Dassault Aviation has flown the second flight-test Falcon 6X, with the new twinjet making a 2h sortie from the airframer’s Merignac production site near Bordeaux on 30 April. Dassault Aviation has flown the second flight-test Falcon 6X, with the new twinjet making a 2h sortie from the airframer’s Merignac production site near Bordeaux on 30 April. During the flight, the ultra-wide-cabin jet reached an altitude of 40,000ft and a cruise...Continue Reading
Philippine Airlines has informed its lessors of a plan to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the USA by the end of May, three people with knowledge of the matter tell Cirium. Philippine Airlines has informed its lessors of a plan to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the USA by the end of May, three people with knowledge of the matter tell Cirium. “They are going to file before...Continue Reading
Cairo has ordered 30 additional Dassault Rafale fighters, in a follow up to a previous acquisition of 24 examples. Cairo has ordered 30 additional Dassault Rafale fighters, in a follow up to a previous acquisition of 24 examples. The 30 new Rafales will be funded through a loan with a tenure of ten years, discloses Egypt’s defence ministry. Source: Anthony Pecchi/Dassault A French air force Rafale The ministry lauds the...Continue Reading
The US Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22 stealth fighters passed data to one another using a communications gateway aboard a U-2 spyplane. The US Air Force’s (USAF) Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22 stealth fighters passed data to one another using a communications gateway aboard a U-2 spyplane. The F-35’s Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) and the F-22’s Intra-Flight Data Link are incompatible, so the two aircraft types cannot...Continue Reading
US airlines have joined almost 50 other aviation and travel organisations, appealing to the governments of the USA and UK to open up a travel corridor between the two countries “as soon as safely possible”. US airlines have joined almost 50 other aviation and travel organisations, appealing to the governments of the USA and UK to open up a travel corridor between the two countries “as soon as safely possible”....Continue Reading
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