Virgin Atlantic to expand London Heathrow LHR network
UK leisure carrier Virgin Atlantic has announced its planned network for summer 2021. The airline intends to operate 31 routes… Read More »
British Airways and Qatar Airways get approval for UK-Australia JV
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given OneWorld alliance members British Airways and Qatar Airways the green light… Read More »
American Airlines To Return Some ERJ175s And ERJ145s To Service
American Airlines will bring more regional jets back into service under the American Eagle brand from June 3rd. Envoy Air,… Read More »
A4A Applauds Approval of New Sustainable Aviation Fuel Pathway
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, applauds the addition of a seventh annex… Read More »
FAA Amends Oxygen Mask Rule
The U.S. FAA has amended a Part 121 rule requiring an increase in the flight level threshold at which the… Read More »
Portland Airport PDX will require face coverings for anyone inside the airport
Portland International Airport accommodates more than 50,000 travelers on an average day, but the coronavirus pandemic has left it sparsely… Read More »
EASA to set out ‘safety protocol’ for restoration of air transport
Europe’s aviation safety authority is to set out, in the next few weeks, technical operational guidelines to enable the air… Read More »
Iberia Express passengers decry lack of social distancing on near-full flight
The airline claims that the plane, which flew from Madrid to the Canary Islands on Sunday, met all of the… Read More »
Ryanair cools on Airbus, moves back towards all-Boeing fleet
Ryanair plans to move back towards an all-Boeing fleet by cancelling leases for Airbus A320s for its Lauda subsidiary and… Read More »
Embraer blames failed Boeing deal for sharp drop in commercial jet deliveries
Embraer said Tuesday it delivered just five commercial jets in the first quarter, less than half of what it delivered… Read More »
Coronavirus pandemic could force a major U.S. airline out of business, says Boeing CEO
“Something will happen when September comes around. Traffic levels will not be back to 100 percent. They won’t even be… Read More »
Space launch can grow alongside aviation
Despite the understandable lull in current commercial aviation activity, anticipated increases in the frequency of space launches will soon require… Read More »
Business Jet Owners Holding On To Their Airplanes
Business jets like the Hawker 850XP are proving to be extremely valuable to their owners. When the Great Recession hit… Read More »
Embry-Riddle, GE Aviation Team Up to Enhance Flight Analytics and Aviation Safety Education
Airlines, the military and many significant corporate aviation operations use flight data monitoring to detect conditions outside of normal, predetermined… Read More »
Brussels Airlines to cut workforce by 25% and remove 16 aircraft
Brussels Airlines is reducing the number of aircraft in its fleet by 30% and slashing its workforce by a quarter… Read More »
American pilot dies after humanitarian group aircraft crashes in Papua
The plane took off from Sentani airport in Jayapura at 6:27 a.m. local time and the pilot made a distress… Read More »
Florida’s Miami Air Int’l goes into liquidation
Miami Air International (LL, Miami Int’l) is set to be liquidated after failing to secure the renewed investment needed to… Read More »
Some European airlines are planning to restore flights
A number of European carriers have set out plans to restore schedules decimated by the coronavirus crisis. Lufthansa Group said… Read More »
Delta and LATAM sign a joint venture
Delta Air Lines and LATAM Airlines Group signed their long-planned joint venture (JV) agreement between North and South America, an… Read More »
BOC Aviation signs 737 Max 8 leaseback with Southwest Airlines
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has signed a purchase-and-leaseback agreement with US low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines for 10 Boeing 737 Max… Read More »
Avianca Holdings files for bankruptcy
According to simplefying.com Avianca Holdings, the parent company of Avianca has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States…. Read More »
Airflow inside aircraft only from top to bottom, not front-back or left-righ
When flights resume and you take to the skies again, do not panic when someone on the rows ahead or… Read More »