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Sep 17, 2020

Air New Zealand has grounded i...

In May the airline grounded the majority of its seven 777-300 aircraft until the end of the 2020 calendar year. At the same time the company also signalled it was unlikely to fly its eight 777-200 air... More

Sep 17, 2020

Air New Zealand is proposing t...

Air New Zealand is proposing to layoff 385 cabin crew by December. “Unfortunately the reduced schedule means we have a reduction in the number of crew we need for our wide body fleet,”.. and “We... More

Sep 14, 2020

Cathay Pacific to park 40% of ...

The Cathay Pacific Group today released its combined traffic figures for August 2020 that reflected the airlines’ continued substantial capacity reductions in response to significantly reduced deman... More

Sep 12, 2020

Enter Air commitment to purcha...

Boeing and Enter Air announced the Polish airline is expanding its commitment to the 737 family with a new order for two 737-8 airplanes plus options for two more jets. An all-Boeing operator and Pola... More

Sep 12, 2020

Australian budget carrier, Tig...

Australian budget carrier, Tigerair has officially ceased operations on September 10, 2020. Tiger Airways Australia, operating as Tigerair Australia, was an Australian low-cost airline commenced servi... More

Sep 11, 2020

Lufthansa plans to retire enti...

Lufthansa plans to retire entire Airbus A380 fleet as part of its coronavirus pandemic-driven restructuring. The German Frankfurt-based carrier is considering retiring its all of its A380s, Boeing 747... More

Sep 11, 2020

Singapore Airlines announced t...

The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group today announced to cut around 4,300 positions across its airlines. “After taking into account a recruitment freeze, natural attrition, and the take up of volun... More

Sep 10, 2020

DGCA suspended two senior exec...

Aviation regulator of India, DGCA has suspended two senior executives of AirAsia India last month for a period of three months over “safety violations” On 15 June this year, a former AirAs... More

Sep 10, 2020

Air New Zealand reported a los...

Air New Zealand reported a loss of $87 million for the 2020 financial year, compared to earnings of $387 million in the prior year. The 2020 result, affirming the unprecedented effect of the Covid-19 ... More

Sep 10, 2020

AirAsia announces a new subsid...

AirAsia Group Berhad today announced the formation of Asia Digital Engineering Sdn Bhd (ADE), a wholly-owned subsidiary, set to be Asia’s leading provider of engineering services for AirAsia’s gro... More

Sep 09, 2020

28 young people commenced thei...

Twenty-eight young people commenced their four-year SWISS apprenticeships in aircraft maintenance on 10 August 2020. Three of them are female. Twenty-five future polymechanics – three of them wo... More

Aug 31, 2020

The first-ever Israel EL-AL fl...

The first-ever Israel EL-AL flight to fly over Saudi Arabia after Riyadh agreed to the Israeli request on Sunday landed in Abu Dhabi The flight LY971 carrying high-level delegates from Israel and the ... More

Aug 30, 2020

United Airlines Permanently El...

“The only thing constant is change and at United Airlines, some of the fees associated with changes related to flying are gone for good.”, The carrier announced today. The united is perman... More

Aug 30, 2020

JetBlue raised over $115 milli...

JetBlue raised over $115 million by securing 25 Airbus A321s through pass-through certificates. The airline announced on 27th it raised capital $115,584,000 with interest payable semi-annually on May ... More

Aug 28, 2020

AirAsia X posted another deep ...

AirAsia X posted another deep quarterly losses and announced to further reduce its payroll next month. The Malaysia based airline reported a net loss of RM305mil in the second quarter ended June 30 co... More

Aug 28, 2020

Qantas plan to axe and outsour...

Qantas workers across the country are preparing to protest the carrier’s decision to cut 2500 jobs and outsource them. The Airline said that it will cut all of its ground, baggage and cleaning jobs ... More

Aug 13, 2020

Two Hong Kong express A321s co...

Hong Kong Express Airbus A321 collided with another HK Express Airbus A321 on the apron at Hong Kong International Airport. The Aircraft registered “LEF” collided with the stationary Aircr... More

Aug 08, 2020

Air India Express Boeing 737-8...

Air India Express Boeing 737-800 on flight #IX1344 from Dubai overran runway 10 on landing in heavy rain at Kozhikode Airport in South India. The aircraft with 184 passengers & 6 crew on board fr... More

Germany Aug 07, 2020

Corona pandemic led to an 80 p...

“The collapse in demand for air travel due to the Corona pandemic led to an 80 percent drop in revenue for the Lufthansa Group in the second quarter to 1.9 billion euros (previous year: 9.6 bill... More

Bulgaria Aug 05, 2020

Airstair vehicle hit and damag...

Left wing trailing edge and flap on WizzAir Airbus A320 were damaged when an airstair vehicle hit the aircraft. The Airstair vehicle hit the parked A320 from behind at Sofia International Airport, Bul... More

Aug 05, 2020

A former AirAsia pilot commit ...

A former AirAsia pilot was found dead after he was believed to have jumped from his condominium unit in Puchong, near Serdang, Malaysia, yesterday. Serdang District Police Chief, Assistant Commissione... More

Aug 05, 2020

Virgin Australia axes 3000 job...

Australia’s number two airline, Virgin Australia will layoff 3000 employees, and offload its long-haul international jets as part of its restructuring plan under new owner Bain Capital. The airl... More

Russia Aug 03, 2020

Fuel tanker collided with an A...

Aeroflot Airbus A321 was seriously damaged after a fuel tanker collided onto it at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia on 1 Aug, 2020. The fuel tanker ramped onto the parked aircraft,... More

Jul 23, 2020

Qantas mark the end of an era ...

Qantas mark the end of an era with the departure of the national carrier’s last Boeing 747 jumbo jet yesterday. The final 747-400 in the fleet (registration VH-OEJ) departed Sydney at 2pm as flight ... More

Jul 22, 2020

Ethiopian Airline’s Boei...

Ethiopian Airline’s Boeing 777F cargo Aircraft was on fire at #Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. The plane caught fire while loading cargo at Shanghai Pudong airport ... More

U.K Jul 17, 2020

British Airways retires all of...

British Airways is retiring its Boeing 747-400 fleet with immediate effect, according to an internal companywide email. “With much regret, we are proposing, subject to consultation, the immediate re... More

Nirobi Jul 06, 2020

Buff Air Services Fokker 50 cr...

Main landing gear on Buff Air Services Fokker 50 collapsed on landing on the unsurfaced Bardere Airstrip in Somalia. The aircraft built in 1992 was damaged significantly. No injuries were reported. Bu... More

Netherlands Jul 04, 2020

TUI Boeing 787 was damaged at ...

A TUI Boeing 787 was damaged on Thursday after a tow truck pulled the aircraft against an aerobridge, at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Dreamliner came to an abrupt halt and there was a dent in the nacel... More

Pakistan Jul 01, 2020

EASA suspend PIA flights to EU...

The European Union’s Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has suspended Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) flights to European member states over safety concerns. EASA made the decision, days... More

Australia Jun 30, 2020

Regional Express Airlines is p...

Regional Express Airlines says it is preparing launch flights on routes between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as a direct competitor to Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia. The routes will connect A... More

U.A.E Jun 28, 2020

Emirates has suspended flights...

Emirates has suspended flights from Pakistan till July 3rd after 26 passengers who transited through Dubai tested positive for Covid-19. The decision was made after 26 passengers on board a flight fro... More

Germany Jun 27, 2020

Lufthansa board accepted the r...

Lufthansa shareholders voted almost unanimously in favor of the Government rescue package of $10 billion on Thursday, following a tense week as airline’s largest single stock holder threatened t... More

Kuwait Jun 27, 2020

KuwaitAirways’ all new A...

KuwaitAirways’ all new Airbus A330neo on its maiden flight! The airline will receive its first brand new Airbus A330-800neo in the third quarter of this year, and rest will go through to 2026. K... More

Pakistan Jun 25, 2020

PIA grounded 150 pilots for ho...

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended 150 pilots for holding fake or dubious licences The airline said, “out of our 434 pilots, 150 will be grounded as of today,(June 25)” be... More

Australia Jun 25, 2020

Qantas to layoff another 6000 ...

Qantas Chief executive Alan Joyce said on Thursday the airline had no choice but to make 6000 of its 29,000 workers redundant as it does not expect to fly internationally other than to New Zealand for... More

Jun 22, 2020

Beach runway overrun…....

A GA8 Airvan’s nosewheel collapsed when the aircraft struck a washout after it overran a beach runway. The accident occurred after the pilot elected not to conduct a go-around despite several cues t... More

Jun 22, 2020

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR QANTAS G...

Applications have opened for the new Qantas Group Pilot Academy, due to open its doors to the first student intake in Toowoomba in September this year. Estimates suggest that 790,000 more pilots will ... More

Panama Jun 18, 2020

U.S. Department of Transportat...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Compañía Panameña de Aviación, S.A. (Copa) $450,000 for unlawfully transporting passengers between the United States and Venezuela via a sto... More

Scotland Jun 17, 2020

Flybe DHC-8-400 collided with ...

A former Flybe plane ran into the rear of an already offloaded and parked Loganair aircraft at Aberdeen International Airport in Scotland. Flybe DHC-8-400(Q400) not flown since Mar 4th, moved forward ... More

Australia Jun 16, 2020

Another Qantas Boeing 747 head...

Photo Credit: Slippy 70 Another Qantas Boeing B747-400ER VH-OEE “Nullarbor” departed Sydney Airport with a water cannon salute this morning, Tuesday June 16, heading for Los Angeles as QF6001 and ... More

Singapore Jun 16, 2020

Jetstar Asia will become the o...

Jetstar Asia will become the only low-cost carrier to fly direct from Singapore to Colombo, Sri Lanka when it launches the new service on 1 July 2020. Colombo becomes Jetstar Asia’s 25th destination... More

India Jun 16, 2020

Vistara to return a Boeing 737...

Vistara, a joint venture airline between India’s Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, will return one Boeing 737 plane to lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) later this week. The airline wi... More

Vietnam Jun 14, 2020

Vietjet Air Airbus A321 skidde...

Vietjet Air Airbus A321 skidded off the runway on landing at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (VVTS) amidst a heavy downpour. The Flight VJ322 from Phu Quoc Island off the southern coast, touched do... More

U.K Jun 14, 2020

U.K parliamentarians labelled ...

U.K parliamentarians says British Airways “a national disgrace” for trying to shed its staff and rehire them on new terms and conditions during the coronavirus crisis. The Commons transport select... More

UAE Jun 13, 2020

Emirates retires first of 46 A...

Emirates retires first A380 from it fleet. The aircraft registration A6-EDB was repainted white and was spotted at Dubai International Airport on 12 June 2020. This aircraft made its last scheduled fl... More

U.K Jun 12, 2020

British Airways plans to aucti...

British Airways plans to auction off art pieces worth millions to raise capital amid the coronavirus crisis. The art work from Damien Hirst, Peter Doig and Bridget Riley, with one of the pieces valued... More

Qatar Jun 12, 2020

Qatar Airways Becomes Largest ...

“Qatar Airways continues to succeed demonstrating the airline’s strength and resilience despite the illegal blockade imposed by neighbouring countries on 5 June 2017.” says the airline. ... More

Germany Jun 11, 2020

Lufthansa to cut 26,000 jobs&#...

Lufthansa says it will cut 22,000 jobs to help cash crunch caused by coronavirus pandemic. The German carrier says half the job cuts would be in Germany. After having meeting the unions, Lufthansa say... More

UAE Jun 11, 2020

Emirates to cut thousands of j...

Emirates is planning to cut thousands of jobs to manage cash crunch caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Dubai based Emirates says “Given the significant impact that the pandemic has had on our b... More

World Jun 10, 2020

Airlines to post net loss of U...

Airlines are expected to record a net loss of more than US$84 billion this year in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, says IATA. International Air Transport Association said on Tuesday (Jun 9), ̶... More

Sri Lanka Jun 10, 2020

Colombo Airport will resume fl...

Sri Lanka Bandaranaike International Airport will resume its flight operations from 1st August 2020. The airport was closed since 11th March due to the adverse COVID-19 pandemic situation. Chairman AA... More

U.A.E Jun 10, 2020

Emirates has received approval...

Emirates has received approvals to carry passengers on flights to Kabul in Afghanistan, starting from 25 June, taking to 30 the total number of destinations currently offered to travellers. In additio... More

Germany Jun 08, 2020

Lufthansa parked another Boein...

Lufthansa parked another Boeing 747 on a long term storage. On Saturday Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 “Tango Lima” left for Enschede, where she will be temporarily parked until the demand for the air t... More

United Kingdom Jun 08, 2020

U.K imposes 14 day self -Quara...

United Kingdom imposes a two-week quarantine period for anyone arriving in the UK from Monday. Passengers arriving in the UK by any mode of transport including plane, ferry or train will be asked to p... More

Malaysia Jun 08, 2020

Malaysia Prime Minister appoin...

Prime minister of Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin has appointed Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin as group chairman of Malaysia Airlines’ parent company, Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), effective 1 July. The Prime... More

Canada Jun 07, 2020

Small plane crash… pilot...

A small plane, Davis DA-2A, crashed at the Brampton-Caledon Airport, northwest of Toronto this morning. The plane crashed while performing a touch-and-go on runway 33 Pilot, the sole occupant, was not... More

Hungary Jun 05, 2020

Wizz Air has taken delivery of...

Hungarian low-cost airline with its head office in Budapest, Wizz Air has taken delivery of their first Airbus A320neo, airframe registered HA-LJA. The aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G... More

Canada Jun 04, 2020

British Airways Boeing 787 rol...

A British Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner rolled off the taxiway while being on pushback at Edmonton Intl Airport (CYEG), Canada on 2 June 2020. The aircraft registered G-ZBKP, arrived at Edmonton Inter... More

Malaysia Jun 04, 2020

AirAsia is in talks to sell 10...

AirAsia Group is in talks with SK Corp, to sell 10% of its shares to raise RM334.2mil The sale of 10% stake to South Korea’s third largest conglomerate SK Corp at RM1 a share would raise an estimate... More

UAE Jun 04, 2020

Emirates will be flying to 16 ...

Emirates will be offering passenger services to 16 more cities on its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from 15th June 2020. Flights to the following cities will be available for booking on emirates.com or vi... More

United States Jun 03, 2020

Trump Administration ban all C...

U.S Department of transportation suspending the scheduled passenger operations of all Chinese carriers to and from the United States from June 16, 2020. The decision comes in response to a similar ban... More

America Jun 03, 2020

Delta’s MD-88 and MD-90 ...

On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Delta’s MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft made their last scheduled revenue flights. The 28-year-old MD-88 on final flight DL88 was headed from Washington-Dulles International A... More

Jun 02, 2020

‘Buy airline tickets lik...

‘Buy airline tickets like you bought toilet paper.’ Virgin Atlantic captain Chris Pohl plea travellers. The most senior A350 training captain at Virgin Atlantic, Chris Pohl, 56, who has be... More

U.K Jun 01, 2020

“British Airways plans t...

The Unite union that represents British Airways says that the airline plans to layoff vast majority of its workforce and rehire them on reduced pay and worse terms. Last month British Airways held mee... More

Netherlands May 30, 2020

KLM began testing sustainable ...

KLM today began testing sustainable ways to taxi aircraft at Schiphol Airport. The trial is being carried out with a Taxibot. This is a hybrid towing vehicle which, unlike the normal pushback trucks, ... More

Pakistan May 29, 2020

Rescue officials found Rs 30 ...

Rescue officials have found around Rs 30 million (USD 184,716) in cash in the wreckage of the Pakistan International Airlines’ aircraft that crashed in a residential area near Karachi Internatio... More

Russia May 28, 2020

Lighting strike damages Volga ...

Nose cone on Volga Dnepr Airlines An-124 was damaged while flying through lightning and a thunderstorm on approach to Krasnoyarsk in Russia on 27 May 2020. The flight #VDA3469 from Vatry landed safely... More

American May 28, 2020

Delta airlines urging staff to...

Delta Airlines is planning to offer early retirement and buyout packages to employees in an effort to cut costs as COVID-19 slashed the air travel by almost 95%. “While we never dreamed just a few m... More

May 28, 2020

Air New Zealand grounds Boeing...

Air New Zealand has grounded Boeing 777-200 and 777-300 fleet until at least end of this year or April 2021, as part of cost saving measures it undertake. As a result, the airline plans to lay off nea... More

Canada May 28, 2020

Air Canada is adding five carg...

Air Canada’s freight division, Air Canada Cargo is expanding its cargo-only network with the addition of five new destinations in Europe and South America beginning June 1. “Beginning Ju... More

Germany May 28, 2020

Lufthansa Board rejected Germa...

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has not approved the bailout package offered by the Economic Stabilization Fund (WSF) of the Federal Republic of Germany, during the Board meeting today ... More

Philippines May 27, 2020

Philippines Airlines flew its ...

Philippines Airlines PAL, made history by flying its farthest non-stop flight with a Boeing 777-300ER, covering roughly 9,758 miles between Manila and Florida. The 16 hour and 9 minute flight repatria... More

Germany May 27, 2020

Germany bailout Lufthansa by t...

Government of Germany have finally agreed to bailout Lufthansa. With the basic rescue package worth €9bn, Government of Germany will own 20% stake in the company. The rescue package which is subject... More

Latin America May 26, 2020

Latin America’s largest ...

Latin America’s largest airline, LATAM, has filled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in New York. The airline filled for Chapter 11 in relation to debt of $2.2 billion as of April ... More

Brazil May 26, 2020

Ground collision at Sao Paulo-...

Two LATAM Boeing aircraft collided on the ground while being towed at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil on 24 May 2020. Wing of a Boeing 777-300(PT-MUB) collided with the elevator of a... More

Pakistan May 26, 2020

May day – May Day –...

Evidence from crashed Pakistan International Airlines’s Airbus A320 revealed that crew tried to execute a go-around in a second attempt to land while conducting an ILS approach to runway 25L at ... More

QATAR May 14, 2020

Qatar airways to delay the del...

Qatar Airways is in discussions with Airbus and Boeing to defer the deliveries of their new aircraft on order. Airline CEO Akbar al-Baker said that new airplanes will likely be “deferred for several... More

GERMANY May 14, 2020

Lufthansa Group resume flights...

Lufthansa, Eurowings and SWISS will be resuming flights from 1,June 2020 to 106 destinations. From 1 June, 160 aircraft will be in service with the Group’s passenger airlines. The previously val... More

GERMANY May 13, 2020

Lufthansa temporarily parks it...

Lufthansa temporarily parks its 7th and last Airbus A380 in Teruel, Spain. The aircraft “Mike-Bravo“ on flight LH9924, departed Frankfurt Airpot at 8:00 LT Lufthansa has parked 258 aircraft includ... More

UAE May 13, 2020

Emirates will resume scheduled...

Emirates announced to start scheduled flight services from 21 May to nine destinations: London Heathrow Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne. The airline will also o... More

THAILAND May 13, 2020

Thai AirAsia posted a loss of ...

Thai AirAsia’s parent company “Asia Aviation” posted a loss of Bt1.37 billion ($42.7 million) in the first quarter of 2020, contrasts to an operating profit of Bt1.12 billion for the... More

Brussels May 13, 2020

Brussels Airline announced to ...

Brussels Airline announced to close down unprofitable routes, reduce number of aircraft and cut its workforce. “..the carrier needs to structurally reduce its costs to a competitive level. In ad... More

america May 12, 2020

Qatar Airways gives 100,000 Co...

Qatar Airways says it will give 100,000 free tickets to frontline healthcare professionals to say thank you for their heroic work looking after people during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The booking... More

america May 11, 2020

Latin America’s second-large...

Latin America’s second-largest airline, Avianca, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, after failing to meet a bond payment deadline. Colombia’s Bogota-based airline, Avianca would be one of ... More

america May 10, 2020

Motor attack damages Libyan Ar...

Info: JACDEC Libyan Arab Airlines Airbus A320 and an A330-200 were seriously damaged by a mortar attack of the Libyan National Army at Tripolis-Mitiga Airport. Both aircraft were stored inactive at th... More

america May 08, 2020

Lufthansa held talks with Boei...

Lufthansa says the airline is in “intense” talks with both Airbus and Boeing to defer deliveries of new jets, including the Airbus A320neo and A350-900, as well as Boeing’s 787 Dream... More

america May 08, 2020

Man on the runway killed by a ...

A man on the runway was killed by a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 landing on a runaway at the Austin airport Thursday night, authorities said. The pilot of Southwest Flight 1392, arriving from Dallas,... More

america May 07, 2020

Frontier Airline is the first ...

Frontier Airlines will be checking passenger temperatures before allowing them to get on board. “This new step during the boarding process, coupled with face coverings and elevated disinfection proc... More

asia May 04, 2020

Qantas has secured a further $...

Qantas Group today announces that it has secured a further $550 million in funding against three of its wholly-owned Boeing 787-9 aircraft. This follows the $1.05 billion raised in March against seven... More

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