Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
A British Airways captain is reportedly on paid sick leave after stepping in during an incident in which a packed Airbus A320 went into a stall over central London. The reported trigger was a failure of an on-board system, prompting a near-stall situation requiring immediate crew intervention.
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The Scottish Government has signed a one-year, seven-figure contract with Planet Labs for agricultural imagery data, sourced through Computacenter as a reseller. The deal expands the use of commercial Earth observation data to support regional agricultural-related decision-making and monitoring.
A British Airways captain is reportedly on paid sick leave after stepping in during an incident in which a packed Airbus A320 went into a stall over central London. The reported trigger was a failure of an on-board system, prompting a near-stall situation requiring immediate crew intervention.
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Condor will expand its North American network with a new nonstop service between Frankfurt (FRA) and Chicago O’Hare (ORD) starting May 14, 2027. The seasonal route will operate daily and be flown with the Airbus A330neo.
Montenegro has issued a €5.5 million PSO tender aimed at improving connectivity with the European Union. The procurement signals an intervention to support specific routes or services where market supply is deemed insufficient.
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says he sees “good hope” for additional A400M tactical airlifter orders through a currently seven-nation NATO initiative to cooperate on combined operations. Airbus officials expect the pooled A400M plan to translate into incremental procurement among participating allies.
MTU Aero Engines CEO Johannes Bussmann cautioned that differing French and German fighter aircraft requirements could put at risk the company’s engine partnership with Safran, following the collapse of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program.
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At Farnborough, the UK and EU reinforced next-generation defense spending alongside a visible shift toward uncrewed and autonomous concepts. The EU released an additional €3.47 billion for Ukraine hardware including Saab Gripen, while the UK committed £8.6 billion to GCAP and released £8.4 billion for Dreadnought CASD, as uncrewed CCA/wingmen and surveillance drones took center stage.
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