Boeing’s recertified B737 MAX has flown 500,000+ hours
With 12 months having now passed since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted the ungrounding order on the Boeing 737… Read More »
Alaska Airlines announces codeshare agreement with British Airways
Alaska Airlines has announced a codeshare agreement with British Airways, covering 16 additional markets. Alaska said it is: “Connecting Alaska’s… Read More »
BAA Training begins virtual reality-based pilot training
BAA Training has commenced virtual reality-based (VR) pilot training as it strives to be at the leading edge of pilot… Read More »
White House Pushes Vaccine Mandate to January
The Biden Administration has pushed back the mandated deadline for federal contractors – including virtually all major domestic airlines –… Read More »
American Airlines Lures Flight Attendants for Holidays With More Pay
Following an example set by Southwest Airlines during the July 4th weekend, American Airlines is hoping to avoid another cancellation… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic and partners to ACT on SAF expansion
Virgin Atlantic has joined leading airline players including Air France KLM, Delta and the Boston Consulting Group in forming the… Read More »
British firm to unveil technology for zero-carbon emission flights at Cop26
A British company being launched at the Cop26 summit on Friday Nov. 5 will unveil technology it claims could enable… Read More »
Swiss scientists are making aircraft fuel from sunlight and air
Scientists at ETH Zurich have built a plant that can produce carbon-neutral liquid fuels from sunlight and air. The next… Read More »
Vueling’s Orly Paris route lands at Glasgow Airport
European airline Vueling to operate its first Glasgow route to Paris Orly Airport – The inaugural Orly Paris flight took… Read More »
Eurowings lands at Milan Bergamo Airport
Yesterday the first Eurowings flight at Milan Bergamo Milan Bergamo celebrates the arrival of the Eurowings, the low fare carrier… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Adds Miami as 100th Nonstop Destination From Seattle
Alaska Airlines announced it would expand service to its 100th nonstop destination from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when it debuts service… Read More »
Lufthansa considering A220s, E2s
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) is looking at the A220 and E2 families as it evaluates options for the renewal of… Read More »
US’s Ravn Alaska changes legal name
Ravn Alaska (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) has changed its corporate name from Corvus Airlines, Inc. to Northern Pacific Airways, Inc…. Read More »
Norwegian to lease 13 more 737s, eyes Airbus
As it continues to report “a steady increase in passenger numbers,” Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has resolved to “selectively add… Read More »
Avianca confirms UK shift after court accepts exit plan
Avianca Holdings will restructure into a new company named Avianca Group International Limited (Avianca Group) incorporated in the United Kingdom… Read More »
Japan Airlines foresees end to cash burn, $1.3bn loss
As it posted a JPY151.8 billion yen (USD1.35 billion) EBIT loss for the first half of its 2021-22 financial year,… Read More »
FedEx Express to establish Dubai World hub
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is to build a new regional hub at Dubai South, the logistics district located close… Read More »
AHL makes mandatory offer for Air Mauritius shares
Mauritius’s state-controlled Airport Holdings Ltd (AHL) – the largest shareholder of Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) – has announced that, as… Read More »
Lagos court orders First Nation boss to stand trial on fraud
The Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos has ordered First Nation Airways (FRN, Lagos) chairman and chief executive Kayode Odukoya… Read More »
Bangladesh’s Air Astra secures its NOC
Air Astra says it has received its no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on November… Read More »
American Airlines jacks up flight attendant holiday pay to avoid more flight cancellations
American Airlines, jolted by mass cancellations last weekend, has offered flight attendants as much as triple their pay to work… Read More »
CommAgility software selected by SmartSky for air-to-ground network
SmartSky Networks has selected the CommAgility high-performance telecommunications systems software as a key part of its next-generation air-to-ground (ATG) network…. Read More »
Museum in the sky highlights treasures of AlUla
Saudia has introduced a new in-flight entertainment system (IFE) channel, Discover Saudi Arabia, as part of a relationship with the… Read More »
Air Canada is now offering portable COVID self-test kits for travelers
Mandatory COVID-19 testing requirements to enter many countries are causing international travelers a great deal of expense and hassle. In… Read More »
Update on the Asiana Airlines and Korean Air merger planned for 2024
Asiana Airlines and Korean Air have already said they will fully unite later than previously planned, in 2024. Now the… Read More »
U.S. FAA refers 37 unruly airline passengers to FBI for criminal review
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it has referred more than three dozen unruly passengers to the FBI for… Read More »