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Bristol Airport

Jet2 takes off at new Bristol base

5th July 2021

The English airport becomes the airline’s tenth UK base

Aeroplane Heaven

Cessna 140 Ready for Take-Off

5th July 2021

Aeroplane Heaven has released the Cessna 140 for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Boeing

Emirates resumes long-haul services to Orlando

5th July 2021

The carrier will operate its first passenger flights to the Florida airport in over 15 months

Attrition Report

Multiple fatalities in Philippine C-130H crash

5th July 2021

A Lockheed C-130H Hercules tactical transport belonging to the Philippine Air Force crashed while attempting to land at Jolo Airport on Jolo Island in the nation’s Sulu province on July 4, killing 47 people

Microsoft Flight Simulator

New Norwegian Destination for Microsoft Flight Simulator

5th July 2021

Orbx has announced ENSG Sogndal Haukåsen Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.

AN/ARC-238

Rohde & Schwarz to fit Slovak Viper communications

5th July 2021

Rohde & Schwarz will provide the AN/ARC-238 software defined radio for Slovak Air Force F-16 Block 70 aircraft due to be delivered in the coming years.

Airport Lounge

Emirates to reopen first class lounge in Dubai

5th July 2021

The facility in concourse B, is being opened to meet increased demand from premium customers

COVID-19

Fraport receives Covid-19 compensation to support Frankfurt

5th July 2021

The German government is presenting the company with financial aid after continuing operations throughout the first lockdown

Carrier Strike Group 21

Russia teases HMS Queen Elizabeth with MiG-31K, Tu-22M3 deployments

5th July 2021

Russian bombers were training for a maritime war off the coast of Syria in late June, just as HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in the eastern Mediterranean

Boeing E-3 Sentry

US Navy buys RAF E-3D for E-6B training

5th July 2021

An RAF Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1 airborne early warning and control aircraft has been sold to the US Navy for use as an in-flight trainer in support of the Boeing E-6B Mercury programme

ANSP

South Sudan CAA launches integrated airspace system

5th July 2021

Newly established lower airspace will see the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority (SSCAA) collect millions of dollars in revenues yearly through overflight fees to be reinvested in the economy