News

Embraer

Embraer unveils Energia family of FOUR new aircraft concepts

8th November 2021

Brazilian manufacturer Embraer has announced a family of concept aircraft which it hopes will help the aviation industry achieve the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Affinity Flying Training Services

UK to boost capacity of Texan T1 fleet with extra aircraft

8th November 2021

Affinity Flying Training Services has received a contract – worth approximately £65m – from the UK Ministry of Defence for the operation of four additional Beechcraft T-6C Texan IIs under the UK Military Flying Training System programme

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Skiathos for Microsoft Flight Simulator Out Now

8th November 2021

Orbx has released LGSK Skiathos International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

British Airways

BA and Virgin celebrate US reopening with dual Heathrow take-off

8th November 2021

Transatlantic rivals British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have joined forces today to celebrate the reopening of the United States to fully vaccinated UK nationals.

data

Finavia first to adopt RunwaySense

8th November 2021

Finavia has become the first airport operator to implement RunwaySense, Navblue’s collaborative web-based platform for runway condition reporting

Airbus

Repsol and Iberia announce biofuel first

7th November 2021

Iberia and Spanish energy giant Repsol have made the first flight using biofuel produced from waste in Spain

Air-launched

ANA signs MOU with Virgin

7th November 2021

ANA Holdings, owner of ANA All Nippon Airways, is to be the exclusive distributor of Asia’s first air-launch service

Airports

TPA updates master plan

7th November 2021

Tampa International Airport has launched its 2022 Master Plan Update, designed to support the next 20 years of growth at the airport

C-37B

New C-37B aircraft delivered to Joint Base Andrews

5th November 2021

The first of two new C-37B aircraft was flown from Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama by the Air Force Chief of Staff and honorary Tuskegee Airman Gen CQ Brown to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on November 3

Boeing 707

An ex-Delta 737 for £2,500? Kenya to auction 73 abandoned aircraft

5th November 2021

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has invited interested bidders to a public auction of uncollected derelict aircraft.

Avro Lancaster

International Bomber Command Centre awarded VisitEngland gold accolade

5th November 2021

The International Bomber Command Centre has been awarded Gold standard in the VisitEngland Visitor Attraction Accolades for 2020/21 which recognises outstanding visitor experiences.

HAF

NATO aircraft guard US warship into the Black Sea

5th November 2021

NATO air assets were on hand to guard the entry of the US Navy’s Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) into the Black Sea on November 4, with US Air Force (USAF) fighters and Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft from Turkey and Greece participated in the mission

Panthers

USAF 494th Fighter Squadron return home from Southeast Asia

5th November 2021

Personnel from the US Air Force’s 494th Fighter Squadron (FS) “Panthers” returned to RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, between October 26 and November 1 from an eight-month deployment to Southwest Asia

Airbus

Airbus Scale unveiled

5th November 2021

Airbus has launched Airbus Scale, a new innovation unit that brings together corporate innovation, start-up engagement and company building activities