Bluebird Nordic gets second 737-800BCF freighter from lessor AviaAM
Bluebird Nordic has taken delivery of a 737-800BCF Boeing Converted Freighter from AviaAM. The aircraft is the second 737-800BCF delivered… Read More »
NASA’s Wallops successfully launched Northrop Grumman rocket with supplies headed to ISS
Northrop Grumman’s 17th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station had a successful launch Saturday, Feb. 19, from NASA’s… Read More »
Velana International Airport Recovery shows promising figures in 2021
20th February 2022 – Despite the devastating effects of the pandemic in 2020, the aviation sector continues to recover. Efforts… Read More »
Israel Is Reopening To Tourists, Regardless of Vaccination Status
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett today announced that Israel will soon begin welcoming foreign tourists of all ages, regardless of… Read More »
New Hawaii Routes, Flights From Major US Cities Coming This Fall
This fall, Delta Air Lines will add a trio of new nonstop flights to Hawaii from three major U.S. cities…. Read More »
Singapore Airlines Rolling Out Blended Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Singapore International Airlines this week said it will use a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from used cooking… Read More »
Employees Who Sued United Over Vaccine Mandate Get Another Chance
Last year, a group of United Airlines employees sued the carrier to block its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which imposed unpaid… Read More »
Genting Hong Kong To Sell Unfinished World’s Largest Cruise Ship
Genting Hong Kong Ltd., the bankrupt parent company that shuttered Crystal Cruises earlier this month after two ships were seized… Read More »
Japan’s Peach Aviation cuts capital amount
Peach Aviation (MM, Osaka Kansai) has joined the likes of Air Do, Solaseed Air, Spring, Skymark Airlines, and ZIPAIR Tokyo… Read More »
Cayman Islands Removes Another Travel Barrier
The Cayman Islands, which had been one of the strictest – if not the strictest – Caribbean nations to prohibit… Read More »
Jordan Eases Restrictions for International Travelers
Perhaps you’ve had a wanderlust to visit Amman, the cosmopolitan capital city of Jordan. Or maybe be mesmerized by the… Read More »
Delivery Delays from Boeing force American to trim schedule
American Airlines, which announced in December it would scale back its international schedule for the summer of 2022, has again… Read More »
Frontier Airlines Passenger Causes Flight To Be Diverted
Another day, another incident, another flight diverted. A male passenger was restrained with zip ties and, of all things, Saran… Read More »
Cruise Lines Meet Deadline To Join CDC Program
Virtually the entire cruise industry met the Friday, February 18 deadline to opt into the Centers for Disease Control and… Read More »
Airbus reports strong 2021 full-year results
Airbus SE has reported consolidated full-year financial results for 2021 and provided guidance for 2022. In summary: 611 commercial aircraft… Read More »
Vietjet inks deal with Lufthansa Technik to digitalise its fleet’s technical information update process
New-aged carrier VietJet and Lufthansa Technik have signed an agreement at the Singapore Airshow to adopt AVIATAR’s Technical Logbook, the… Read More »
Qatar Airways says Airbus using A321neo as leverage in A350 paint row
Qatar Airways accused Airbus on Feb. 18 of revoking an order for 50 A321neo jets to put pressure on the… Read More »
Norwegian Air reports profit for 2021 after restructuring
Norwegian Air reported on Feb. 18 a full-year profit for 2021 in a turnaround from losses suffered the previous year,… Read More »
Air Canada reported a smaller Q4 loss and will add capacity through 2022
Air Canada stated on Feb. 18 it will add capacity through 2022 as pandemic journey restrictions calm down, after reporting… Read More »
Virgin Galactic chairman is stepping down
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. said Chamath Palihapitiya is stepping down as chairman at the space-flight company he helped to take… Read More »
Air Lease orders 50 Boeing 737 Max jets
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has ordered Boeing 50 737 Max 8 and 9 aircraft, consisting of 32 incremental 737 Max… Read More »
Norwegian Air may order jets from Airbus amid drawn-out Boeing litigation
Norwegian Air may order jets from Airbus in the future unless ongoing litigation with Boeing over previous aircraft cancellations is… Read More »