The head of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has taken the unusual step of criticising Iran’s conclusions into the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752.  The head of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has taken the unusual step of criticising Iran’s conclusions into the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight...Continue Reading

Air China has disclosed plans to acquire 18 Airbus A320neos from GECAS subsidiaray AFS Investments. Air China has disclosed plans to acquire 18 Airbus A320neos from GECAS subsidiaray AFS Investments. The deal, announced by the Star Alliance carrier in a stock market statement today, covers five A320neos and 13 A321neos. Source: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock Airbus will...Continue Reading

Judicial investigators carried out a simulation of the air defence system error which, according to an Iranian inquiry, led to the missile launch that destroyed a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 over Tehran. Two air defence units were placed at the same location as the one involved in the shootdown on 8 January last year,...Continue Reading

State-owned aerospace and defence company hits $4.18 billion in sales as it finishes 2020 firmly in the black. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today appeared to buck the crisis by reporting record revenues and net profits for 2020. It follows, what its chairman calls, “a 180-degree transformation” that began before the pandemic. Source: IAI The state-owned...Continue Reading

The Philippine government is set to limit passenger arrivals to the country’s main international gateway for one month, as part of restrictions to clamp down on a spike of Covid-19 infections that began early this month. Authorities will impose a cap of 1,500 passenger arrivals per day on international flights to Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International...Continue Reading

The UK plans to buy the Aerovironment Switchblade loitering munition, in what appears to be the first purchase of the US-made weapon by a foreign country. The UK plans to buy the Aerovironment Switchblade loitering munition, in what appears to be the first purchase of the US-made weapon by a foreign country. The sale was...Continue Reading

The US Army has validated the Rafael Spike Non Line Of Sight (NLOS) missile as an interim long-range weapon for its Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. The US Army has validated the Rafael Spike Non Line Of Sight (NLOS) missile as an interim long-range weapon for its Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. The service says...Continue Reading

Ukrainian authorities submitted dozens of comments to Iranian investigators, many highly critical, regarding multiple aspects of the inquiry into last year’s fatal missile attack on a Boeing 737-800 shortly after take-off from Tehran. The Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation has formally attributed the destruction of flight PS752 to the misidentification of the jet as a hostile...Continue Reading

US airlines have added some 250 passenger aircraft to their active-service fleets in recent months, moving jets out of storage and taking delivery of new aircraft as travel demand seems to be rebounding. US airlines have added some 250 passenger aircraft to their active-service fleets in recent months, moving jets out of storage and taking...Continue Reading

US Air Force (USAF) bombers are touching down in new places. In February, for the first time in history, the Boeing B-1B Lancer bomber landed in India. Then, in March, the supersonic jet deployed for the first time from a Norwegian air base. Just this week the variable-sweep bomber landed in Poland for the first time...Continue Reading