Avolon cancels order for 75 Boeing MAX and 4 Airbus A330neo jets
Aircraft lessor Avolon announced the cancellation of an order for 75 Boeing 737 MAX planes that were due to be… Read More »
General Electric plans to furlough about half their workforce
General Electric reportedly plans to furlough about half of the workers in its massive aircraft-engine manufacturing unit for up to… Read More »
British Airways reached an agreement to furlough more than 30,000 employees
British Airways reached an agreement with trade unions GMB and Unite to furlough more than 30,000 cabin crew and ground-based… Read More »
American Airlines giving leave to nearly 1,500 pilots in April
American Airlines originally said it would give voluntary, partially paid leave to more 737 and A320 pilots, but reduced that… Read More »
Tigerair Australia’s entire force of 220 pilots will be sacked
Tigerair Australia’s entire force of 220 pilots will be sacked by the end of this week, according to the pilots’… Read More »
Leaked memo from Delta reveals plans to cut worker hours and pay
Despite the payroll grants offered to airlines in the coronavirus stimulus package, airline workers at Delta, American, United, Southwest, and… Read More »
FAA establishes new aviation database to provide rapid access to pilot and safety information
US Department of Transportations Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced the publication of proposed rulemaking to establish a new database… Read More »
U.S. airlines are parking most of their jets in remote desert airports
With demand for air travel in a nosedive, U.S. airlines are taking hundreds of commercial planes out of service and… Read More »
Qantas says pilots approve pay deal covering Sydney-London flights
Australia’s Qantas Airways said on Monday that pilots had voted in favor of a pay deal that would pave the… Read More »
Airlines hunt for storage space as pandemic idles jets
As airlines idle thousands of aircraft for which there are no passengers, they are hitting an unprecedented problem: finding a… Read More »
Boeing expects to lose 150 737 MAX orders in 2020
Boeing has revealed that in March it was expecting to lose 150 pre-orders for its 737 MAX aircraft. This rise… Read More »
Farnborough Airshow canceled in sign of aerospace slump
The Farnborough Airshow – this year’s largest aerospace expo and a showcase for tens of billions of dollars of business… Read More »
British Airways pilots face pay cut and unpaid leave
British Airways pilots will have to take two weeks of unpaid leave in both April and May as well as… Read More »
Lufthansa Group parks 700 aircraft in crisis response
Lufthansa Group is unable to predict how much its profit will fall this year as it confirmed a 95% capacity… Read More »
Emirates asks pilots to take unpaid leave and Qatar Airways lays off staff
Middle East airline Qatar Airways laid off about 200 Filipino staff in Doha this week and rival Emirates asked pilots… Read More »
Canada’s Sunwing Airlines halts operations
Canada’s Sunwing Airlines announced it will suspend operations after March 23, 2020, and all pilots, approximately 470 in total, will… Read More »
Air Canada flight attendants’ union outlines COVID-19-related health and safety concerns
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create turmoil in the airline industry, the union representing flight attendants at Air Canada… Read More »
Canada’s Sunwing Airlines halts operations and lays off 470 pilots
Canada’s Sunwing Airlines today announced it will suspend operations after March 23, 2020 and all pilots, approximately 470 in total,… Read More »
Delta pilots union reaches deal offering pilots time off at reduced pay
The pilots union at Delta Air Lines has reached a deal to offer pilots time off at reduced pay. The… Read More »
American Airlines pilot tests positive for coronavirus
An American Airlines pilot based in Dallas has tested positive for coronavirus. American spokesman Curtis Blessing said the airline’s chief… Read More »
American suspends pilot hiring
American Airlines is suspending pilot hiring as the rapid spread of coronavirus hurts the travel industry, according to a note… Read More »
Drugs showing up in pilots killed in crashes
More than one in four pilots involved in fatal crashes have drugs in their system, and the number is up… Read More »
United Airlines postpones new pilot class and warns of additional flight cuts
United Airlines is postponing start dates for some new pilots this month and warned about further flight reductions, the carrier… Read More »
Emirates airline asks staff to take one month unpaid leave
Major international airline Emirates is asking staff to take unpaid leave for up to a month at a time due… Read More »
Study by Stirling University reveals how safe cabin air really is
A researcher at a Scots university has lifted the lid on “fume events” on commercial aircraft, where oil leaks into… Read More »
Etihad Aviation gets ok to train Boeing 777 and 787 pilots in Europe
Etihad Aviation Training, a division of Etihad Aviation Group, has become the first aviation company in the Middle East to… Read More »