Aviation Explained
XL Airways was destined to fail
As XL Airways stops selling tickets due to "financial difficulties", the destiny was already written in the st...
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Defense
BREAKING | Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashes in western France
A Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashed near Pluvigner, western France. The two pilots managed to eject. The falling aircra...
Civil Aviation
Aigle Azur: 14 takeover offers, 13,000 passengers still stranded
At least fourteen offers to take over Aigle Azur were submitted before the deadline on September 9, 2019. As expected, o...
Civil Aviation
Passengers stranded after Aigle Azur ceases operations
Aigle Azur will stop its operations from the evening of September 6, 2019. The second biggest French airline, which decl...
Civil Aviation
Coup at Aigle Azur: the CEO strikes back
After being evicted at the beginning of the week to be replaced by a duo composed of a shareholder and one of the co-fou...
Civil Aviation
BEA calls for witnesses into Swiss A220 engine loss incident
The French authority is calling for public help to find and identify Pratt & Whitney PW1524 engine parts that disint...
Defense
French waterbomber crashes during forest fire, one pilot dead
A Grumman S2F Tracker of the French Civil Security crashed near Générac, France, during an intervention on...
Airports
EU orders Ryanair to return €8.5 million to France
The European Commission ordered the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair to return to France €8.5 million of illegal aid...
Defense
France to establish its own Space Force
A day before the 14th of July national celebrations, President of France Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a spa...
Civil Aviation
France to introduce a “green tax” on aviation
The French government will implement an eco-tax of 1.50 to 18 euros on air tickets from 2020. The tax will be applied to...
