American Airlines says that it plans to fly 90% of its normal domestic seat capacity and 80% of its international capacity during the summer season as customers begin to return to air travel in greater numbers after the beginning of the coronavirus health crisis. American Airlines says that it plans to fly 90% of its normal domestic seat capacity and 80% of its international capacity during the summer season as...Continue Reading
The US Air Force claims that it achieved the longest known air-to-air missile shot in March 2021. The US Air Force (USAF) claims that it achieved the longest known air-to-air missile shot in March 2021. As part of a test, a Boeing F-15C Eagle fired a Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a BQM-167 subscale target drone and achieved a “kill”, the service says on 14 April. The...Continue Reading
French investigators have found that an Air Canada Boeing 777-300ER’s parking-brake had not been applied before one of the individuals in a pushback tractor was injured as he worked to disconnect the towbar. The individual was a driver instructor and was training a tractor driver at the time of the event, which occurred at Paris Charles de Gaulle on 24 July 2019. As the aircraft was pushed back from stand...Continue Reading
Despite orders for dozens more KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tankers in recent months, Boeing only delivered two examples of the aircraft in the first quarter of 2021. Despite receiving orders for dozens more KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tankers in recent months, Boeing only delivered two of the aircraft in the first quarter of 2021. The first quarter was the second-slowest KC-46A delivery pace by Boeing since the second quarter...Continue Reading
Russia’s United Engine has completed manufacturing work on the primary components of a prototype Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplant. The PD-8 is a lower-thrust variant of a family which centres on the PD-14 designed for the Irkut MC-21-310. It is intended for eventual use on the Sukhoi Superjet 100 as a fully-domestic alternative to the PowerJet SaM146. The SaM146 is jointly produced by French and Russian firms, with Safran responsible for the...Continue Reading
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