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Air Safety

Texas MD-87 crash: What do we know so far?

20th October 2021

A private McDonnell Douglas MD-87 overran the runway and burst into flames at Houston Executive Airport yesterday (October 19). Key.Aero collates what is known about the aircraft and incident so far.

ACE

RAF Typhoons prove ACE concept capability during Op Shader

20th October 2021

Eurofighter Typhoon FRG4s from the 903 Expeditionary Air Wing at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, have forward deployed to an undisclosed location in the Middle East for Operation Blue Dragon

easyJet

SAF makes Gatwick debut

20th October 2021

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been introduced at London Gatwick Airport as part of a collaboration between Q8Aviation, easyJet, Gatwick and Neste

Airport Expansion

Latest phase in Belgrade upgrade underway

20th October 2021

Vinci Airports has kicked off a new phase in its modernisation of Serbia's Belgrade Airport, the largest airport in the country

Jettainer

Jettainer and Swiss extend partnership

20th October 2021

Lufthansa Group’s Jettainer is to provide global ULD management and maintenance services for Swiss International Air Lines for a further five years

Asobo Studio

Reno Air Races Release Date Announced

20th October 2021

Asobo Studio has announced Reno Air Races will be available for purchase in the Microsoft Flight Simulator marketplace on November 18.

Airbus

Skyport loads 4.3-ton engine onto Prague flight

20th October 2021

Central European ground handler Skyport has loaded a CFM56-5B6/P engine onto a Ural Airlines flight from Prague to Yekaterinburg

Attrition Report

Australian MH-60R crash leads to fleet-wide grounding

19th October 2021

An MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission maritime helicopter belonging to the Royal Australian Navy crashed into the Philippine Sea during routine night flying operations on October 14, leading to a fleet-wide grounding of the remaining examples in Australian service

Aerosoft

Komodo Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator Released

19th October 2021

Aerosoft has announced Airport Komodo is available now as a download for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

H175M

Rare indication of competition for UK Puma replacement

19th October 2021

A rare official indication the UK will open up a competition to replace its ageing Puma HC2 fleet has been made public in what will likely be a tightly contested effort between defence industry heavyweights

McDonnell Douglas

WATCH: Lufthansa Cargo retires final MD-11F

19th October 2021

The tri-jet era at Lufthansa Cargo came to an end last weekend when the airline’s final McDonnell Douglas MD-11F landed at Frankfurt for the final time

Airports

Randox launches vaccination authentication app

19th October 2021

Randox, the UK’s largest diagnostics company, is launching the Randox CertiFly app to process and certify results for pre-departure and day two lateral flow tests.

App

WFS’s CargoKiosk makes Heathrow debut

19th October 2021

London Heathrow Airport is the latest Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) cargo station to introduce CargoKiosk technology

contracts

Luton signs training contract

19th October 2021

London Luton Airport (LLA) has signed a new seven-year contract with Airdat for use of its cloud-based training management and competency system ‘passport’