Airlines in Asia Scrambling for Financial Survival
Thailand’s national airline got court clearance Monday to restructure its debt. By the end of June, the liabilities of Thai… Read More »
European space agency signs deal for asteroid defence mission
The European space agency (ESA) signed a deal worth 129 million euros ($154 million) on Tuesday to make a spacecraft… Read More »
Delta continues LAX-Sydney route with Virgin Australia JV on hold
Virgin Australia will focus on domestic and short-haul international flying for the time being. Delta Air Lines will continue operating… Read More »
TAP to add European and North African routes
The Portuguese airline plans to offer six new routes during the summer 2021 season. TAP Air Portugal is expanding its… Read More »
Stockholm Bromma ‘no longer commercially viable,’ Swedavia says
Just eight scheduled passenger routes are currently operating from the airport and Swedavia believes Stockholm Arlanda could accommodate the traffic…. Read More »
Recovery Tracker: the global market
As airlines and airports around the world recover from the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes’ latest infographic looks… Read More »
JetBlue launches new service between Aruba and Newark
Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) received the wonderful news today that JetBlue Airways will launch a new route out of… Read More »
Elon Musk says Starship SN8 prototype will have a nosecone and attempt a 60,000-foot return flight
Elon Musk has shared some details about future testing of Starship, the SpaceX launch vehicle currently being developed by the… Read More »
This $40 million Gulfstream private jet can be bought using bitcoin as aircraft sales firms attempt to lure international buyers
An aircraft sales firm is now accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for its multi-million-dollar aircraft. Aviatrade just introduced… Read More »
More 787 Flaws Reported, 680 Aircraft May Be Involved
As many as 680 Boeing 787 Dreamliners may be affected by the latest revelation involving manufacturing flaws in the jets…. Read More »
DGCA suspends SpiceJet’s head of flight ops for three months (India)
No-frill carrier SpiceJet Limited’s chief of flight operations, Gurcharan Arora, has been suspended by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil… Read More »
Blue Origin’s human lunar lander all-star space team completes first key milestone for moon mission
Blue Origin, along with it partners Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper, was one of three companies to be awarded… Read More »
The Future of Private Jets
While economic uncertainty may have an impact on the future of the private jet industry in the near-term, industry insiders… Read More »
American Airlines to Make DFW a Hub for Flights to Asia
Saying it would be more profitable to fly to Asia-Pacific of its home base at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, American… Read More »
Boeing executives defend safety decisions on 737 MAX development
Two senior Boeing Co BA.N executives who oversaw the development of the 737 MAX defended the company’s decisions on a key cockpit… Read More »
With airline fleets grounded, plane recyclers bet on parts boom
As COVID-19 grounds swaths of airline fleets, companies that profit off the dismantling and trade of aircraft parts are seeing… Read More »
Caribbean Airlines to launch Barbados-Dominica flights Sept. 19
The carrier views the route as part of its expansion into the eastern Caribbean. Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Airlines will… Read More »