Lilium, a German start-up with Silicon Valley-scale ambitions to develop a 5-passenger “flying taxi”, has raised a second, $90 million round of financing from top tech investors, as the race to to make electric-powered flying an every day event, hots up. Kate King reports. Continue reading
Iran expects to get its first new jet within weeks under a multi-billion-dollar deal with Airbus for 100 planes, a senior official said on Monday, as Tehran and Western firms race to reopen trade
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The Airbus E-Fan becomes the first twin-engine electric plane to cross the English Channel after completing its maiden flight between Lydd in Kent and Calais in northern France.
LE BOURGET, PARIS, FRANCE / YUMA PROVING GROUND IN ARIZONA, UNITED STATES (REUTERS / TEXTRON) – Military flypasts are a highlight of the Paris Airshow.
The Rafale jet fighter wowed the crowds with an acrobatic display.
It’s the best jet of its kind, says Eric Trappier, CEO of Dassault, which made it.
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Amateur video purports to shows thick black smoke rising from military plane crash site outside Seville airport in Spain.
France’s public prosecutor says the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings plane deliberately downed the aircraft, but was not wanted as a terrorist.
While Facebook page the co-pilot from the Airbus A320 crash has been taken off the Internet, the flight club he was a member of shows black ribbon as tribute to Lubitz.
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(Next Media Online) – The Airbus A320 is one of the most prevalent jetliners in Europe’s aerospace industry, transporting more than a million people a day, according to Reuters.
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FRANKFURT, GERMANY (LUFTHANSA) – An Airbus operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote area of southern France on Tuesday and all 148 on board were feared dead.
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