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Taiwan’s STARLUX Airlines orders an additional five A350F freighters

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Airbus has announced that STARLUX Airlines of Taiwan has placed a firm order with the European-based planemaker for an additional five A350F freighters. All of the ten freighters on order will be operated by the company’s dedicated freight division, STARLUX Cargo, on some of the worlds busiest freight routes, according to the carrier.

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London-Heathrow ends busiest-ever year in 2024 with record-breaking December

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Ceri Breeze / Shutterstock In terms of cargo, Heathrow handled almost 138,000 tonnes of cargo passed through the airport, culminating in a total of over 1.5 In 2025, our journey towards better value for our customers will continue by investing in the kind of facilities our passengers and airlines are looking for.

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Turkish Airlines orders four Boeing 777Fs in response to growing global demand

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Turkish Airlines has placed an order with Boeing for four 777 Freighters with the airline citing a growing global demand for cargo services as the catalyst. Turkish Airlines’ acquisition of four more Boeing 777 Freighters will see the aircraft type’s numbers triple from eight to 12 in the near future.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket breaks up upon ascent, cargo of Starlink satellites lost 

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Approximately one hour after the Falcon 9 had lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States, on the night of the launch, the rocket’s second-stage booster failed to reignite, which led to the loss of the rocket and its payload of 20 Starlink satellites.

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From albatrosses to slimy eels: Aircraft design and concepts inspired by nature 

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But when in October 2024, SWISS became the first to fly a Boeing 777-300ER covered with the new film it was sharks, and specifically their skin, that the airline industry had to thank. This was followed in May 2024, when SWISS announced that it was the first airline to equip an entire fleet of Boeing 777-300ER with the shark skin technology.

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‘Something will definitely change.’ Steven Udvar-Házy on the aircraft market   

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By 2024, nearly half of the worlds airliner fleet belongs to leasing companies, which place large aircraft orders and then rent them out to airlines, providing capacity flexibility to operators and lowering the barriers of entry to new market entrants. You [have] got to create a whole global airline product support network.

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KLM operates sustainable Amsterdam to Singapore flight for SkyTeam challenge

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This is a program initiated by the SkyTeam Alliance (of which KLM is a member) and challenges member airlines to conduct their operations as efficiently and with as little environmental impact as possible. SkyTeam challenges the participating airlines to conduct regular, commercial flights with as little environmental impact as possible.”

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