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How Coronavirus Could Help With Boeing 787 Engine Issues
The coronavirus outbreak has led to airlines around the world suspending their services to China for the next few months. In the midst of these cancelations, one thing we’ve been wondering about is what the airlines will do with all of these aircraft that would normally be flying.
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Russia & China Target 10% Of The Global Widebody Market With The CRAIC CR929
China and Russia are working in an unlikely partnership on a brand new widebody aircraft for the world. Although first deliveries aren’t expected until at least 2025, the manufacturers, calling themselves jointly CRAIC, are targeting a 10% share of the widebody market globally. Is this even possible?
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These 6 Issues Are Preventing the Boeing 737 MAX From Flying
The Wall Street Journal reported that wiring is a new issue holding up Boeing 737 MAX re-certification. Add it to the list of issues the Federal Aviation Administration, along with its global aviation regulatory peers, is examining in the lengthy process to re-certify the MAX.
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Canada allowed grounded Boeing 737 Max jets to fly — without passengers
Canada has allowed at least 160 flights to criss-cross North America using Boeing 737 Max jets since grounding the fleet for commercial use almost a year ago.
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Airlines

China Southern Massively Cuts International Flights
China Southern Airlines is slashing flights to a wide range of destinations throughout February and March 2020. The service cutbacks are in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
China Southern is Asia’s largest airline and normally has over 2,000 flights a day to some 200 destinations.
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Biman gets 3 Golds at gala award ceremony
State owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines has secured gold in the category of In-flight Meal (Economy class), Most Improved Services in 2019, and On-board Services (Domestic) in the frequent flyer poll to elect the best airlines for 2019 in different categories announced at the gala award ceremony held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka on Friday evening.
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Avianca Launches Internal Airbus Corruption Probe
Avianca Holdings launched an internal corruption probe. They try to find out if a member of the company was involved in the corrupt acts by Airbus. The alleged corruption happened before March 2016.
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Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1000 - A Video Tour
It has nearly been two years since Qatar Airways took delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000. Ahead of the anniversary, the Doha-based airline shared a video of a quick tour of the widebody aircraft.
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WOW Air Could Be About To Make A Sudden Comeback
Is WOW Air making a comeback? A cryptic Facebook post made public in the last hour indicates something is coming soon. But what that ‘something’ is, we’re still not sure of. Could this be the revival of the fallen airline? Or is it a cruel marketing strategy for something else…
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Air Canada Boeing 767 Landing Gear Falls Into Engine
An Air Canada aircraft has been reported to be returning to Madrid after a problem with the landing gear. Reports suggest that the Boeing 767 was heading to Toronto from Madrid when a part of the landing gear came off and fell into the engine. All 128 passengers on board are said to be safe.
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Iberia Adds Brussels As Another Short Haul Airbus A350 Route
This spring and summer Iberia will be deploying its Airbus A350-900 on select short-haul routes for short periods of time. Destinations flown from its Madrid hub include Brussels, Paris Orly, and Rome Fiumicino. As these routes would usually be flown by single-aisle Airbus A320-family aircraft, having the airline’s latest widebody would be quite a treat for passengers.
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Air Belgium To Add More Caribbean Airbus A340 Services
Air Belgium has announced it will be increasing the number of flights on offer from its base at Brussels Charleroi airport to Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. Starting from 20 November 2020, the airline will offer two weekly flights to both Fort-de-France and Pointe-à-Pitre. Currently, it only offers one to each destination.
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Ryanair Poised To Make Another Large Boeing 737 MAX Order
Ryanair is poised to make another big order for the Boeing 737 MAX. However, this time it would be for the larger -10 variant of the aircraft as opposed to the airline’s exclusive -200 variant.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Could Wipe $78M Off Cebu Pacific's Profits
Cebu Pacific expects to take a big hit as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. In an earnings call earlier today, airline management said they expect to lose a total of 3 to 4 billion pesos, equivalent to $58.9 to $78.5 million.
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Aeroflot's First Airbus A350 Completes Its Maiden Flight
Aeroflot’s first Airbus A350 has completed its maiden flight. The aircraft took off from Toulouse at 11:31 local time (10:31 UTC) and flew for 3-hours and 9-minutes before returning to the airport safely.
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Iran Will Stop Sharing Crash Data With Ukraine Following Leak
In the last couple of days, the Ukrainian media has leaked a secret conversation between an Iranian air traffic controller and pilot. The pilot claims he saw a series of lights, similar to a missile, then an explosion. As a result of this being leaked to the public, Iran has today announced it will stop sharing crash data with Ukraine.
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Ryanair Reports Healthy Profits Despite MAX Grounding
Ryanair has reported healthy profits of €88 million ($98 million) for the third quarter of its 2019 financial year. The profits come despite the Boeing 737 MAX grounding necessitating route and base cuts.
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What Plane Could Bulgaria Air Choose For Fleet Modernization?
As spring fast approaches, Bulgaria Air is pondering the next steps it needs to take as a part of its fleet modernization.
According to the Bulgarian national flag carrier’s CEO Yanko Georgiev, a decision on which aircraft Bulgaria Air wants to buy could happen before the summer.
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Here Is How Royal Jordanian Sterilized a 787 Coronavirus Rescue Flight
On February 1st at Amman’s Queen Alia Airport, Royal Jordanian airlines conducted a complete sterilization and disinfection of its Boeing 787 aircraft. The aircraft returned from Wuhan on Saturday morning after being sent to the Chinese city to evacuate Jordanians, Palestinians and Arabs residing there.
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China Eastern Suspends Flights To Honolulu
In the latest move to try and contain the coronavirus outbreak, all direct flights from China to Hawaii have been suspended. Airlines around the world have been suspending their services to China and Hong Kong, and now China Eastern Airlines says that it will suspend flights to Hawaii starting on Monday.
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PHOTOS-Batik Air receives its first A320neo
Batik Air, the full service wing of Indonesia’s Lion Group, marked the arrival of its first A320neo with a ceremony at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. The aircraft is the 46th Airbus aircraft in Batik Air’s fleet that already includes 44 A320 Family Aircraft and one A330-300.
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Airports

TAP Air Portugal Not Interested In New Lisbon Airport
Lisbon needs a second airport. In fact, it’s been desperate for more capacity since about 2018, when the existing airport was proclaimed ‘full’. Airport operator ANA Airports of Portugal has been working on a plan to annex an airbase in neighboring Montijo as an overspill for the city.
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Budapest Airport Partners With Kiwi To Simplify Non-Connected Transfers
Online travel/tech company kiwi.com has partnered with Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to help passengers navigate the airport with a new service called “bud:connects.” The new self-connecting transfer service will help passengers minimize airport connecting time by providing assistance directly at the airport.
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India Adds Thermal Screening For Passengers From Thailand And Singapore
India will start thermal screening of all incoming passengers from Thailand and Singapore as it ramps up its response to the coronavirus outbreak. Passengers from Hong Kong and China arriving in India are already being screened.
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Here's How Kathmandu Airport Is Trying To Save Power
Kathmandu’s only international airport has been struggling to meet the demand for electricity in recent times. Apparently, between proper heating of the facilities and operational equipment, there may not enough ‘juice’ to keep everyone happy and avoid outages. This has forced the Nepalese airport to find ways of becoming more efficient and less wasteful when it comes to power.
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US Restricts Passengers Arriving From China To Just 7 Airports
The United States has restricted arrivals from China to just seven airports. The move comes as the world attempts to restrict the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak.
In the past month, the Coronavirus outbreak, which started in Wuhan, China, has grown into a public health emergency. Now, as governments around the world are evacuating citizens from Wuhan, the US government has responded.
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Military

Vietnam Places Order for Yak-130 Trainers
Vietnam has ordered Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainers, the Moscow-based Vedomosti newspaper has reported. Although this is yet to be confirmed by official sources, none of the Russian governmental establishments involved in the arms trade have refuted the news, which may be taken for a tacit consent.
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F-35As for Poland; More F-16s for Romania
Poland is to sign for the procurement of 32 Lockheed Martin F-35As on January 31, announced the country’s defense minister, Mariusz Blaszcak, on Twitter. The signing is scheduled to take place at the Deblin air base at 3 p.m. local time.
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If it’s ugly, it’s British; if it’s weird, it’s French; and if it’s ugly and weird, it’s Russian.

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Trivia

C-130 Hercules Trivia

1. In what year was the first C-130 flight?
1954
1961
1957
1962

2. Which version of the C-130 is purpose built for landing on ice?
HC-130
SC-130
LC-130
C-130i

3. Which of the following nations uses the C-130 as an aerial tanker for its fighters?
Philippines
Norway
New Zealand
Spain

4. The standard C-130J has how many propeller blades per engine?
6
3
4
8

5. A C-130B model has external fuel tanks located where?
Between the engines
At the wing tips
Outboard of the outboard engines
The C-130B has no external fuel tanks

6. Which of the following is a designation of a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130?
CC-130H
RC-130
C-130C
C.3

7. C-130s have been used in many roles, but which of the following is just a concept?
Float plane
Fire bomber
Drone launch and control
Satellite capsule recovery

8. Which is not a common C-130 nickname?
Herky Bird
Spectre
Provider
Trash Hauler

9. Which aircraft has the most similar capabilities to the transport version of a C-130?
B747
C-160 Transall
C-131
An-2

10. The C-130 has flown many famous missions. In which of the following did the C-130 play the central role?
Operation El Dorado Canyon
Operation Beer Run
Operation Arc Light
Entebbe hostage rescue
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