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UK police arrest 27 climate activists over airport protest plans
Jun 28, 2024 (AFP)
Police took "swift" action in a nationwide operation, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. The 27 climate activists were arrested on suspicion of conspi...
NGO denounces rising air freight pollution
Jun 26, 2024 (AFP)
According to Stand Earth, a US-Canadian group, pollution from the air freight sector has increased by 25 percent since 2019. A report by the group fournd that m...
Lufthansa to add environmental charge to fares
Jun 25, 2024 (AFP)
The extra cost will be added to all flights sold and operated by the group departing from EU countries as well as Britain, Norway and Switzerland, it said in a ...
Climate protest targets private jets at UK airport
Jun 20, 2024 (AFP)
Environmental protest group Just Stop Oil claimed US pop star Taylor Swift's private jet had landed at Stansted airport "mere hours earlier". Taylor Swift has a...
UK climate protest targets Taylor Swift plane airfield
Jun 20, 2024 (AFP)
The two activists made it on to the airfield at Stansted airport northeast of London, climate protest group Just Stop Oil said in a statement. Essex Police said...
Ukraine bids farewell to airforce ace of 'Ghosts of Kyiv' fame
Jun 19, 2024 (AFP)
Mourners wept as the coffin -- his airforce colonel's cap placed on top -- left the cathedral for Maidan square, and was carried through the streets of the Ukra...
Ukraine says Russia wants to advance before F-16s arrive
Jun 17, 2024 (AFP)
Russia has been advancing steadily in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk and further south, along sectors of the front that Kyiv has struggled to hold, citing ...
Thales, Spire Global, and ESSP Collaborate on Space-Based Air Traffic Surveillance Service
Jun 17, 2024 (SPX)
Spire will develop the space segment, including system design, building the satellites and payloads, ground control, and data collection. Thales will provide th...
Sweden says Russian bomber violated its airspace
Jun 15, 2024 (AFP)
The incident on Friday occurred three months after the Scandinavian country became a full member of NATO, dropping two centuries of military non-alliance. "On F...
Turkey signs deal with US to buy F-16 warplanes
Jun 13, 2024 (AFP)
"The contract was signed and delegations from both sides are negotiating the details," the ministry sources said. Under the deal, Turkey will get 40 new F-16s a...
Montana ballooning project confirms hypothesis about eclipse effects on atmosphere
Jun 13, 2024 (SPX)
Angela Des Jardins, director of the Montana Space Grant Consortium and an associate professor in the Department of Physics in MSU's College of Letters and Scien...
Russian military jet crashes killing two pilots
Jun 11, 2024 (AFP)
A statement said the Sukhoi-34 jet crashed "in a mountainous zone" and added that there was "no damage on the ground". It did not specify when the accident happ...
Finland says suspects Russia of violating airspace
Jun 10, 2024 (AFP)
The incident comes as relations between the neighbouring countries, who share a 1,340-kilometre (830-mile) border, have become increasingly tense after Finland ...
French Mirage jets to join US F-16 in patchwork Ukraine air force
Jun 07, 2024 (AFP)
President Emmanuel Macron said that France would supply Mirage 2000-5 fighters, which will join the F-16 and Russian-made MIG-29 and Sukhoi models already in se...
France to transfer Mirage-2000 fighter jets to Ukraine: Macron
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
"Tomorrow we will launch a new cooperation and announce the transfer of Mirage 2000-5" fighter jets to Ukraine made by French manufacturer Dassault and train th...
Germany to buy 20 more Eurofighter jets to boost defence
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking at the International Air Show in Berlin, Scholz said the order would be placed before Germany holds its next general elections in 2025. The new jets ar...
Swiss fighter jets switch runway for motorway
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
The usual hum of traffic on the A1 highway was replaced by the din of F/A-18s touching down on the carriageway. A large stretch of the A1 was shut down for 36 h...
Taiwan detects 23 Chinese aircraft around the island
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
China maintains a near-daily military presence around self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. "Since 8:20 am (0020 GMT), we have succe...
Resurgent airlines soar towards passenger, revenue records
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
The International Air Transport Association also said it expected the world's airlines to post $30 billion in net earnings this year, up from its previous estim...
Pilot dies after planes collide at Portugal air show
Jun 02, 2024 (AFP)
"The air force regrets to announce that at 4:05 pm (1505 GMT), at the Beja Air Show, two planes were the victim of an accident during an aerial demonstration" i...
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