Alaska Airlines launches B737 MAX 9 operations
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) launched B737-9 operations on March 1, 2021, just over a month after the first… Read More »
Lufthansa sees no future for A380s but will add B787-9s
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) is unlikely to ever reactivate its fourteen mothballed A380-800s and will instead boost its medium-size widebody… Read More »
American 737 MAX Makes Emergency Landing
Ten weeks after American Airlines became the first commercial airliner to put the Boeing 737 MAX back in use, the… Read More »
United Engine Failure Reportedly Came After Pilots Increased Speed
The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday said the engine that caught fire and failed last month on United Flight… Read More »
Saudi Arabia clears B737 MAX to resume operations
Saudi Arabia became the second country in the Gulf region to permit B737 MAX operations after the General Authority of… Read More »
Korean Air sends B747-8 for VIP conversion
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has ferried one of its ten B747-8s to Hamburg Helmut Schmidt for conversion into a… Read More »
Thailand’s Nok Air eyes acquisitions, fleet growth
Although it first has to finalise negotiations with its creditors, Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) is evaluating options to… Read More »
KLM Goes on Unexpected Six-Hour Flight To Nowhere
In airline circles, ‘flights to nowhere’ have become a popular alternative during the COVID-19 pandemic as some carriers have filled… Read More »