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Aviation: Boeing 777-9 power-on
Boeing has applied electrical power to the first 777-9 inside the factory in Seattle, just two weeks after it commenced assembly of the...
Aviation: Piaggio goes into administration
One of the world's oldest aircraft manufacturing firms has effectively declared itself insolvent by filing for "special administration"...
Aviation: What next for Emirates and the A380?
Another intriguing A380 story emerged over the weekend. Dubai-based Emirates already has more than 100 of the double-deck leviathans in...
Aviation: UK-Canada bilateral agreed
On November 30, hot on the heals of its deal with the USA, the UK government announced that it had reached a post-Brexit bilateral air...
Aviation: Heritage aircraft operations should continue
Four months ago on a bright but windy day in early August, seventeen passengers and three crew lost their lives when 1935-vintage Junkers...
Aviation: 2,000th Boeing for China
Boeing delivered its 2,000th aircraft to China on the last day of November. Boeing 737 MAX8 B-1136 was handed over to Xiamen Airlines...
Aviation: Europe's low-fares map changing again?
Lifeline for WOW? Not too long after The Aviation Oracle posted yesterday's piece about WOW air’s troubles and Icelandair walking away...
Aviation: Airbus counters Boeing NMA
Over the last couple of years, a great deal has been said about Boeing developing an aircraft variously referred to as the 'New Midsize...
Aviation: UK-US post-Brexit bilateral agreed
Some good news today on the Brexit front as far as commercial aviation is concerned. On November 27 the UK and the US completed...
Aviation: The rise and decline of an Icelandic airline
Just over six years ago a new airline took off from Iceland and was soon wowing the travelling public with its ultra-low fares and lurid...
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