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Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 02:09:50 MT

AEROTIME · AIRLINES

EUROPE WEIGHS MODERNIZING ANTONOV AN-124 OR BUILDING ITS OWN C-17 SUCCESSOR...

A European Union-funded study on strategic airlift has identified two options for sustaining Europe’s outsized cargo capacity: a deep modernization of the Antonov An-124-100 fleet or the development of a new European aircraft to replace the Boeing C-17…

SCOTT: Ask what this does to pairings, the MEL, and the jumpseat. Press releases are written for investors. You fly the leftover.

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