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Added on the 29/09/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
An Air France plane takes off for New York takes off from Roissy airport, near Paris. The United States has lifted access restrictions for people vaccinated against Covid. IMAGES
Europe unveils its next-generation combat jet at the opening of the Paris Air Show in front of defence ministers as well as French president Emmanuel Macron. The new jet is part of a broader push to unify Europe's military might and reduce its reliance on US equipment, and the project will also include drones and cruise missiles. IMAGES
Passengers of Air France Boeing travelling from Paris to Shanghai spent three days in Irkutsk after a mechanical issue caused smoke to fill the cabin. On the next day, the passengers were supposed to fly to China on a backup plane, but the second plane couldn't take off due to the failure in the plane's hydraulic system. The passengers were re-settled in hotels. Another reserve plane arrived in Irkutsk on Tuesday night (23:00 GMT+3) and 282 passengers, as well as 18 cabin crew, successfully departed on Wednesday morning.
Air France-KLM joins other European airlines in warning of the impact of recent militant attacks and political uncertainty, while Airbus takes a 1.4 billion euro hit over its troubled A400M troop plane and A350 jetliner. Laura Frykberg reports on a sector under pressure.
Air Canada joins airlines ruling that two crew members will now have to be in the cockpit at all times in the wake of the Germanwings plane crash. Gavino Garay reports.