Dec 21, 2021
Join, Carlos, Nev, and Matt for this week's programme.
In this week's show IAG is in trouble with the Competitions
Watchdog, the concerns from an Aviation Coalition over 5G wireless
networks rumble on and there's good news for the UK aviation
industry from an unlikely source across the English Channel.
In the military there is a lot of grey.
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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :
COMMERCIAL
IAG competition remedies for Air Europa acquisition were
inadequate
https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/iag-competition-remedies-for-air-europa-acquisition-were-inadequate-commission/146872.article
Singapore Airlines selects the world’s newest freighter - the
A350F
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-12-singapore-airlines-selects-the-worlds-newest-freighter-the-a350f
Airbus delivers last-ever A380 superjumbo aircraft
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1537354/airbus-a380-final-aircraft-delivered-superjumbo-aeroplane-emirates-aviation-toulouse-wales
US aviation coalition warns of flight cancellations due to ‘5G’
wireless
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/us-aviation-coalition-warns-of-flight-cancellations-due-to-5g-wireless/146833.article
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/11/05/5g-no-threat-uk-aircraft-safety-watchdog-insists/
Qantas to operate London flights with sustainable aviation fuel
https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/qantas-to-operate-london-flights-with-sustainable-aviation-fuel/146818.article
Airbus beats Boeing to Air France-KLM order
https://ukaviation.news/airbus-beats-boeing-air-france-klm-order/
Heathrow airfares to rise as CAA confirms interim price cap
https://www.cityam.com/uk-aviation-authority-confirms-heathrows-interim-price-cap/
easyJet and Virgin Atlantic sign Worldwide deal
https://ukaviation.news/easyjet-and-virgin-atlantic-sign-worldwide-deal/
New careers platform launches to bring new talent into aviation
https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/172571/new-careers-platform-launches-to-bring-new-talent-into-aviation/
Ryanair under fire for Twitter poke at Downing Street
https://ukaviation.news/ryanair-under-fire-for-twitter-poke-at-downing-street/
MILITARY
Black Hawk helicopters offered to UK as Puma replacement
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/black-hawk-helicopters-offered-to-uk-as-puma-replacement/?fbclid=IwAR3HVaLm8LqGQ9AslVSTsTjY7fvTGRTI0y7Q-XikjM5mKZd0rM-pEZZipMs
“UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT” CAUSES RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS TO CHANGE
COURSE
https://thedebrief.org/unidentified-aircraft-causes-russian-commercial-flights-to-change-course/
USAF hits maritime target with cruise missile launched from
C-130
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-hits-maritime-target-with-cruise-missile-launched-from-c-130/146874.article
RAF Typhoon’s First Air-To-Air Kill: Terrorist Drone Shot Down In
Syria
https://theaviationist.com/2021/12/16/raf-typhoons-first-air-to-air-kill/