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Jan 24, 2021
Sriwijaya air 737 crash probe ...
Data from the Flight Data Recorder of crashed Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 indicates autothrottle system was not operating properly on one engine at some point during the climb away from the aircraft, say...
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Jan 20, 2021
Top 20 Safest Airlines for 202...
The world’s airline safety, and product rating website, AirlineRatings has listed top Twenty “Safest Airlines 2021” from the 385 different airlines it monitors. The website released its ...
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Jan 19, 2021
Lufthansa raised 500 million e...
Since July 2020, Deutsche Lufthansa AG has raised a total of around 500 million euros by using aircraft as security in eight financing transactions. Capital raising against eight aircraft has enabled ...
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Jan 13, 2021
Divers have retrieved Flight D...
Indonesian divers have retrieved Flight Data Recorder (Black Box) of Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea last Saturday. The Boeing 737-500 jet crashed just 4 minutes after taking off fr...
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Jan 10, 2021
Body parts, and debris were pu...
Indonesian search and rescue team have pulled body parts, pieces of clothing and scraps of metal from the Java Sea, a day after a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 crashed. A Boeing 737 with 62 people onbo...
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Jan 09, 2021
Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 w...
Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 with 59 people onboard lost contact shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. The 26 year old aircraft, reg (PK-CLC) on flight #SJ182 to Pontianak disappeared from...
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Jan 08, 2021
WizzAir Airbus A320N sustained...
WizzAir Airbus A320N sustained damage when a water vehicle wedged underneath at Gdansk International Airport, in Poland on Tuesday. The incident took place when Hungarian Wizzair airline was being pre...
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Jan 04, 2021
Qatar Airways has taken delive...
Qatar Airways has delivery of three brand new Boeing 777 freighters. This brings the Qatar Airway’s total freighter fleet count to 30 freighters, consisting of two Boeing 747 freighters, 24 Boei...
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Jan 03, 2021
Qatar Airways has become the l...
Qatar Airways wrapped up 2020 with the delivery of its 53rd Airbus A350 on the final day of the year. The national carrier of the State of Qatar is the largest operator of Airbus A350 aircraft with 34...
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Dec 31, 2020
AirAsia disposed 32.67% stake ...
AirAsia Group has disposed 32.67% stake in its Indian operations to TATA sons ltd. The Malaysia based low cost carrier has been badly affected by the on going COVID-19 pandemic and reported heavy loss...
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Dec 31, 2020
Emirates unveiled a brand new ...
Emirates is taking its signature A380 experience to the next level with the unveil of a brand new Premium Economy cabin product, together with enhancements and a refreshed look across all cabins onboa...
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Dec 30, 2020
Alaska Airlines boosts Boeing ...
Alaska Airlines announced that the carrier is buying 23 more 737-9 airplanes, building on its original order. Alaska Airlines signed an agreement last month to acquire new 737-9s through lease. The ne...
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Dec 29, 2020
A former Air France A380 being...
A former Air France A380 being dismantled in Ireland, following its early retirement. The aircraft Reg F-HPJB, flew to Ireland on Feb 20th 2020, after it had been to Malta to had the Air France brandi...
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Dec 28, 2020
Aircalin has taken delivery of...
New Caledonia’s Aircalin has taken delivery of its first A320neo. The aircraft joins two A330neo already delivered under the carrier’s fleet modernisation plan. Aircalin’s A320neo is powered by ...
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Dec 27, 2020
Yakutia Airlines Boeing 737-80...
Yakutia Airlines Boeing 737-800 on flight #R3783 overran runway 24 when landing at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow on 25 Dec, 2020. The 15 year-old Boeing 737-700 reg VQ-BIP was on a regularly...
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Dec 26, 2020
Air Canada Boeing 737MAX suffe...
An Air Canada Boeing 737MAX-8 declared emergency on ferry flight after suffering engine issues. An Air Canada Boeing 737MAX was on a ferry flight AC2358 from long-term storage at Pinal Airpark in Mara...
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Dec 23, 2020
Airbus to lose more than $5 bi...
Airbus says it stands to lose more than $5 billion if AirAsia implements its debt restructuring plans of AirAsia X. The documents filed in the high court of Malaysia shows that 13 creditors have chall...
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Dec 22, 2020
Air Greenland, the flag-carrie...
Air Greenland, the flag-carrier for Greenland, placed an order for Airbus’ next generation A330neo widebody aircraft. The new A330-800 will replace the airline’s ageing Airbus A330-200ceo to secur...
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Dec 20, 2020
EU countries ban flights from ...
The Netherlands, Belgium and Austria on Sunday banned flights from the U.K. and Germany to prevent a new strain of coronavirus that’s sweeping across southern England. The Netherlands banned fli...
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Dec 20, 2020
British Airways’ owner I...
British Airways’ owner IAG will buy a Spanish budget airline Air Europa at half of the original cost. IAG will purchase Air Europa for £450 million to be paid by 2026. In 2019, the group agreed...
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Dec 18, 2020
The first Airbus A220-300 for ...
The first Airbus A220-300 for JetBlue Airways has completed its inaugural test flight from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama. The aircraft performed its test sequences and landed safe...
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Dec 17, 2020
Spirit Airlines Airbus A320NEO...
Spirit Airlines Airbus A320NEO on flight #NK696 from Las Vegas, skidded off the taxiway after landing at Baltimore-International Airport. The aircraft with 111 passengers came to rest with its nosegea...
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Dec 17, 2020
The final flight of a British ...
The very last British Airways flight of its iconic 747 (‘Queen of the Skies’) was made its final journey from Cardiff Airport to its new home at eCube Solutions in the Vale of Glamorgan in South W...
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Dec 16, 2020
Hi Fly retires its Airbus A380...
Portuguese charter airline Hi Fly retires its Airbus A380, after nearly three years of service. The A380, Reg 9HMIP is arriving this afternoon in Beja, Portugal, after successfully performing the last...
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Dec 15, 2020
Etihad Airway officially inaug...
Etihad Airways officially inaugurated the latest ecoDemonstrator aircraft in its journey towards sustainability. Etihad took delivery of the Aircraft in October, and on 15 December 2020 it entered ser...
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Dec 15, 2020
China Airlines has taken deliv...
China Airlines has taken delivery of its first of six Boeing 777 Freighters, officially becoming the 20th operator of the world’s largest and longest range twin-aisle freighter. The 777 Freighter jo...
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Dec 15, 2020
JAL ask passengers to “s...
Japan Airlines (JAL) is asking some travelers to skip meals on board their flights to reduce food wastage. The airline call the passengers to make an “ethical choice” by skipping meals on ...
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Dec 14, 2020
Airlines use crazy ideas to re...
Airlines have been introducing various methods to reduce weight on planes in order to reduce fuel usage. In an average, a commercial airplane would burn up to a gallon of fuel every second, and fuel c...
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Dec 14, 2020
Air Baltic has taken delivery ...
Air Baltic has welcomed its 24th and 25th Airbus A220-300 on 13 December, 2020. Arrival of Aircraft registered as YL-AAX and YL-AAY, completes the planned deliveries for airBaltic in 2020. Both aircra...
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Dec 14, 2020
Alaska Airlines will sell 10 A...
Alaska Airlines will sell 10 Airbus A320s to Air Lease Corporation, and subsequently lease 13 new Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft from them. The 13 737-9 MAX aircraft will be delivered from fourth quarter 2...
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Dec 09, 2020
BOC Aviation seek to enforce ...
Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation seek U.K court to implement the judgment where AirAsia X lost a multi-million dollar lawsuit. BOC Aviation, a Hong Kong-listed global aircraft leasing company filed a US$2...
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Dec 09, 2020
Virgin Australia has sliced it...
Virgin Australia Group announced today, it has reached an agreement with Boeing to restructure its B737 MAX order and delivery schedule. Virgin Australia has sliced its deliveries of Boeing planes by ...
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Dec 08, 2020
Lufthansa is recording a sharp...
Lufthansa is recording a sharp rise in intercontinental and intra-European bookings for the upcoming Christmas and New Year travel season. Last week, up to 400 percent more people booked destinations ...
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Dec 07, 2020
Lufthansa to cut 30,000 jobs t...
German carrier, Lufthansa will be cutting nearly 30,000 jobs this month and 10,000 jobs in early 2021. The first round of layoff will be outside of Germany and in the next round close to 10,000 jobs w...
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Dec 07, 2020
“Flyr”, A new Norw...
A new Norwegian start-up airline branded as “Flyr”, aims to commence services in the first half of 2021. The Oslo based airline is being established by a team of Pilots led by industry spe...
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Dec 05, 2020
Ryanair placed a firm order fo...
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline is placing a firm order for 75 additional 737 MAX airplanes, increasing its order book to 210 jets. Ryanair again selected the 737 8-200, a higher-capacity vers...
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Dec 04, 2020
Southwest Airlines to Furlough...
Southwest Airlines has expanded its furlough warnings, saying that 6,828 jobs at risk, about 12% of its staff. The airline told employees that 6,828 jobs are at risk as the company and its labor union...
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Dec 03, 2020
An Air Djibouti Boeing 737, on...
Info:AvHerald An Air Djibouti Boeing 737-500, on flight IV-206 from Hargeisa (Somaliland/Somalia) suffered right hand main gear collapse on landing at Garowe (Puntland/Somalia) on December 02, 2020. T...
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Dec 01, 2020
Airlines in America said to re...
Chicago-based carrier, United Airlines to resume flights using Boeing 737MAX early 2021. The airline said to its staff on MAX update, that it plans to resume flights with its 737 MAX 9 jets at its Den...
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Nov 30, 2020
TAP Air Portugal reposted net ...
TAP Air Portugal has posted a FY20 third-quarter net loss of €119 million ($142 million) compared to €1.2 million net profit in the FY19 third quarter. The Airline also said to reduce its winter c...
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Nov 30, 2020
Qantas confirmed to retrench 2...
Australian carrier Qantas has confirmed it will retrench 2000 workers as it outsources all ground handling work at major Australian airports after rejecting a bid by employees to save their jobs. The ...
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Nov 27, 2020
AirAsia group losses widens...
AirAsia group he posted 3Q2020 revenue of RM443 million, which is 86% decline year-on-year (“YoY”). Airline revenue decreased 87% YoY but grew 5 times QoQ with the gradual increase in capacity in ...
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Nov 23, 2020
A British Airways Boeing 747 c...
A British Airways Boeing 747 caught fire in Spain. The 26 years old aircraft registered G-CIVD, is the one of the retired BA 747 fleet parked in a remote stand in Castellón, Spain. In July this year,...
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Nov 23, 2020
Qantas to make vaccination aga...
Qantas considering to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for international travellers. “we are looking at changing our terms and conditions to say for international travellers, that we ...
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Nov 22, 2020
British Airways to store 33 Ai...
British Airways has requested Spanish airport authority AENA for permission to park as many as 33 of its unused Airbus aircraft at Palma airport. The airline will be parking 33 planes, including Airbu...
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Nov 20, 2020
Lufthansa introduces worldR...
Star Alliance, the world’s largest airline alliance, has completed development of an interoperable biometric identity and identification platform. Lufthansa Group (LHG) airlines, Lufthansa (a foundi...
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Nov 19, 2020
“Fly! Love is in the Air.”...
“Fly! Love is in the Air.”, EVA Air’s latest idea to help people find love at 32,000 feet in the sky. EVA Airways, one of the largest carriers in Taiwan, partnered with travel company Mobius...
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Nov 18, 2020
AirAsia is likely to exit from...
Malaysian carrier AirAsia Berhad is likely to exit from AirAsia India, as the JV company has been “draining cash..” The business in Japan and India have been “draining cash, causing the ...
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Nov 18, 2020
Virgin Australia says it is re...
Bain Capital, the new owner of Virgin Australia says it is ready to compete fiercely with Qantas, after rebuilding the airline from scratch for the past seven months. Virgin Australia was sold to U.S ...
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Nov 17, 2020
AirAsia Japan (AAJ), today fil...
AirAsia Japan Co Ltd (AAJ), today filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court, Japan. AirAsia Group, which owns 33% stake in AirAsia Japan said “Total cost of investment in AAJ has been fully...
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Nov 17, 2020
HK Express pilots face up to 4...
Hong Kong Express, the low-cost arm of Cathay Pacific has asked its staff to take pay cuts and unpaid leave starting next year. The airline wanted to pilots to take up to 40 percent pay cut and the no...
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Nov 17, 2020
Two KLM widebody Aircraft suff...
Two KLM widebody aircraft suffered a ground collision at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on Sunday, 16 Nov. A KLM Airbus A330-200 wing hit and dented a Boeing 747-400 nose while being towed. The KLM has of...
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Nov 16, 2020
Happy Birthday Qantas – ...
A dream to link Australia’s outback towns by air has become a reality by flying more than 50 million passengers a year around the world. QANTAS, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services...
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Nov 15, 2020
Airbus has delivered its first...
Kuwait Airways, the national airline of Kuwait, has taken delivery of its first two A330neos powered by the latest Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines These aircraft are the first of eight A330neos ordered...
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Nov 13, 2020
Antonov AN-124 suffered uncont...
Antonov AN-124 suffered uncontained engine failure and runway excursion on landing at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport in Siberia. A Volga-Dnepr AN-124 on flight 4066 from Seoul-Incheon Airport in South...
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Nov 09, 2020
Singapore Airlines to retire 2...
Singapore Airlines Group, reported a net loss of $3.5 billion for the first half of 2020. The SIA group, which includes its regional subsidiary SilkAir and low-cost carrier Scoot, have been heavily im...
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Nov 08, 2020
Ethiopian has taken delivery o...
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of two Airbus A350s on the same day – 7 November 2020. Both the aircraft flew from Toulouse to Addis Ababa on November 7th and landed within minutes of one ...
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Nov 06, 2020
Lufthansa Group reported a net...
Lufthansa Group reported a Adjusted Earnings (Adjusted EBIT) amounted to minus EUR 1.3 billion (previous year: plus EUR 1.3 billion). The average monthly operating cash drain, before changes in workin...
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Nov 06, 2020
5-6m length earthing cable was...
5-6m length earthing cable was found entangled in the left main gear’s hydraulic lines and brakes on Rossiya Airbus A319-100. The aircraft on flight FV-6314 from Krasnodar to St. Petersburg (Rus...
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Nov 05, 2020
Etihad as sent an A380 to Fren...
Gulf carrier, Etihad has parked an Airbus A380 at a French aircraft graveyard on Long-term storage. The aircraft resisted A6-APA was flown to Tarbes from Abu Dhabi today. This 5.3 year old aircraft wa...
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Nov 05, 2020
Thai Airways selling 34 aircra...
Thai Airways has listed 34 aircraft for sale including entire fleet of Boeing 747 as part of restructuring process. The flag carrier of Thailand has listed Airbus A300-600, two Boeing 737-400, three A...
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Nov 05, 2020
Emirates ask Pilots to take 12...
Emirates, UAE’s flag carrier offered some of its pilots unpaid leave for 12 months as COVID-19 continues to affect the air travel. “We can confirm that we’ve offered some of our pilots unpai...
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Nov 04, 2020
Creditors rejected Malaysian A...
“Our partners and creditors will have to sacrifice for the better of the future,”..”If they don’t want to help themselves to survive, I have no choice but shut it down.” ...
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Nov 01, 2020
Malindo Air layoff 2200 staff&...
Malindo Airways layoff 2200 staff on 30th October 2020, as part of cost cutting measures to recover from the COVID downturn. Malaysian hybrid-full service carrier owned by Indonesian Lion Air Group re...
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Oct 31, 2020
Lufthansa will be deploying fo...
Lufthansa will be deploying four of the currently parked Airbus A350-900s to its hub in Frankfurt during the winter season. The Airbus A350-900 is one of the most modern and environmentally friendly l...
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Oct 27, 2020
Airbus delivered the first A32...
Airbus and Singapore ST Engineering jointly achieved a key milestone in the A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme with the delivery of the first converted aircraft to Qantas. This new...
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Oct 25, 2020
Main landing gears on American...
Envoy Air / American Eagle plane skidded off the runway at Grand Bahama International Airport on Saturday. The ERJ-145 on flight AA4194 from Miami veered off runway 06 while landing at Freeport Grand ...
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Oct 23, 2020
AirAsia confirmed securing a l...
Malaysian Budget carrier AirAsia Group Bhd has secured a loan as part of its ongoing capital raising plans, Riad Asmat, CEO of the group said on Thursday. Riad Asmat, said “a loan has been appro...
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Oct 21, 2020
Cathay Pacific said to slash 5...
Cathay Pacific Airways, the flag carrier of Hong Kong said on Wednesday it would slash 5,900 jobs and end its regional Cathay Dragon brand amid COVID -19. This means some 5,300 Hong Kong-based employe...
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Oct 20, 2020
Malaysia Airlines may shut dow...
Malaysia’s national airline is seeking steep discounts from lessors and creditors to prevent liquidation. Khazanah Nasional Bhd, the owner of national carrier is negotiating with lessors and credito...
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Oct 19, 2020
Applications Now Open For The ...
Air Canada announced that the application process for the second annual Captain Judy Cameron Scholarship is now open. The Judy Cameron Scholarship was established in honour of the airline’s firs...
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Oct 19, 2020
Scandinavian carrier SAS has t...
Scandinavian carrier SAS has taken delivery of its first of three A321LR on lease from Air Lease Corporation, becoming the newest operator of the most efficient long-haul single aisle aircraft. The A3...
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Oct 17, 2020
AirAsia X liquidates its Indon...
Malaysia based AirAsia X Bhd is liquidating its Indonesian arm and says it has run out of money. The long-haul arm of AirAsia Group Bhd has also written down its 49% stake in Thai AirAsia X. Airline...
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Sep 24, 2020
Silverstone Air Fokker 50 carg...
Silverstone Air Fokker 50 cargo aircraft operated by Saacid Airlines crashed onto a perimeter after landing at Mogadishu International Airport (HCMM), Somalia, on Sep 19th 2020 The freight flight from...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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), ̶...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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