Thai Vietjet launches its tenth domestic route within Thailand
Thai Vietjet has inaugurated its maiden flight VZ330 from the capital city of Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport) to Nakhon Si Thammarat,… Read More »
Airbus deliveries increase as new orders come in
Airbus has shown a small upturn with its aircraft deliveries in July, with 49 narrowbodies being handed over to airline… Read More »
Eastern Airways to launch a UK north-south link
Eastern Airways is to launch flights from Teesside Airport to London Heathrow from September 2020 with their Embraer E170. The… Read More »
What caused Dubai-Kerala Air India Express passenger plane crash?
Slippery runway, strong tailwind, bad weather conditions, landing ahead of threshold spot? Exclusive footage of Air India flight IX1344 crash… Read More »
India begins examination of plane’s black box after deadly crash
Indian investigators on Sunday began examining the black box of a Boeing-737 that overshot a runway on its second attempt,… Read More »
Flying with Air France during the pandemic
Despite gloomy news just about everywhere for commercial aviation, Europe has been something of a bright spot over the past… Read More »
Pentagon awards United Launch Alliance, SpaceX launch contracts
The U.S. Air Force said on Friday it awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Elon Musk’s SpaceX $653 million in… Read More »
Flight data, cockpit voice recorders recovered from India plane crash site
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from the site of an Indian passenger aircraft crash… Read More »
Half a million passengers at Brussels Airport in July, -80% compared to 2019
120 destinations available in August Cargo volumes up nearly 10%. Since the resumption of non-essential flights on 15 June this… Read More »
Recovery Tracker: Brussels Airlines, Emirates, easyJet and more
A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the… Read More »
SkyUp to launch Turkish route, seeks larger domestic share
Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines is broadening its international network from next month while at the same time planning to increase… Read More »
Copa Airlines plans ‘mini-hub’ from mid-August
Copa Airlines has been granted permission to resume flights over the coming weeks, initially serving about 10 destinations from its… Read More »
Air India repatriation flight crash-lands, at least 17 killed
At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians… Read More »
Qatar Airways resumes flights to Houston and Philadelphia starting August 12
Qatar Airways will resume flights to two additional destinations in the United States, Houston and Philadelphia, from Aug. 12, the… Read More »
Virgin Galactic plots foray into supersonic passenger market
Virgin Galactic (OBT, Las Cruces) has announced its plan to enter the supersonic passenger jet market, having signed a non-binding… Read More »
Eurowings from Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport to Mallorca
5th August press release: From September Eurowings will start again from Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport to Palma de Mallorca. The airline has… Read More »
Iberia begins to operate its Airbus 350 at Quito Airport
Quito, August 5, 2020.- A sunset illuminated by the Quito summer sun and an arc of water prepared by aeronautical… Read More »
Ryanair increases capacity, rebuffs Italy flight ban threat
Ryanair said it intends to fly more than 1,600 routes this month as passenger numbers continue to grow while dismissing… Read More »
Congress considering extending US airline payroll support through March 2021
Lawmakers warn mass US airline industry layoffs could occur this fall. Sixteen Republican US Senators signed onto a letter urging… Read More »
Norwegian Air’s July traffic down 90% year on year
Norwegian Air’s NORR.OL July passenger volume fell by 90.4% from a year earlier as most of its fleet remained grounded… Read More »
Airbus adds more deliveries, breaks three-month order drought
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus delivered 49 aircraft in July, up from 36 in June as it continues to recover from… Read More »
Bombardier sees higher deliveries of flagship jet, misses quarterly profit
Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) aims to double deliveries of its flagship business jet during the back half of 2020 and break… Read More »
Analysis: Tigerair Australia to end operations
Following the confirmation that Tigerair Australia will cease operations, we look at the Virgin Australia low-cost subsidiary’s place in the… Read More »
Air Transat outlines winter schedule
Canada’s Air Transat plans to fly to 40 destinations during the winter season, with a focus on warm weather locations…. Read More »
Virgin Australia to drop widebody fleet, cut workforce
Restructured airline will drop long-haul routes. Virgin Australia has revealed plans for its scaled down post-coronavirus operation, which involve major changes… Read More »
‘It came alive:’ Astronauts recount wild ride home on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon
U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, home two days from a landmark mission as NASA’s first crew to fly… Read More »