sale

23rd November 2021

The UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment & Support is selling more than 1,000 pieces of equipment previously utilised by the country’s Merlin rotary fleet, valued at more than £45m in total

Bangalore

BLR orders Rosenbauer firefighting simulator

23rd November 2021

Bengaluru’s international airport has become the first in south Asia to commission a Rosenbauer firefighting simulator

ANSP

Women Fly High honours ENAIRE for its firm commitment to promoting gender equality

23rd November 2021

Ellas Vuelan Alto (Women Fly High) honours ENAIRE for its firm commitment to promoting gender equality policies

Drones

Israel hosts mini-UAS demo for the Netherlands

22nd November 2021

The Royal Netherlands Army has been given a demonstration on the use of integrated land and airborne unmanned platforms for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions by Israeli OEM Elbit Systems

Aircraft

Al Tariq’s new longer range PGM on display at Dubai Airshow

22nd November 2021

EDGE’s Al Tariq is carrying out flight trials with a new long-range precision guided 450kg (1,000Ib) Mk 83 munition at the Dubai Air Show

Panavia Tornado

Tornado arrives at Northern Ireland museum

22nd November 2021

Ireland’s largest aviation museum has added a former RAF Panavia Tornado GR.4 ZG771 to its collection.

Aircraft

RAF refuels Qatari Rafales for the first time

22nd November 2021

The Qatari Emiri Air Force's (QEAF) Dassault Rafales have conducted air-to-air refuelling (AAR) missions with a RAF Voyager KC2 Tanker for the first time during week-long Exercise Galway in Qatar