FEBRUARY 2025
CONTENTS
FEBRUARY 2025
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Riga Lidosta Airport
JUAN JOSE DE GOUVEIA travels to the capital city of Latvia , taking a look at the airport home of AirBaltic .
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Xtra Long-Range Ambitions
Iberia becomes the launch customer of the long-anticipated Airbus A321XLR . SIMONE CHELLINI and ADRIAN NOWAKOWSKI were in Madrid to check out this advance in narrow-body capabilities .
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A Firewall in the Sky
As air travel becomes more dependent on digital systems , it becomes more exposed to their vulnerabilities . JOSHUA KUPIETZKY explores Cyviaton , a firm touting protection against cyber threats .
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Jetblue ’ s First Flight
JOE WOLF takes us back to JetBlue ’ s first ever flight .
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Southern Airways
DAVID H . STRINGER recounts the beginnings of Southern Airways . Part one of a history of the long-gone airline .
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