Aviation Plus Mag - Aviation, Airplanes, Airports: News & Reports

Austrian Airlines, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, announced on Thursday that it would invest 200 million euros in Airbus aircraft in order to expand its fleet and better compete with low-cost carriers. Austrian wants to expand its…
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Qatar Airways is starting the year with the release of its "biggest and most cinematic brand campaign to date". Dubbed A World Like Never Before, the campaign is a Hollywood-inspired movie which portrays a family's journey with Qatar…
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Qatar Airways has announced on Wednesday that it has acquired a 5% stake in China Southern Airlines in order to gain access to China's fast-growing market. China, a fast-growing market Air transportation is growing at an extremely fast…
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With the recent announcement of the purchase of 120 Airbus A220s by JetBlue Airways and Moxy (a start-up backed by JetBlue) in December 2018, Airbus has officially sold more than 500 aircraft in 2018. However, on January 3rd 2018, shares of…
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The Airbus Helicopters VSR700 drone demonstrator has demonstrated its first unmanned autonomous flight on board on a Cabri G2 helicopter, at a military airbase in the south of France, according to an Airbus press release. The VSR700…
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London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports have invested 5 millions of pounds in military-grade defense system in order to deal with the risk posed by drones, according to the Financial Times. “While I can’t go into detail about exactly what…
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For Gulfstream, this is the first international delivery of the G500. The all-new G500 earned its U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type and production certificates in July 2018 and entered service in September 2018. The Qatar…
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Although for a long time Africa did not have a great deal of coverage by major airlines, this is now changing. Many airlines are rapidly expanding their services to Africa and within the continent, flying to more countries and more…
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According to information from French newspaper Les Echos, Air France plans to reduce its fleet of A380s. Benjamin Smith, currently managing director of Air France-KLM and interim managing director of Air France, has made the decision not to…
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It's been 11 years since Qatar Airways first landed a plane in New York City. Qatar Airways's first flight to the US landed in JFK on June 28, 2007, which was followed by service to Washington D.C., the following month. To celebrate, the…
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