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Embraer E2 jet becomes the largest aircraft to ever land at London-City Airport

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At 12:01 local time, an Embraer E195-E2 regional jet operated by Helvetic Airways and registered HB-AZI touched down at the airport, simultaneously taking a place in the airports history books. Embraers website states that the E195-E2s regular range, from airfields without London-Citys non-standard steep approach, is 5,500km (3,000nm).

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Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Investigating what caused the tragedy

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Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was one of the worst aviation disasters in modern US history. No emergency had been declared, so Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was being treated as a regular incoming flight. What should have been a routine flight turned into a tragedy after a part of the tail assembly failed. Sadly, though, it was not to be.

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Embraer Executive Jets CCO on the firm’s product strategy 

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Keen to showcase its product range to prospects in the Middle East region, Embraer brought to the show two of its best-selling jets, namely the Phenom 300E and the Praetor 600. Picture: Embraer Friedrich kicked off our conversation with a short introduction about how the Embraer Executive Jets current product range came about.

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The controversial push for AI single-pilot ops: Airbus vs. Pilot associations

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As airlines struggle with pilot shortages and rising operational costs, the concept of single-pilot operations has emerged as a contentious talking point. And bear in mind, if you go to a one-man cockpit, you might as well go to a zero-man cockpit.”

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Air India orders 34 training aircraft for its own flight academy 

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On December 19, 2024, ten days after confirming an additional order for 100 Airbus airliners (90 A320neos and 10 A350s) , Air India announced a new aircraft order, this time for its newly created flight training school. Alongside a massive expansion of its fleet, Air India is also set to ramp up its capacity to train new pilots.

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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

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Even the most automated aircraft, such as the Airbus A350, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and the F-35 military jet, come with such instruments fitted as standard should an electrical failure affect the more modern cockpit display screens. These systems continue to be fitted in many current today. Has automation gone too far?

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Former GlobalX CEO’s new US airline Zoom to operate E-Jets and Airbus A220s  

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The former CEO of Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) has named his new US airline Zoom and confirmed that it will launch using a fleet of E-Jets Ed Wegel, now the head of AVi8 Air Capital, announced in a LinkedIn post that Zoom will take flight using a fleet of Embraer E190 and E195 jets before eventually switching to Airbus A220 aircraft. “We

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