Contracts for 515 aircraft leased to Russian airlines will be terminated
Lessors are set to terminate hundreds of aircraft leases with Russian airlines following Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine… Read More »
More European countries ban Russian flights from their airspace
A growing number of countries in Europe announced Sunday Feb. 27 that they were closing their airspace to Russian planes… Read More »
Airbus counters back at Qatar with $220 million A350 damages claim
Airbus hit back in an escalating dispute with Qatar Airways over A350 jets on Monday Feb. 28, asking a British… Read More »
Anuvu secures exclusive in-flight distribution rights for Zero to Hero
High-speed connectivity and entertainment solutions provider Anuvu has obtained exclusive worldwide in-flight distribution rights for the award-winning Hong Kong film… Read More »
SWISS unveils first aircraft to be equipped with Premium Economy Class
SWISS presented its first aircraft to be equipped with the carrier’s new Premium Economy Class at Zurich Airport last week…. Read More »
Travel restrictions are quickly disappearing in Europe with Covid cases dropping
Travel restrictions are quickly disappearing in Europe, with new announcements coming by the week and, more recently, by the day…. Read More »
American Airlines redesigns and relaunches AAdvantage loyalty program
American Airlines continues to lead the industry in terms of customer loyalty rewards, today announcing that it has officially relaunched… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic is restoring U.S. routes and adding capacity
With Europe and the United Kingdom (U.K.) easing restrictions on international travel, Virgin Atlantic Airways is seeing a resurgence of… Read More »
Top Air Travel Stories From February
February’s Top Airline Headlines The shortest month of the year certainly didn’t lack for news in the aviation industry. February… Read More »
Delta Air Lines announces LA, NYC and Seattle airport updates
Delta Air Lines announced several major upgrades are coming to the carrier’s hubs in Los Angeles, New York and Seattle…. Read More »
Venezuela’s Solar Cargo adds first Boeing 727 freighter
Solar Cargo (4S, Valencia Arturo Michelena Int’l) has taken delivery of its first of two B727-200(F)s, sources in Venezuela have… Read More »
Mexico’s Mas Air rebrands, to expand to 18 freighters
Mas Air (M7, México City Int’l) has rebranded to mas as it further severs links with its LATAM Airlines Group… Read More »
Greece’s Olympus Airways retires 757s
Olympus Airways (OLY, Athens Int’l) has retired both of its B757-200(PCF)s as it plans to restructure its fleet around passenger… Read More »
UK’s Eastern Airways wins northern Scottish PSO contract
Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) has been selected as the operator for a new Public Service Obligation route between Wick and… Read More »
Wizz Air to extract four aircraft grounded in Ukraine
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) plans to extract as soon as possible four of its A320-200s trapped in Ukraine following the… Read More »
Norway’s Flyr takes first 737-8 Max
Flyr took delivery of its first Boeing 737-8 Max on February 21, 2022, after LN-FGF (msn 43324) was delivered directly… Read More »
Air India in widebody jet order talks with Airbus and Boeing
Tata Sons-owned Air India has been in talks with Airbus and Boeing as well as lessors about a potential order… Read More »
Ukraine closes airspace – Kyiv Airport attacked – EU responds
Ukraine announced the closure of its airspace for civil aviation on 24 February after Russia launched an invasion of the… Read More »
Loyalty programs are huge moneymakers for airlines
Delta Air Lines is joining the “buy now, pay later” craze, a new wrinkle in a wave of airline marketing… Read More »
Norwegian Air leases 10 new Boeing Max jets from AerCap
Norwegian Air has signed lease agreements with AerCap for 10 new Boeing 737-800 MAX 8 aircraft ahead of the European… Read More »
EU and U.S. sanctions aim to cripple Russian carriers
Having initially targeted Russia’s leasing sector, Western-backed sanctions have now taken aim at the country’s airline and aerospace sectors as… Read More »
Finnair anticipates airspace closure and cancels some its flights to Asia and all to Moscow and St Petersburg for one week
Finnair joins many other European airlines and suspends its flights in Russian airspace for one week. With this action, Finnair… Read More »
Swiss International will equip its entire 777-300ER fleet with new fuel-saving technology
Swiss International Airlines has decided to equip its entire Boeing long-haul fleet with the fuel-saving AeroSHARK surface technology. Starting in… Read More »
Canceled flights and no-fly zones, how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is disrupting air travel
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this week is ripping through the air travel industry, prompting no-fly zones and other restrictions. Ukraine… Read More »
Airbus CEO says international travel will grow despite COVID and war
Guillaume Faury, the chief executive officer of airplane manufacturer Airbus, says he still believes that international travel – particularly to… Read More »
American Airlines to rescue Montana high school students stranded in Dallas-Fort Worth
American Airlines came to the rescue of a group of Montana high school students who were stranded in Dallas-Fort Worth… Read More »