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The first of three A350-1000 development aircraft to fly – MSN059 – has landed at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France at 15.00hrs local time after successfully completing its first flight which lasted four hours and 18 minutes.
JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) and The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute completed another series of tests with regard to Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft.
Lufthansa has noted that, for incomprehensible reasons, the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit has announced an additional strike for Thursday.
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has become the first airline in Russia and the seventh in the world to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification for the global transportation of pharma products via its cargo hub in Sheremetyevo, Moscow. The transportation of temperature sensitive pharma shipments is one of ... <a title="AirBridgeCargo Receives IATA CEIV Pharma Certification" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/airbridgecargo-receives-iata-ceiv-pharma-certification/" aria-label="Read more about AirBridgeCargo Receives IATA CEIV Pharma Certification">Read more</a>
Flybe has announced plans to open its first European crew base on 1st February 2017 having secured an agreement with Dusseldorf Airport.
Loganair will take to the air in its own right in Autumn 2017 after nearly quarter of a century flying under franchise arrangements with other airlines.
Lufthansa pilots will go on strike on Wednesday in a long-running pay dispute, their pilot union said, raising the prospects of hundreds of cancellations.
Antonov announced that its An−124−100 joint venture, Ruslan International, formed together with Volga−Dnepr Airlines, will cease operations on December 31.
On 19 December 2016, Lufthansa will receive its first A350-900. The new aircraft will be based at Lufthansa’s Munich Hub.
Lufthansa Cargo is reorganising their sales structure.