Boeing aircraft cancellations continue to outpace new orders
Boeing logged orders for new freighter planes in May, but cancellations continued to outpace new business as the coronavirus roils… Read More »
Lufthansa offers to operate empty flights to India
Lufthansa has offered to operate empty flights to India, only carrying passengers on the inbound flight to Germany. The offer… Read More »
Milwaukee man arrested for pointing a laser at FBI, National Guard aircraft flying over protests
Laser pointers are getting steadily more powerful and creating added safety risks for passengers on airliners taking off and landing… Read More »
US flight attendants call for extension of government aid until year-end at minimum
The union representing US flight attendants has called on Congress to extend government financial assistance for airlines through the end… Read More »
U.S. Pilots face career anxiety after coronavirus disruption
As the US air transport industry begins emerging from the pandemic-induced disruption, airlines are making difficult decisions about how to… Read More »
New SpaceX spacesuits get five-star rating from NASA astronauts
The movie-star look to SpaceX’s new spacesuits is just one of the innovative features the Crew Dragon astronauts enjoyed during… Read More »
A Booming Airline Business: Shipping Pigs to China in 747 Jumbo Jets
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on commercial aviation, but Alexey Isaykin’s cargo carrier has been fully loaded. Volga-Dnepr Group has… Read More »
American Airlines Set To Reactivate 140+ Narrowbody Aircraft
In the wake of its service uptick announcement, it has been revealed today that American Airlines will be bringing back… Read More »
Japan Airlines to boost international flights in July
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to increase its international operations in July, mainly by opening up some of its routes to… Read More »
Canadian low cost Swoop outlines domestic network changes
Canadian ULCC Swoop is increasing its domestic network from July but several planned seasonal services have been postponed. Swoop has… Read More »
Wizz’s new summer flights near 150
Thirteen more routes have been added to Wizz Air’s summer schedule, taking the total number of new services being launched… Read More »
IATA Says spirit of cooperation is needed
COVID-19 has thrown aviation into survival mode overnight but the industry should use this crisis to learn from the past… Read More »
Namibian president advocates for Air Namibia liquidation
Namibian President Hage Geingob has said that Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) should be liquidated since it is not making… Read More »
Virgin Group may pay $35-70mn to keep Virgin Australia stake
Richard Branson’s Virgin Group wants to invest between AUD50 and 100 million Australian dollars (USD35-70 million) in insolvent Virgin Australia… Read More »
EU questions Alitalia nationalisation plan
Italy will have to review its plan to nationalise and relaunch Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) as a leaner airline if… Read More »
Amazon to add a further 12 B767-300(F)s from ATSG
Amazon.com has expanded its existing air transportation services agreement with Cargo Aircraft Management, a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group,… Read More »
AirAsia confirms talks with investors amid SK Group interest
AirAsia Group has confirmed it is studying various proposals for capital injections to strengthen its equity base and improve its… Read More »
Emirates eyes closer ties with flydubai
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) is planning to increase cooperation with its sister carrier flydubai (FZ, Dubai Int’l) in the post-COVID… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia attains approval to delay $500mn sukuk
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) has secured 90% approval to restructure its sukuk bond obligations, a vital step towards improving… Read More »
UAE greenlights resumption of full hub ops at three airports
The UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NECADMA) has given its consent to the resumption of largescale hub… Read More »
France announces $16.9 billion in aid for aviation industry
France’s government is pumping 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in rescue money into the pandemic-battered aerospace industry, in hopes of… Read More »
Emirates Laying Off Flight Attendants & Pilots
A few weeks ago I wrote about the rumors that Emirates Airline would start laying off employees, and was considering… Read More »