Spain signs a deal for three Airbus A330 MRTT tankers
Spain signed a deal to purchase three A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft (MRTT) from Airbus, the company announced…
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Lattitude Hub, formerly Canarian Airways, renames itself Canarian Airways
Lattitude Hub, a Tenerife-based airline, announced the change of its name to Canarian Airways. The company had been…
Spain dismisses rumors of F-35 fighter jet order
The Spanish government denied media reports that it was considering an order of Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter…
Passengers vanish in Palma de Mallorca after unscheduled landing
After forcing an unscheduled landing by faking a medical emergency, around 20 passengers escaped on the island of…
Spain considers an F-35 order. Is the FCAS threatened?
Spain is reportedly considering an order for a total of 50 F-35 stealth fighter jets. The order would…
easyJet adds five aircraft to seasonal bases in Spain, Portugal for summer 2022
easyJet will add five more aircraft to seasonal bases in Malaga (AGP), Palma de Mallorca (PMI) and Faro…
Spanish music festival to use Airbus A330 fuselage as a stage
The fuselage of an old Airbus A330 widebody is set to be resurrected for a new life as…
Swiftair ATR 72-500 suffers collision incident in Madrid
Air Europa’s ATR 72-500 operated by Swiftair with registration EC-MSN suffered a collision-based incident on July 18, 2021,…
Spanish customs helicopter crashes in drug traffickers chase
On the night between July 11 and 12, 2021, a patroller of the Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera, the…
Presidential conference interrupted by fighter jet scramble in Lithuania
The press conference of Lithuanian president Gitanas Nauseda and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at Siauliai airbase was…
France, Germany, Spain finally reach agreement on FCAS demonstrator
The Defense Ministers of France, Germany, and Spain announced they reached an agreement regarding the Phase 1B of…
Morocco suspends flights to and from France and Spain
In the face of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Moroccan authorities decided to suspend flights to and from France…
Airbus Spain enters Future Combat Air System program
Spain made its official entry into the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program on December 9, 2020. Airbus…
Indra to lead FCAS new generation sensors design
The Spanish defense electronics group Indra supported by its French partner Thales and the German consortium FCMS received…
British Airways Boeing 747 catches fire at Castellón Airport
A decommissioned British Airways Boeing 747 stored at Castellón Airport (CDT), in Spain suffered extensive damage after a…
Despite governmental aid, Air Europa to follow Norwegian’s fate?
After receiving €475 million rescue package from the government, Spanish carrier Air Europa might face a discontinuation of…
A320 flies without engine covers after crew forgets to latch them
On November 8, 2018, Vueling Airbus A320-200 (registered as EC-MDZ) took off from Bilbao, Spain (BIO). Right after…
Close but no crash: two Ryanair Boeing 737 near-miss above Spain
An incident report, released by the Spanish Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission (CIAIAC), revealed how two…