U.S. barring private charter flights to Cuba
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it will suspend private charter flights to Cuba to… Read More »
European airlines cut recovery outlook as pandemic drags on
Airlines further lowered their European traffic outlook on Thursday, as persistent travel restrictions and concerns about the second wave of… Read More »
COVID-19: PCR test mandatory for all Etihad passengers departing from Abu Dhabi from August 16
New rule will apply from August 16 and test must be done 96 hours before flying The departure lounge at… Read More »
Cathay forecasts weak passenger demand but stronger cargo after record loss
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (0293.HK) warned it did not expect a meaningful recovery in passenger demand for some… Read More »
Single-aisle aircraft demand will be first to recover, says Airbus
But full-scale recovery for airlines might have to wait until 2025 In July, Airbus delivered two single-aisle aircraft, to Egypt… Read More »
Boeing 737 MAX cancellations rise, deliveries drop as crises drag on
Boeing customers scrubbed more than 400 orders for the U.S. planemaker’s grounded 737 MAX jets this year, while the company’s… Read More »
Adelaide among Qatar Airways’ planned resumptions
Adelaide in Australia and Auckland in New Zealand are returning to Qatar Airways’ network later this month, with flights to… Read More »
Asiana takeover talks reach key stage
The emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak has significantly worsened Seoul-based Asiana’s attractiveness as a business. Last-minute meetings between Asiana’s owner… Read More »
Iran says European insurers should pay compensation for downed Ukrainian plane
Iran will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January because the passenger jet was… Read More »
Trip.com Group and AirAsia.com announce strategic partnership
Leading international online travel services provider Trip.com Group, has officially announced a strategic partnership with AirAsia.com, ASEAN’s fastest growing travel… Read More »
FlyArystan launches new regional domestic routes
Low cost airline FlyArystan continues to expand its domestic regional network by opening new routes across Kazakhstan. Historically, regional connections… Read More »
Airbus set to reduce aircraft inventory by the end of the year
Airbus is not issuing a forecast for 2020 deliveries of aircraft produced or deliveries that can no longer be collected… Read More »
FAA issues emergency directive for 2,000 Boeing 737 aircraft
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) concerning approximately 2,000 stored Boeing 737-300-900 series aircraft…. Read More »
Ryanair fears second pandemic wave in the autumn
Ryanair has revealed its first quarter 2020 results have shown a net loss of €185 million. In comparison with a… Read More »
Air India Express 737 crashes at Calicut Airport
A Boeing 737-800 operated by Air India Express crash-landed and broke into two pieces after skidding off the runway at… Read More »
Wizz Air Hungary is the first airline to acquire an EASA operator certificate
Wizz Air Hungary, the largest subsidiary of Europe’s fastest growing airline group, has announced that from the 1 August it… Read More »
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 »