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Accidents/Incidents

U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III caught fire on the runway
A USAF 437th Airlift Wing Boeing C-17A Globemaster III caught fire on the runway shortly after landing at Joint Base Charleston (JBC) on 9th April.
The transport aircraft, serial number 10-0223, was performing flight RCH351 from Mildenhall RAF Station to Charleston when it experienced a fire in the lefthand wheel bay.
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Airlines

Jet2 suspends all flights through June blaming UK’s travel uncertainty
Jet2 has suspended all holidays until 23 June 2021, blaming the government’s lack of clarity for international travel.
The low-cost leisure airline is the first operator to suspend its flights and holidays in response to the Global Travel Taskforce’s framework.
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LATAM Brazil to replace Airbus A350 fleet with Chilean Boeing 787
As part of its restructuring process, LATAM Airlines Group decided to retire LATAM Brasil’s eleven Airbus A350-900 airliners immediately. It also announced that all international routes to and from Chile would be suspended, allowing its Chilean subsidiary’s Dreamliners to carry out long-haul flights to and from Brasil.
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Korean Air to end Q1 2021 with operating profit
While most airlines are still counting losses, the biggest South Korean air carrier Korean Air is expected to end the first quarter of 2021 with an operating profit.
According to a poll released by Yonhap Infomax, the financial arm of Yonhap News Agency, the South Korea’s top airline is predicted to post an operating profit of 76.6 billion won ($68.3 million) in the first quarter of 2021, compared with a loss of 82.3 billion won ($73.2 million) in the same period of 2020.
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flydubai denies being affected by Boeing 737 MAX electrical issue
On April 11, 2021, the UAE’s flydubai confirmed its 14 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft were not affected by a possible electrical glitch, following Boeing notification to 16 737 MAX operators regarding the potential issue.
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Porter Airlines sets another new start-up date
Porter Airlines is resetting its tentative date for resuming flights to June 21.
“In recent weeks, there has been open discussion by government officials about easing travel restrictions based on expectations that vaccination programs will be well advanced in the U.S. and Canada by early summer,” said Michael Deluce, president and CEO of Porter Airlines.
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French domestic flights under 2:30 hours could be eliminated
The French National Assembly, the lower chamber of Parliament, voted on April 10 to ban domestic flights in France under 2 and a half hours (2:30 hours).
The goal of the bill is to divert short-haul domestic air travel to more energy-efficient train service.
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Breeze Airways is hiring and getting ready to announces its first routes and start-up date
Breeze Airways (Salt Lake City) is in the final stages of preparations before it announces its first routes and start-up date.
Breeze is expected to focus on the Southeast and Northeast United States initially with its first routes.
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easyJet launches new routes from Birmingham this summer to five European beach destinations
easyJet and easyJet holidays have announced the launch of new routes and holidays from Birmingham Airport for this summer.
Starting from June 29, 2021, flights and holidays will take off from Birmingham Airport to the popular beach destinations of Majorca, Málaga and Alicante in Spain, Faro in Portugal, and Corfu in Greece.
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Flyr to launch operations on June 30
Flyr (Oslo), the new Norwegian carrier, has announced it will launch scheduled passengers in Norway on June 30, 2021.
The first route will be between Oslo and Tromsø with Boeing 737-800s.
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Airports

VINCI Airports awarded 30-year concession for seven Brazilian airports
Upon completion of a call for tenders initiated by ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil), VINCI Airports has been awarded a 30-year concession for seven airports in the north region of Brazil: Manaus, Porto Velho, Rio Branco, Bao Vista, Cruzeiro do Sul, Tabatinga and Téfé.
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Gatwick Airport introduces South Terminal forecourt charge
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) has announced that, from 12 April 2021, a £5 charge for vehicles dropping off passengers directly outside of its South Terminal will be introduced and will apply to all vehicles, except for passengers holding a Blue Badge and staff employed on the airport campus.
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Military / Space

Sixty years ago Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space
Exactly sixty years ago, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history by becoming the first human in space.
On the morning of April 12, 1961, the 27-year-old former fighter pilot Yuri Gagarin climbed in his Vostok vessel on top of an R-7 rocket, initially developed as an intercontinental ballistic missile, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan. He began his mission with a cheerful "here we go,” before taking off. The mission had been kept a complete secret, even to Gagarin’s family, as many did not believe in his survival.
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Boeing starts assembling Norway’s first P-8A Poseidon aircraft
Boeing announced it had started the first phase of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft assembly process, a move that marked a major milestone in the production of the first of five Poseidons for the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
According to Boeing, the fuselage of Norway’s first ever P-8A aircraft arrived at Boeing facilities in Renton, Washington from Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas on April 12, 2021.
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NASA delays first Mars helicopter flight
The first flight of Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars helicopter, was rescheduled to make time for troubleshooting.
The delay was announced on April 10, 2021, just a day before the planned takeoff. NASA now hopes to take the aircraft to the Martian skies no earlier than April 14.
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Aviation Quote

“I think it's dumb as hell, for Christ's sake all right, to sit here and pound the shit out of each other and neither one of us making a fvcking dime.
Well —
I mean, goddamn! What the fvck is the point of it?
Nobody asked American to serve Harlingen. Nobody asked American to serve Kansas City. . . . If you're going to overlay every route of American's on top of every route that Braniff has, I can't just sit here and allow you to bury us without giving you our best effort.
Oh sure, but Eastern and Delta do the same thing in Atlanta and have for years.
Do you have a suggestion for me?
Yes, I have a suggestion for you. Raise your goddamn fares twenty percent. I'll raise mine the next morning. You'll make more money and I will too.
Robert, we can't talk about pricing.
Oh, bullshit, Howard. We can talk about any goddamn thing we want to talk about.”


- Robert L. Crandall and Howard Putnam, from United States v. American Airlines Inc. and Robert L. Crandall, U.S. District Court, CA383-0325D.


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