Delta continues LAX-Sydney route with Virgin Australia JV on hold
Virgin Australia will focus on domestic and short-haul international flying for the time being. Delta Air Lines will continue operating… Read More »
Lufthansa mulls further fleet cuts, including all A380s
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) is contemplating cutting its fleet beyond the 100 aircraft announced earlier this year in a move… Read More »
RwandAir axes A330neo, B737 MAX leases
RwandAir (WB, Kigali) has confirmed it has cancelled leases for two A330-900Ns and two B737-8s amid protracted delays in their… Read More »
Avianca responds to court ruling blocking gov’t funding
Avianca Holdings will, in the next few days, present information to the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca showing that the Colombian… Read More »
Nepal’s Shree Airlines ventures into international market
Shree Airlines (N9, Kathmandu) is set to venture into the international market with its first flights abroad due to start… Read More »
Thai Airways formally enters business reorganisation
Thailand’s Central Bankruptcy Court has allowed flag carrier Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) to enter into a business reorganisation… Read More »
New AirAsia Group MRO unit may save $240mn a year in costs
AirAsia Group has created a new MRO company, Asia Digital Engineering, a wholly-owned subsidiary that will provide engineering services for… Read More »
American Airlines mulls B737 MAX deferrals
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) is in negotiations with Boeing over the potential deferral of eighteen B737-8s due in 2021… Read More »
TAP to add European and North African routes
The Portuguese airline plans to offer six new routes during the summer 2021 season. TAP Air Portugal is expanding its… Read More »
Stockholm Bromma ‘no longer commercially viable,’ Swedavia says
Just eight scheduled passenger routes are currently operating from the airport and Swedavia believes Stockholm Arlanda could accommodate the traffic…. Read More »
Recovery Tracker: the global market
As airlines and airports around the world recover from the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes’ latest infographic looks… Read More »
JetBlue launches new service between Aruba and Newark
Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) received the wonderful news today that JetBlue Airways will launch a new route out of… Read More »
Elon Musk says Starship SN8 prototype will have a nosecone and attempt a 60,000-foot return flight
Elon Musk has shared some details about future testing of Starship, the SpaceX launch vehicle currently being developed by the… Read More »
This $40 million Gulfstream private jet can be bought using bitcoin as aircraft sales firms attempt to lure international buyers
An aircraft sales firm is now accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for its multi-million-dollar aircraft. Aviatrade just introduced… Read More »
More 787 Flaws Reported, 680 Aircraft May Be Involved
As many as 680 Boeing 787 Dreamliners may be affected by the latest revelation involving manufacturing flaws in the jets…. Read More »
DGCA suspends SpiceJet’s head of flight ops for three months (India)
No-frill carrier SpiceJet Limited’s chief of flight operations, Gurcharan Arora, has been suspended by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil… Read More »
Blue Origin’s human lunar lander all-star space team completes first key milestone for moon mission
Blue Origin, along with it partners Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper, was one of three companies to be awarded… Read More »
The Future of Private Jets
While economic uncertainty may have an impact on the future of the private jet industry in the near-term, industry insiders… Read More »
American Airlines to Make DFW a Hub for Flights to Asia
Saying it would be more profitable to fly to Asia-Pacific of its home base at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, American… Read More »
Boeing executives defend safety decisions on 737 MAX development
Two senior Boeing Co BA.N executives who oversaw the development of the 737 MAX defended the company’s decisions on a key cockpit… Read More »
Air New Zealand to park Boeing 777s through late 3Q21
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) will keep all 15 of its B777s grounded through at least September 2021, with… Read More »
US court rejects LATAM’s $2.45bn financing deal
The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has rejected USD2.45 billion debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing secured by… Read More »
With airline fleets grounded, plane recyclers bet on parts boom
As COVID-19 grounds swaths of airline fleets, companies that profit off the dismantling and trade of aircraft parts are seeing… Read More »
EASA completes Boeing 737 MAX testing
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has completed test flights of Boeing’s 737 MAX so taking a significant step… Read More »
ERA calls for more support for European air travel
As increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases prompt countries to reimpose restrictions, the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) calls for a… Read More »
Wiiz Air UK announces two new routes from Liverpool and from London Luton
Wizz Air UK, has announced the launch of two new routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Chisinau (Moldova) and… Read More »