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Accidents/Incidents

Air Traffic Controller Behind Belarus Ryanair Diversion Goes Missing
In May, the government of Belarus made global headlines for forcing a Ryanair plane bound from Greece to Lithuania to divert to Belarus. While it was claimed that a bomb threat was called in for the flight, in reality it seems like there was another motive.
Well, there’s now an interesting update regarding one of the main characters in this story.
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Commercial

Official: Airbus confirmed A350 freighter development
On July 29, 2021, the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced that the board has approved the development of a freighter version of its Airbus A350 passenger aircraft.
“Furthermore and following Board approval, we are enhancing our product line with an A350 freighter derivative, responding to customer feedback for increased competition and efficiency in this market segment,” said Airbus Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury.
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Aircraft reactivation: has how we store aircraft changed?
The operational ecosystem of a commercial aircraft relies on its near-continual use.
The average lifetime of a jet can span anywhere between 20 to 30 years, where it will experience up to 50000 flight hours and approximately 75000 pressurization cycles before operational fatigue begins and the aircraft is eventually retired.
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Airbus expects to deliver 600 aircraft in 2021
On July 29, 2021, the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced it was expecting to deliver more than 600 commercial aircraft by the end of 2021. The positive outlook comes after reporting a “strong performance” in the first half of 2021.
“Although the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the numerous actions taken by the teams have delivered a strong H1 performance,” said Airbus Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury. “This enables us to raise our 2021 guidance although we continue to face an unpredictable environment.”
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Airlines

Air Canada Rouge to launch two new connections to Florida and more frequent flights to Mexico and the Dominican Republic from Quebec City
Air Canada has announced two new winter services departing from Quebec City-Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB): Orlando and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, two very popular sun destinations in Florida, highly favored by Quebecers. Flights to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood will start on November 19 and flights to Orlando on December 17. Starting December 4, Air Canada will also be offering more flights to Punta Cana and Cancun.
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American Airlines partners with JetSMART in Argentina and Chile
American Airlines and JetSMART have signed a letter of intent to create the broadest network and most rewarding customer offering in the Americas. This proposed partnership would uniquely tie together the full-service, global presence of American with the complementary network of ultra-low-cost carrier JetSMART in South America to offer competitive fares and expanded travel options for flyers throughout North and South America.
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Alitalia Cargo lifts 1 million vaccine doses from Italy to El Salvador
Alitalia Boeing 777 cargo flight landed in San Salvador, El Salvador at 1:55 pm on July 26, 2021 with one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China.
Alitalia flight number AZ9460 operated by Boeing 777-243ER EI-DDH. It returned as AZ9461 the following day to Milan Malpensa.
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Condor orders seven A330neos
The German-based charter airline Condor has ordered seven Airbus A330-900s and plans to lease nine more to replace its current long-haul fleet.
Condor intends to use the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines for their new fleet replacement to operate routes including America, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.
The airline already operates a fleet of Airbus A320s and will start receiving the A330s from 2022.
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SIA narrows loss on robust cargo performance
Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) narrowed financial loss on robust cargo performance in the first quarter of 2021. However, the prospects of swinging into profit remain dimmed, as the airline's passenger load factor grew by 4.6% and reached 14.8% for the first quarter of 2021.
SIA narrowed a net loss to $409 million in Q1 2021, an improvement of $714 million against Q1 2020. This was driven by a strong cargo performance as well as “the absence of non-cash impairment charges relating to the liquidation of NokScoot”.
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Avelo to add four new destinations from Hollywood/Burbank
Avelo Airlines continues its adjustments to its route map.
Today the airline made this announcement:
Avelo Airlines is expanding its service from Los Angeles with nonstop flights to four new destinations: Monterey, California; Fort Collins–Loveland, Colorado (below); and Provo and St. George, Utah.
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Russia’s S7 Airlines to launch a new low-cost carrier
The second largest airline in Russia, S7 Airlines, announced a plan to launch a new budget airline in the market that is known to be underpenetrated by low-cost carriers (LCCs). The maiden flight of the new Russian lowcoster is scheduled for July 2022.
The airline’s fleet will entirely consist of Airbus A320neo aircraft. In the first three years, Russia's low-cost newbie plans to increase its fleet by taking deliveries of six or eight aircraft annually. By 2024, S7 Airlines' new low-cost arm will have more than 20 aircraft in its fleet.
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Military

UK CAA becomes the country’s space regulator
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) became the country’s space regulator, starting from July 29, 2021.
The authority will be licensing the various UK and international companies that want to operate under a UK space license.
Space companies range from those specializing in commercial spaceflight technologies, satellite construction and operations, traditional vertically launched vehicles, air-launched vehicles, and balloons as well as spaceports, to range service providers.
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Germany considers defense applications of Aurora space plane
The German Defense Ministry awarded the startup Polaris a €250,000 contract to study the application of the Aurora spaceplane for reconnaissance missions.
“Aurora is designed for aircraft-like take-off and landing on conventional runways anywhere in the world, including Germany and Europe, and features global autonomous ferry flight capability for operation base relocation,” Polaris explains. “Aurora offers unique capabilities in addressing various commercial as well as defense-related suborbital/hypersonic mission scenarios, with a payload capacity of several tons.”
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Aviation Quote

It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed. Otherwise we shall come into control of an utterly ruined land . . . The destruction of Dresden remains a serious query against the conduct of Allied bombing . . . I feel the need for more precise concentration upon military objectives, such as oil and communications behind the immediate battle-zone, rather than on mere acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive.

- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, memo to Charles Portal, Chief of the Air Staff and the Chiefs of Staff Committee, 28 March 1945. Under pressure from Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris, Portal and others, Churchill withdrew his memo and issued a new one on 1 April 1945 omitting the words "acts of terror."


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