Aircraft

FILED - 08 April 2020, Frankfurt_Main: A flight attendant and passengers are seen wearing face masks after landing by Lufthansa's Boeing 747 at Frankfurt Airport. The EU has announced the relaxing of anti-Covid measures for air travellers, dropping the recommendation to wear masks in airports and on aircraft from Monday, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the EU health authority ECDC said Wednesday. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

EU drops recommendation to wear masks on planes

The Nomad Today 5/11/22

For passengers and crew members, the move represented a big step towards normalizing air travel, said EASA chief Patrick Ky

17 March 2022, Ukraine, Kiev: Smoke rises over a former shopping centre believed to have been used as a weapons depot by the Ukrainian military after a Russian attack. Photo: Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Russian forces destroy aircraft repair facility near Lviv airport

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/18/22

The airport itself was not directly struck

World

DEFENCE

Germany wants to buy F-35 stealth military jets

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/14/22

The aircraft from US manufacturer Lockheed Martin are to be procured as the successor model to the Tornado fleet introduced more than 40 years ago

23 February 2022, Rhineland-Palatinate, Spangdahlem: A US F-35 jet fighter flies over Germany's Eifel mountain range. The US Armed Forces have already transferred stealth fighter jets to Spangdahlem Air Base a few days ago. Photo: Harald Tittel/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Poland denies reports it plans to provide Ukraine with aircraft

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/7/22

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, however, said his country is working with Poland so the Polish side can provide Ukrainians with planes they are familiar with and receive US aircraft…

FILED - 16 February 2019, Munich: Former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks on the second day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. US President Joe Biden has signed a memorandum to provide up to $600 million in "immediate military assistance" to Ukraine. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

US shutting airspace to Russian aircraft over Ukraine invasion

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/2/22

The move follows similar measures imposed by the European Union and Canada

FILED - 16 March 2020, Brandenburg, Berlin: A Boeing 737-800 of the Russian Airlines Aeroflot takes off from Berlin-Brandenburg airport. Germany's Transport Ministry confirmed that the country would close its airspace to Russian flights from 1400 GMT, for the next three months following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

EU shuts airspace to Russian aircraft, bans 'Kremlin's media machine'

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/28/22

European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen referred to RT and Sputnik as "the Kremlin's media machine" and said they were being used to spread Russian President Vladimir Putin's lies to…

15 February 2022, Spain, Vilanova D'alcolea: The five Ukrainian Boeign 737-800 aircraft that landed at Castellon airport in light of the political situation in Ukraine and Russia. Following US warnings of a possible imminent start of war, Ukrainian carrier Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has had aircraft brought out of the country. Photo: Carme Ripollés/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

World

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Ukrainian airline moves planes to Spain following war alert

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/14/22

Previously, the Dutch airline KLM and the air carrier Norwegian had completely suspended flights to Ukraine

Spain

ALARM

Spanish flight evacuated due to bomb threat in La Coruña

The Nomad Today 11/19/21

The Civil Guard took over the investigation

24 May 2021, Berlin: The national flag of Belarus flies in front of the Belarusian embassy in Berlin. The EU has strongly condemned the forced landing of a scheduled flight by Belarusian authorities in Minsk and held out the prospect of sanctions against those responsible. Belarusian authorities dispatched a fighter jet to force a Ryanair flight to divert to Minsk, where Roman Protasevich, a Belarusian journalist and opposition activist, who was on board was then arrested. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa

World

EU leaders weigh Belarus sanctions after forced landing scandal

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/24/21

Governments and officials said the incident was a state "hijacking" of a commercial flight between two EU countries.

HANDOUT - 29 March 2021, United Kingdom, Moray: A Typhhon takes off from the RAF Lossiemouth base on Monday morning to intercept a Russian Tu-142 Bear-F aircraft which was spotted operating near the UK. Photo: Sac Sian Stephens Raf/Ministry of Defence (MoD) via PA Media/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS

NATO intercepts Russian warplanes in 'unusual' level of air activity

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/31/21

Pilots from Norway, Britain, Belgium, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Italy carried out interception manoeuvres.

Finland

ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT

Finns dream of flying with zero emissions

The Nomad Today 6/24/20

Cooperation is intensified to introduce a new generation of electric aircraft in the country.

Finland

Finavia wants electric aircraft to fly on domestic routes by the end of 2020s

The Nomad Today 1/28/20

Members of the Network for Electric Aviation (NEA) meet in Helsinki this week to discuss standardizing infrastructure and developing aircraft technology in the Nordic countries.