Woman Tests COVID-Positive Mid-Flight, Quarantines in Airplane Lavatory
A Chicago resident who recently traveled to Iceland and self-tested COVID-19 positive in mid-air, voluntarily isolated herself inside the airplane… Read More »
Pilot shortage forces United to suspend 15 regional routes
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) is temporarily dropping 15 regional routes and shifting some services to New York Newark from… Read More »
Norse Atlantic Airways secures its Norwegian AOC
Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) secured its Norwegian Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) – NO.AOC.093 – on December 29, 2021, bringing… Read More »
Austrian Airlines repays €60mn of COVID aid by year-end
Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) will have repaid EUR60 million euros (USD68 million) or 20% of its EUR300 million (USD340 million)… Read More »
Wizz Air outlines Gatwick plans having secured 15 more slots
Wizz Air Holdings has outlined its plans for the 15 daily London Gatwick slot pairs it acquired from Norwegian Group… Read More »
Bahrain’s Texel Air takes delivery of first 737-800(BCF)
Texel Air (XLR, Bahrain Int’l) took delivery of its first B737-800(BCF) on December 19, 2021. N851BC (msn 29985) is a… Read More »
AirAsia Group completes $233mn rights issue
AirAsia Group will complete its renounceable rights issue to shareholders on December 31, raising MYR974.5 million ringgit (USD233.3 million) and… Read More »
U.S. State Dept warns Americans traveling abroad to ‘make contingency plans’
The State Department warned on Thursday Dec. 30 that Americans who are traveling abroad “should make contingency plans” as countries… Read More »
Omicron virus and unruly passengers deter U.S. airline staff from holiday overtime
U.S. airline cabin crew, pilots and support staff are reluctant to work overtime during the holiday travel season despite being… Read More »
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airlines is suspending cargo flights due to virus controls
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airlines is suspending cargo flights for a week due to stricter quarantine requirements for air crews,… Read More »
U.S. airline group A4A seeks 5G wireless deployment delay near airports
The aviation industry and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration have raised concerns that 5G might interfere with sensitive aircraft electronics… Read More »
SpaceX Starship launch headlines the most anticipated 2022 space missions
The SpaceX Starship launch (its first official one to orbit, specifically) proves to be the headliner among the most anticipated… Read More »
Israel buys Boeing KC-46 tankers and Lockheed helicopters worth $3.1 billion
Israel has signed a deal with the United States to buy 12 Lockheed Martin Corp CH-53K helicopters and two Boeing… Read More »
JetBlue cuts hundreds of January flights due to omicron surge as travel disruptions worsen
JetBlue Airways will cut more than 1,280 flights from Thursday through mid-January in anticipation of more Covid-19 infections among pilots… Read More »
Jet Stream winds are causing issues for airlines on transcontinental flights
U.S. airlines are already understaffed because of COVID-19, and the weather isn’t helping matters. The jet stream winds have been… Read More »
New Norway-based airline Norse Atlantic will start flying 787s in spring 2022
Norse Atlantic Airways, a new Norway-based airline, has received an air operator’s certificate (AOC) from the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority…. Read More »
Michigan teacher isolates in bathroom for 5 hours after testing positive for Covid mid-flight
A Michigan teacher’s trip to Iceland took a dramatic turn when she discovered that she was positive for COVID-19 midway… Read More »
NASA says Webb Space Telescope’s fuel likely to last more than 10 years
After a successful launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on December 25, and completion of two mid-course correction maneuvers,… Read More »
Sochi International Airport served its 11 millionth passenger
Sochi International Airport named after V.I. Sevastyanov served its 11 millionth passenger, which flew away on the board of Nordwind… Read More »
JetBlue Canceling 1,280 Flights Through Mid-January
JetBlue is scrapping approximately 1,280 flights or nearly 10 percent of its flight schedule from Thursday through January 13 as… Read More »
Montage Palmetto Bluff: Low Country Hospitality and Natural Abundance
I’m staring into a freshwater lagoon at Montage Palmetto Bluff, eyeing a circle of bubbles, on a warm, sunny December… Read More »
World’s last A320ceo Family jet delivered – to Delta
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) took delivery of the world’s last new-build A321-200 – its 127th of the… Read More »
Colombo must privatise SriLankan Airlines
Sri Lanka’s State-owned Enterprise Restructuring Board has advised the government to suspend state assistance and restructure SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo… Read More »
Tigerair Taiwan applies for stock exchange listing
Tigerair Taiwan (IT, Taipei Taoyuan) has applied to the Taiwan Stock Exchange to list its shares on the main board… Read More »
Pakistan’s AirSial secures int’l traffic rights
AirSial (PF, Karachi Int’l) launched its first international charter passenger flight from Lahore Int’l, Pakistan to Dubai Int’l in the… Read More »
US carriers in uproar over Icelandair US-Cuba charter plans
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to operate 170 round-trip charter… Read More »