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Fewer layovers, better-connected airports, more firm growth
Jan 07, 2026 (MIT)
Looking at air travel and multinational firm formation over a 30-year period, the researchers measured how much a strong network of airline connections matters ...
Taiwan launches search for fighter jet pilot
Jan 06, 2026 (AFP)
The single-seat aircraft took off at 6:17 pm local time (1017 GMT) from Hualien Air Base in eastern Taiwan, the Air Force said in a statement. "At 7:29 pm, the ...
Turkey's Erdogan hails 2.6 bln euro jet deal with Spain
Jan 03, 2026 (AFP)
Under the deal, signed this week, the Spanish Air Force will acquire 30 HURJET aircraft from Turkey in a contract valued at around 2.6 billion euros, according ...
NASA and Boeing advance control strategies for flexible long span airliner wings
Jan 01, 2026 (SPX)
Those high aspect ratio wings promise lower drag and better efficiency, but their increased flexibility introduces structural and control challenges that engine...
Berlin says decision postponed on European fighter jet
Dec 31, 2025 (AFP)
The Future Combat Aircraft System (FCAS) programme was launched in 2017 to replace France's Rafale jet and the Eurofighter planes used by Germany and Spain. But...
Germany asked to help in Libyan army chief plane crash probe
Dec 30, 2025 (AFP)
In a statement sent to AFP, the Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) said it had "received a request asking whether the BFU could assist in r...
Chinese leasing firm CALC orders 30 Airbus A320neo planes
Dec 30, 2025 (AFP)
The firm order, the fifth that CALC has placed with Airbus, brings the total number of aircraft it has ordered from the European aircraft manufacturer to 282, i...
Denmark to buy US patrol planes despite Greenland rift
Dec 29, 2025 (AFP)
The State Department said it approved a request from Denmark to buy the P-8A patrol and reconnaissance system from Boeing, which will include up to three aircra...
Trump still eyes Turkey jet deal despite Israel objections
Dec 29, 2025 (AFP)
"We're thinking about it very seriously," Trump said when asked about an F-35 deal for Turkey as he met Netanyahu at the US leader's Florida club. The United St...
Two French crew died in crash that killed Libyan army chief
Dec 26, 2025 (AFP)
The crash, which occurred on Tuesday minutes after take-off from Ankara, killed Lieutenant General Mohammed al-Haddad, the chief of staff of Libya's army under ...
First EU airline flight in 35 years lands in Baghdad
Dec 16, 2025 (AFP)
In a statement, the ministry said the arrival signalled "Iraq's return to the European aviation map" and ushered in "a new phase of recovery for Iraq's aviation...
German MP urges split with France on fighter jet project
Dec 16, 2025 (AFP)
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a joint Franco-German-Spanish effort to replace the Rafale and Eurofighter jets, has stalled amid disputes between aerospac...
New US presidential planes delayed again until 2028
Dec 14, 2025 (AFP)
According to an updated timeline by the US Air Force, the first of two new specially equipped Boeing 747-8 aircraft, known as the VC-25B, will not enter service...
US flew bombers, fighters and drones along Venezuela coast
Dec 12, 2025 (AFP)
Washington has amassed a huge flotilla of warships in the Caribbean as part of what it bills as counter-narcotics efforts, and has since September carried out s...
Son of MH370 flight victim seeks answers after 11 years
Dec 12, 2025 (AFP)
Jiang Cuiyun, then a 72-year-old retiree, was one of 239 people aboard flight MH370 when it vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lu...
Cost overruns push Swiss to buy fewer F-35s
Dec 12, 2025 (AFP)
The Swiss people approved by a very narrow majority to spend six billion Swiss francs ($7.5 billion) to modernise the Alpine nation's air force, with the curren...
NASA refines aircraft icing safety modeling with GlennICE software
Dec 12, 2025 (SPX)
When aircraft fly in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets in the air can strike the airframe, accumulate as ice, and create safety risks if ...
South Korea, Japan protest over China, Russia aircraft incursions
Dec 10, 2025 (AFP)
South Korea said it had lodged a protest with representatives of China and Russia, while Japan said it had conveyed its "serious concerns" over national securit...
Crew killed in Sudan army plane crash; Russia says no survivors in cargo plane crash
Dec 09, 2025 (AFP)
The Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane went down as it attempted to land at the Osman Digna Air Base in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan after experiencing a "technical m...
South Korea scrambles jets after Russian, Chinese planes approach
Dec 09, 2025 (AFP)
The Russian and Chinese aircraft entered the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) around 10 am local time (0100 GMT), Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff sai...
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