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QantasLink Dash 8-Q400 Enters Service After 11-Stop Ferry Flight

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Last Friday, the latest QantasLink De Havilland Dash 8-Q400 (not pictured) to join the fleet operated its first commercial flight in Australia after surviving what may be one of the longest ferry flights on record.

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First Emirates Airbus A350 set to arrive in Dubai as airline takes delivery

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The newest Emirates member will be powered by a blend of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) when the aircraft makes its ferry flight.

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Vintage WW2-era US Navy plane flies from US to UK for series of VE Day events   

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Operated by the Dallas-Fort Worth Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) and based in Lancaster in the US state of Texas, the aircraft arrived at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) airfield at Duxford near Cambridge, UK, on Monday, April 28 April 2025, after its approximately 4,800-mile (7,680km) ferry flight from Texas.

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Dubai ruler given exclusive Emirates A350 access tour ahead of official unveil 

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Emirates took delivery of its first ever Airbus A350 in Toulouse, France, on November 25, 2024, before the new aircraft made its ferry flight to Dubai International Airport (DXB) later that afternoon.

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All Airbus factory sites SAF ready as Canada’s A220 home takes first delivery

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While in 2025, Airbus plans that all commercial aircraft delivery centers around the world will offer SAF to customers for ferry flights. According to Airbus, 75% of the planemakers aircraft were delivered with SAF in 2024, representing the importance that its customers are also placing on decarbonisation.

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This Frontier Airlines Airbus A320neo Quite Possibly Flew The Longest Routing From San Francisco To Denver

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On April 16, 2025, a Frontier Airlines Airbus A320neo registered as N369FR operated flight 9369 from San Francisco to Denver. This was not one of Frontier's usual daily services, but was rather a ferry flight. This is the term used when an airline operates a flight that doesn't carry passengers.

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F-35B Crashes On Ferry Flight To Edwards Air Force Base

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The aircraft was on a ferry flight from the Lockheed Martin facility at the Naval Air Reserve Station in Fort Worth to Edwards Air Force Base. The post F-35B Crashes On Ferry Flight To Edwards Air Force Base appeared first on AVweb. It stopped at Albuquerque for fuel.