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American Airlines A320 performs high-speed emergency landing

An American Airlines Airbus A320 performed a high-speed emergency landing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (P...

Ryanair Boeing 737 aircraft parked at Dublin Airport DUB

Ryanair to order between 150 and 200 737 MAX aircraft?

In an unprecedented move in 2020, considering the current pandemic-induced crisis and the grounding of the Boeing 737 MA...

British Airways Boeing 777-300. Associative photo

British Airways takes 1st Boeing 777 with Club World Suite

British Airways (BA) took delivery of its first Boeing 777-300ER and one Airbus A350XWB aircraft as a replacement for it...

British Airways to launch new route forgotten for 30 years

British Airways launches a new route from London to Bermuda. This appears to be the first time the British air carrier h...

AirAsia Airbus A320neo taking off from Bangkok Don Mueang Airport

AirAsia Japan to be shut down next week?

As AirAsia looks to cut costs, one of its newer subsidiaries might be closed down as soon as next week. AirAsia Japan ne...

SAA suspends operations, no funding found

South African Airways (SAA) is being put under “care and maintenance” by administrators in charge of its res...

Lufthansa expects delay in its first Boeing 777X delivery

Lufthansa seems less than hopeful for the delivery deadline of the Boeing 777-9. Carsten Spohr, the CEO of the airline,...

Singapore Airlines unveils Airbus A380 restaurant experience

Singapore Airlines seemingly chose the more environmentally-friendly option in search of extra revenue. The airline will...

Wizz Air delays launch of Abu Dhabi subsidiary new UAE base

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, a joint venture between the Hungarian budget airline and Abu Dhabi state holding company ADQ, has re...

Turkish Airlines subsidiary Boeing 737 suffers engine shutdown

A Boeing 737-800, flying on behalf of Turkish Airlines, suffered sudden engine shutdown with a loud noise and streaks of...

easyJet Airbus A320 aircraft parked at Milan Malpensa Airport MXP

BALPA and easyJet shake hands to avoid 727 pilot layoffs

British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) agreed to concessions to save over 700 easyJet pilot jobs, the union announce...

El Al Airlines opposes 27-year-old owner: suspects deceit?

The Israel flag carrier El Al Airlines revealed that it opposes the purchase of a controlling stake by Eli Rozenberg, a...

Ryanair puts $200 million in Beauvais base, criticizes Air France

Irish budget airline Ryanair is opening a new base in Paris-Beauvais Airport (BVA) in France. While announcing the launc...

Tail strike in Moscow: Azur Air Boeing 767 suffers belly damage

An Azur Air Boeing 767-300 suffered significant belly damage during a tail strike incident in Vnukovo airport (VKO), Rus...

Cathay crew agrees to take one-year unpaid leave

Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union said their members agree to go on unpaid leave for up to a year to keep t...

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JetBlue Airways shows special tail fin design of A321LR jet

American low-cost airline JetBlue Airways revealed a new tail design for its first Airbus A321LR aircraft. The A321LR wa...

Corona testing sign at Leipzig Airport LEJ in Germany

For airlines, only option to move forward is testing

While there is no vaccine available, airlines still wish to restart the sector. However, travel policies that are all ov...

American Airlines reveals prospective of the 737 MAX training

American Airlines announced the date when it plans to start pilot training for the grounded Boeing 737 MAX. Having 24 Bo...

Rex to expand, take on Qantas and Virgin Australia directly

Australian regional airline Rex announced a plan to launch domestic major city jet operations on March 1, 2021. This mar...

VietJet passengers boarding its Airbus A320 aircraft

Low-cost VietJet to offer luxury lounges and chauffeur drives

Swaying from its low-cost model, Vietnam's VietJet is introducing luxury lounges and chauffeur drives to its passeng...

Boeing 747-400 British Airways & Rossiya Airlines Boeing 747-400

Rossiya Airlines not to save 7 Ex-British Airways 747s after all?

Update 15:03 UTC: The registration information of the seven ex-British Airways Boeing 747 aircraft has changed. The airc...

Young investor buys El Al Airlines controlling stake

A chapter in the painful saga of El Al Airlines financial downturn came to an end after the new offering of $150 million...

South African government says it is committed to financing SAA

The bankruptcy administrators of South African Airways (SAA) were told that the government was committed to provide 10.5...

View of an Avianca Brasil airplane grounded at the airport

Family ties & state money: Avianca’s loan raises disputes

Colombia’s flag carrier Avianca has almostly lost hope of getting up to $370 million state loan, yet still continu...

WOW Air and Icelandair Airbus Boeing airplane tails at Reykjavik

Owner of WOW Air brand intends to take bite of Icelandair stake

The owner of the WOW Air brand, US entrepreneur Michelle Ballarin, intends to purchase a 25% stake in Icelandair. The en...

Sold out in minutes: Qantas boast sale of “flight to nowhere”

Qantas Airways launched a new seven-hour flight over Australia’s Outback and Great Barrier Reef for travelers who...

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplanes prepare for their next fl

Tip of the iceberg: Southwest Airlines grounds 130 Boeing 737s

Southwest Airlines has temporarily grounded over half of its fleet, 130 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, due to detected di...

South African Express staff attempts to buy the dying airline

Hundreds of South African Express Airways (SA) employees are attempting to save their jobs by taking unusual measures as...

Emirates A380 London Heathrow AeroTine News

Emirates to lay off 600 UK-based employees

In addition to earlier layoffs, almost 600 UK-based employees of Emirates Airlines could lose their jobs, as the carrier...

Stored Lufthansa Airbus A380 at Teruel Airport TEV

Lufthansa to decide Airbus A380 fate soon; pushes A350 deliveries

Lufthansa's wide-body fleet, including the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747 will get a complete overhaul, according to...

Emirates Airbus A380 landing at Sydney Airport SYD

Emirates Airbus A380 network expands to six cities

A week after restarting flights to Moscow, Emirates upgraded the route from a Boeing 777 to an Airbus A380, citing incre...

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American Airlines A320 performs high-speed emergency landing

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British Airways takes 1st Boeing 777 with Club World Suite

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British Airways to launch new route forgotten for 30 years

AirAsia Japan to be shut down next week?

SAA suspends operations, no funding found

Lufthansa expects delay in its first Boeing 777X delivery

Singapore Airlines unveils Airbus A380 restaurant experience

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