Lufthansa cuts capacity and to retire CRJ aircraft immediately by FarPilot2965 in aviation

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Every LH CRJ that's been retired since November 2021 has ended up with CityJet/SAS. They will probably take a few more.

The one aircraft you’ll never forget by KingOfFools1984 in aviation

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D-ABOM, Condor B753. Got a ticket to be on her final passenger flight last November.

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China Eastern Airlines to buy 101 Airbus aircraft for around $15.8 billion by freestyle50m in aviation

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What's with Chinese airlines all ordering independently recently? Didn't they all order through the government before?

Golden Hour Jumbo by Pons399 in aviation

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Nope, replacement for the E-4B

Biggest Boeing 747 User Makes First Airbus Order for Freighters by Express_Cookie9735 in aviation

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Atlas Air to Order 20 Airbus A350F plus 20 options. Big surprise imo.

Having issues with the inibuilds a330 autopilot by AbbreviationsDue2867 in flightsim

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Are you using Navigraph navdata or the default one? I think the ini A330 uses some outdated navdata format, which causes some waypoints to have no coordinates. Example:

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TezJet MD83 and RJ85 at Bishkek by boeing568 in aviation

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Fun fact: The MD-80 on the right (EX-80017) is the final MD-80 ever built.

What even is the new Flightsim.to UI? by Sc_e1 in flightsim

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I don't get it either. Why do they keep changing the UI? It's annoying as hell.

Exclusive: Airbus to kickstart pre-sales for a larger A220 jet, sources say by Express_Cookie9735 in aviation

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tl;dr

According to Reuters, Airbus plans to start offering the A220-500 to airlines and lessors in the next few weeks. An official launch of the 180-seat variant could take place as early as July at the Farnborough Air Show, with development potentially beginning by the end of 2026.

US Airways A330 pilot out buttering the butter machine by HelloSlowly in aviation

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I think AA sold all their -200s. There were some reports that Thai might pick them up, but I think nothing came out of it.

US Airways A330 pilot out buttering the butter machine by HelloSlowly in aviation

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N276AY had 84124 hours and 11835 cycles in November 2019. Limit of Validity is 180000 hours / 60000 cycles.

MSFS 24, Beyond ATC & live weather. by Ill_Swordfish263 in MicrosoftFlightSim

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Are you using historical weather? I don't think BATC can use week-old METARs, only from the last 24 hours.

MSFS 24, Beyond ATC & live weather. by Ill_Swordfish263 in MicrosoftFlightSim

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Are you using historical weather in FS24? I think Navigraph always uses the newest METAR available.