The airplane was handled by turn by three crews. The newest American flying tanker Boeing KC-46A Pegasus made record non-stop flight: it flew 16000 miles (25749 kilometers. For reference: circumference of the Earth is 40000 kilometers). Taking into account that standard practical range of these airplanes makes about 12000 kilometers. As it is informed, one of the airplanes KC-46A Pegasus that is operated as part…
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About 350 members of ground handling personnel of the biggest London airport Heathrow started 3 days strike on November 18th, claiming increase of the salary against record increase of the life cost, TV channel Sky News informed. “Ground personnel in Heathrow announced 72-hours strike as protestation against low salary. About 350 employees started protest campaign from 4 a.m. on Friday”, – Sky News message says….
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Flying hotel Sky Cruise will be able to stay in the sky for years. Sky Cruise is flying hotel on nuclear power invented by Hashem Al Ghaili, Yemeni engineer who presented his vision of the airplane with artificial intellect capable to transport up to 5000 passengers and fully change industry of the hotels and aviation. Project creator was inspired by paintings of the artist Tony…
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European aerospace corporation Airbus SE in the third quarter increased net profit by 65% – to 667 million euro as compared to 404 million euro for the same period of previous year, press release says. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased by 37% and made 973 million euro. Adjusted EBIT increased by 26% and reached 836 million euro. Income made 13.309 billion euro that…
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To the beginning of 2024 company intends to produce per 65 such airplanes each month. General Electric and Pratt & Whitney finally began to fulfill their obligations in supplying Airbus airplanes with engines. European aerospace corporation Airbus SE plans to ramp up production for popular narrow-body airplanes next year despite existing problems with supply chain. In particular company intends to bring up production of A320…
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American holding company United Airlines Holdings, mother structure of United Airlines in the third quarter 2022 got adjusted profit and income higher than market forecasted. Net profit of the company in July-September made 942 million USD or $2.86 per share against $473 million or 1.44 per share one year earlier, report says. Adjusted profit per share was fixed in the level $2.81 against adjusted loss…
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Characteristics of FlyArystan Airbus A320Neo: High-effective HEPA-filters of conditioning system on the board allow to fully change air in the cabin each 2-3 minutes. This guarantees even distribution of the air inside the cabin that allows to avoid air leaks. New elbows with light emitting diode (LED) and integrated seats’ numeration help passenger to find their seats in the cabin easier. New light emitting diodes…
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Swedish start-up Heart Aerospace presented electric airplane ES-30 the board of which can accommodate up to 30 passengers. It will be produced instead of earlier planned for production electric model ES-19. It is quite possible that company was prompted to change plans by its partners that have already announced that they will renews earlier signed contracts. Under full load ES-30 will be able to fly…
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Argentinian low-cost airline company Flybondi decided to use blockchain technology in their operations announcing that they will emit tickets in form of nonfungible tokens (NFT) increasing opportunities of their application. Solution developed by TravelX company that deals with blockchain technology will allow clients to exchange, transmit and sell tickets by changing usernames three days before the flight. Tickets can be paid by USDC and other…
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American Airlines presented premium-class “product” for its fleet of extra long-haul airplanes Airbus A321XLR. New seats that got name Flagship Suite represent mini-apartments with separate door. They will be installed not only on Airbus A321XLR but on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner as well and also, they will appear in Boeing 777-300ER. Apartments are presented with separate cabin, transformable seat (by pressing button it may be converted…
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