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The Russian Federation not only retroactively rewrote the plan for the production of airplanes and helicopters, but also showed the state of this industry, which is a marker of the level of the industry as a whole. The fact that things are not as good in Russia as the Kremlin is trying to show is […]
The British company Firefly Green Fuels has developed an innovative aviation fuel made entirely from human waste. The new jet fuel, called Firefly, has been approved by independent regulators who said its quality is virtually indistinguishable from traditional A1 jet fuel. The company worked with experts from Cranfield University to prove that their fuel has […]
On the morning of December 19, Ukraine’s largest passenger aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, was evacuated from Boryspil Airport to Europe. The aircraft with the tail number UR-AZR, owned by Skyline Express (formerly Azur Air Ukraine), has successfully landed at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport in France, which is used as a place for maintenance and long-term storage of […]
China’s BeiDou navigation system has reached an important milestone, gaining international recognition as a global standard for commercial aviation. This recognition marks a major leap forward in satellite navigation technology, positioning BeiDou as a viable alternative to the long-established American Global Positioning System (GPS). A total of 56 positioning satellites in the network BeiDou, completed […]
Russian civilian aircraft will be repaired and maintained in Iran, despite the fact that Tehran is significantly delaying the completion of the work. This was stated by Vice President of the Islamic Republic for Science and Technology Ruhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi, IRNA reports . “Russia has signed several large contracts with Iranian companies that stipulate that […]
Georgia has banned Belarus’ state-owned airline Belavia from flying to its airports using American Boeing aircraft due to US sanctions, the Georgian Civil Aviation Authority said. This is how the Georgian aviation regulator commented on the new sanctions against Belavia announced by the US Treasury Department on August 9. The Georgian Civil Aviation Authority said […]
In 2023 alone, Russian airlines were able to obtain $171 million worth of aircraft parts for foreign planes despite Western sanctions, Russian media reports. The source obtained classified customs statistics, which made it possible to estimate imports to Russia in real time. Four major Russian airlines, Aeroflot, S7 Airlines, Rossiya, and Pobeda, imported $110 million […]
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, during an appearance on the “Breakfast with 1+1” TV show, expressed his opinion on Eurocontrol’s forecast, according to which flights over Ukraine will be restricted until 2029. Kuleba noted that if Ukraine had F-16 fighters, it would have the opportunity to open an airport in Lviv. The minister stated that […]
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said contractors mistakenly deleted files in the pilot notification system. All U.S. domestic flights were grounded last week due to failures in the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) program, a system that notifies pilots of safety-critical conditions at airports and other areas that planes may cross, including everything from […]
Currently, the air activity of the Russian Air Force is low, and the number of attacks on Ukraine has decreased. According to him, due to the ‘claps’, Russia had to disperse long-range strategic aviation aircraft at various airfields where it is possible to service them and where there are runways to use them. Ignat noted […]