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Aerosoft

TCA Captain Pack Airbus Edition Out Now

18th October 2021

Thrustmaster has announced the TCA Captain Pack Airbus Edition is released.

Airports

FREQUENTIS Orthogon supports the Airport Operations Plan

18th October 2021

The Demand Capacity Balancer (DCB) provides a powerful digital twin of the airport operations to make it more efficient and resilient to disruptions

Adversary Air Training

USAF contracts Exosonic to develop ‘Red Air’ supersonic UAV

18th October 2021

Exosonic has been awarded a Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract by the USAF to develop a low boom supersonic UAV demonstrator that could be used to support adversary air training operations

India

India's third MH-60R completes pre-delivery testing

18th October 2021

Lockheed Martin India announced on October 13 that the third Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk for the Indian Navy - serial IN753 - has completed pre-delivery testing ahead of schedule

Auckland

Auckland for Microsoft Flight Simulator

18th October 2021

Orbx has announced Landmarks Auckland City Pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available.

Airport Construction

PIT breaks ground on modernisation project

18th October 2021

More than 300 people attended a ceremony on Thursday October 14 to mark breaking ground on Pittsburgh International Airport’s $1.39bn terminal modernisation programme

Airport Security

TSA firearms finds hit 20-year high

18th October 2021

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a record number of firearms at airport security checkpoints this year, despite lower passenger numbers

Orlando International Airport

Orlando updates roadway signage

18th October 2021

As South Terminal C at Orlando International Airport comes closer to completion, roadway signage has been introduced to direct passengers to the new facility

Exercise Blue Flag

Israel kicks off its largest ever multinational exercise

18th October 2021

Israel kicked off its largest ever aerial exercise on October 17, after aircraft from the UK; France; Germany; Greece; Italy; India and the US arrived at Ovda Air Base in Eilat to participate in Exercise Blue Flag 21

Picture of the Week

FlyPast Picture of the Week

15th October 2021

This week's Picture of the Week was captured by Joseph Evans

Carbon neutral

Munich creates a ‘climate forest’

15th October 2021

Bavaria’s Munich Airport has launched its latest carbon-offset project, 1,900 hectares of forest in the east of the German state

Italian Air Force

IN PICTURES: Italian Tornados whip up storm at Coningsby

15th October 2021

Aviation enthusiasts flocked to RAF Coningsby this week to see two Italian Air Force Tornados that were operating from the Lincolnshire base on trials using the RAF Donna Nook air weapons range

Avfuel

Sheltair and Avfuel to offer scholarships

15th October 2021

Sheltair Aviation and Avfuel Corporation have launched a scholarship programme, ‘Future Takes Flight’

Business Aviation

US bizjet activity tops pre-pandemic levels

15th October 2021

In the first ten days of October, global business jet and turboprop activity was 7% higher than in the same period in 2019, and 35% higher than October 2020