Lufthansa leases flight training fleet and school to United
United Aviate Academy, the wholly-owned flight training school of United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare), is to lease a training fleet… Read More »
India’s Air Mauryan selected for Goa-based seaplane ops
Another seaplane project is in the pipeline in India, this time driven by the Goa Tourism Development Corporation, which has… Read More »
Tata to merge 100%-owned AirAsia India, Air India Express
With Tata Sons likely to take control of and start operating Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) by January, the Indian… Read More »
UK’s flybe announces Dash 8-400 fleet, Birmingham base
flybe. (2021) has chosen Birmingham Int’l as its new headquarters and first new crew base ahead of its planned restart… Read More »
United Airlines will resume its longest San Francisco to Singapore flight in January 2022
United’s longest route is making a comeback in the new year. The carrier’s flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Singapore… Read More »
TSA head says unruly behavior on planes is ‘higher than I have ever seen’
Incidents involving unruly passengers on airplanes — from assaults on flight attendants to fights breaking out between travelers — skyrocketed… Read More »
FAA in talks with telecoms about its aviation safety concerns of 5G Wireless
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Nov. 16 it is in direct talks with the telecom industry about its aviation… Read More »
Lodz as the only place from Poland awarded on the National Geographic’s “Best Of The World 2022” list
Lodz was included in the worldwide plebiscite “Best of the World 2022” announced by the prestigious international magazine National Geographic… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Champions Education By Awarding Over $100,000 In Scholarships
Southwest Airlines today announced it awarded a total of $110,000 to 17 students through the Southwest Airlines Scholarship Program. This… Read More »
Delta Expands Domestic Network With 8 New or Returning Routes
Delta Air Lines is growing its domestic network by adding more route options through its primary hubs in the Midwest… Read More »
Singapore Airlines unveils new narrowbody cabin experience
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched new cabin products, which will be rolled out on its narrowbody Boeing 737-8 fleet in… Read More »
Viasat IFC become linefit option on Embraer E2 aircraft
Viasat has become the first Ka-band IFC supplier to have a line-fit IFC solution available on the Embraer E2 family… Read More »
Germany’s Condor resumes Vienna ops in early 2Q22
Condor (DE, Frankfurt Int’l) has announced it will resume operating out of Vienna, Austria, in the summer of 2022 with… Read More »
Greece’s Aegean Airlines secures three ATR72-600s
Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens Int’l) has acquired three second-hand ATR72-600s from Avation ahead of its planned launch of the type’s… Read More »
Pionair Australia puts only E190 up for sale
Pionair Australia (PH, Bankstown) has appointed C&L Aviation Group to remarket its only E190 as it plans to focus on… Read More »
UAE’s flydubai in talks over new fleet order
All-Boeing operator flydubai (FZ, Dubai Int’l) has held initial talks with both Boeing and Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) about its… Read More »
FedEx to close Hong Kong crew base due to quarantine rule
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is closing its crew base at Hong Kong Int’l and relocating its pilots but will… Read More »
EVA Air markets airline tags from retired 747
EVA Air has begun selling airline tags made from a retired EVA 747 aircraft in association with German company Aviationtag…. Read More »
Dutch authority fines Transavia after personal data hack
Transavia Airlines (HV, Amsterdam Schiphol) will have to pay a fine of EUR400,000 euros (USD452,000) for failing to properly protect… Read More »
SpiceJet, Boeing settle MAX claims, may involve freighters
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) announced on November 17 that it had agreed with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) to settle outstanding… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet orders 2+4 777 Mammoth freighters
Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) has ordered two B777-200(LR)(MF) converted freighters from Mammoth Freighters, with options for a further two… Read More »
United Airlines brings back hard liquor sales on many flights
Booze is back by popular demand on many United Airlines flights. The company resumed selling hard liquor on Nov. 15,… Read More »
Collins Aerospace closes takeover of digital aviation firm FlightAware
Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace has finalised the takeover of American flight tracking tools provider FlightAware for an undisclosed amount…. Read More »
FedEx relocates pilots from Hong Kong over city quarantine rules
Global delivery giant FedEx said Nov. 17 it was closing its crew base in Hong Kong and relocating pilots overseas… Read More »
MC-21-310 and AURUS Business Jet aircraft showcased in Dubai
Irkut Corporation (part of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporation) has presented its MC-21-310 passenger airplane, and AURUS business jet… Read More »
Saudia turns to Boeing for enhanced services
Boeing will provide a suite of services to Saudia to improve their 787 Dreamliner and 777 fleets’ operational efficiency through… Read More »