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Embraer Sees Requests for Delivery Deferments Due to Virus
Though it has not yet seen order cancellations, Embraer is receiving requests from some customers to defer delivery of aircraft as its businesses feel the effects of the global spread of the Covid-19 virus.
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The Boeing 797 - Here Are The Clues We Have So Far
Like all things at Boeing, the 797 program has had a turbulent year. Less than a year ago the airframe builder was rumored to be announcing a new airframe at the Paris Air Show and now the Boeing 797 plans have been scrapped. What do we know about the 797 and how did we get here?
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Boeing's First 737 MAX 10 Completes Its First Taxi Test
Boeing has just conducted the first taxi test of its Boeing 737 MAX 10. The test was run earlier today in Renton, WA.
Taxi tests are a routine part of an aircraft’s design and certification process. It involves a series of taxi and runway maneuvers, including accelerating down the runway. Taxi tests do not involve becoming airborne.
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Collapsed Flybe tells passengers not to travel to airports
UK airline Flybe has gone into administration, putting 2,000 jobs at risk, after a bid for fresh financial support failed.
The carrier said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on demand for air travel was partly to blame for its collapse.
Its website now advises customers to "not travel to the airport" unless they have arranged an alternative flight.
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Delta Expands Change Fee Waiver To All Flights
In the past several days we’ve seen several of the major airlines, including JetBlue, Alaska, American, United, and Delta, waive change fees on new bookings as a way of drumming up business.
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Starlux Airlines: The Most Poorly Timed Startup Ever?
It’s possible I’m missing something, but I think Starlux Airlines may have just been the most poorly timed airline startup ever, through no fault of their own…
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Coronavirus hits US airlines as United slashes 10% of US flight schedules
United Airlines has slashed its North American flight schedules 10% starting this spring, implemented a hiring freeze, offered staff unpaid leave and postponed some salary increases – all in response to sagging demand from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
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Virus prompts Delta to slash Japan capacity
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has led Delta Air Lines to slash capacity to Japan and delay a plan to launch flights from Seoul to Manila.
The Atlanta-based carrier says it will not operate a previously-planned summer-season flight between Seattle and Osaka, and reduce weekly flights to other Japan cities.
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Coronavirus Patient Takes Three Air New Zealand Flights
A New Zealand mother of two has tested positive for the coronavirus just days after taking three Air New Zealand flights.
The woman, aged in her thirties and living in Auckland with her partner and two teenaged children, flew into Auckland on NZ283 from Singapore on Tuesday, 25 February 2020. The passenger passed through Singapore after a holiday in Northern Italy.
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Aerolíneas Argentinas Will Celebrate Its 70th Anniversary In Style - Here's How
This year, Aerolíneas Argentinas is turning 70 years old. To celebrate it, the carrier launched a new logo and a whole new connectivity plan that will allow it to connect the entire country. Let’s investigate further.
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Delta Won’t Notify Passengers That Were On Coronavirus Flight
A passenger that flew from Milan to Atlanta via Amsterdam on February 22nd has been diagnosed with coronavirus. However, fellow passengers on the Delta Air Lines flight from the capital of the Netherlands have not been informed.
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China Will Offer Airlines Subsidies As Virus Crisis Drags On
In an attempt to reboot the aviation industry and boost the economy, the Chinese government has announced it will provide financial support to airlines. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is hoping to reinvigorate the nation as the coronavirus continues to impact industries. But is this idea as good as it sounds? Perhaps not.
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Virus Fear Effectively Grounds 150 Lufthansa Group Aircraft
The Lufthansa Group estimates that around 150 aircraft are now effectively grounded due to the ongoing coronavirus situation. The news follows a similar announcement last week which only mentioned 23 aircraft.
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How Airlines Are Cleaning Planes Amid The Coronavirus Outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak has triggered a surge of cabin cleaning frenzy among airlines. With measures inspired in equal amounts by public safety and self-preservation, they are now turning to hospital-grade disinfectants to kill any lingering viral particles.
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Berlin's New Airport Is Still On Track To Open In October
Berlin’s new airport will be opening at the end of October 2020. Don’t roll your eyes. This has come from the horse’s mouth. The head of the supervisory board of the Berlin-Brandenburg airport company told a business breakfast in Berlin yesterday that there were still things to do but that the October 31 opening date is locked in.
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Dubai opens new state-of-the-art control centre
Dubai Airports' chairman, His Highness, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, today inaugurated Dubai International Airport's new nerve centre – its state-of-the-art AOCC.
The AOCC, which stands for Airport Operations Control Centre, enables a collaborative approach to managing airport operations by providing information and analyses based on data collated from more than 50 systems fed by seven billion data points.
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Investments higher than earnings – Copenhagen Airport
Copenhagen Airport pulled no punches in its annual report issued today, admitting that it is under pressure, with recent investments of around DKK2 billion a year being "substantially higher" than its earnings.
As a result, its profit before tax fell by 8.7% in 2019 to almost DKK1.3 billion.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss.
Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But, we've never lost an astronaut in flight; we've never had a tragedy like this. And perhaps we've forgotten the courage it took for the crew of the shuttle; but they, the Challenger Seven, were aware of the dangers, but overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly. We mourn seven heroes: Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe. We mourn their loss as a nation together.
For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we're thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy.' They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths. They wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us.
We've grown used to wonders in this century. It's hard to dazzle us. But for twenty-five years the United States space program has been doing just that. We've grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that we've only just begun. We're still pioneers. They, the members of the Challenger crew, were pioneers.
And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle's takeoff. I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them.
I've always had great faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute. We'll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue. I want to add that I wish I could talk to every man and woman who works for NASA or who worked on this mission and tell them: "Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades. And we know of your anguish. We share it."
There's a coincidence today. On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and a historian later said, 'He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it.' Well, today we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake's, complete.
The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.'
Thank you.
- President Ronald Reagan - January 28, 1986
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Place in chronological order which one flew first.
1. Boeing 707
2. Douglas DC-8
3. Convair 880
4. DeHavilland Comet
5. Tupolev 114
