Virgin Australia halts Tigerair ops; cuts 90% domestic capacity
Amid the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, Virgin Australia Group is reducing domestic capacity by 90% on top of the…
Boeing to halt production in Seattle due COVID-19
Boeing is shutting down its production operations in Seattle area facilities, which make up the majority of the…
British Airways Boeing 747 makes U-turn, returns to UK
British Airways flight BA81 took off from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) as usual on March 23, 2020. As…
Norwegian secures $27M guarantee for 1st state aid installment
Norwegian Air Shuttle says it has secured necessary financial support approvals from the country’s banks to be eligible…
Vietnam Airlines flaming A321 incident prompts FAA emergency AD
On March 18, 2020, Vietnam Airlines flight VN920 from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Phnom Penh (Cambodia)…
Etihad halts all flights amid “unprecedented decision”
Following the United Arab Emirates government’s ban of all passenger flights to and from the country due to…
Emirates to suspend passenger flights
As multiple countries have closed their borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, Emirates is suspending the vast…
Week of surprising and record-breaking flights
As airlines around the globe were announcing flight cuts in bulk over the past week, one might be…
Russian airlines caught in fake bomb threats problem
Aeroflot’s domestic flight SU1392 took off from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) on March 19, 2020. En route to…
Qatar Airways A380 changes course twice due unruly passenger
Qatar Airways was en route from Australia towards Qatar, when the pilots of the airline’s Airbus A380 declared…
Vietnam Airlines to ground all international flights
Vietnam Airlines is halting all international flights in its network for at least a month, due to the…
Emirates asks pilots, cabin crew to take leave
As the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak-caused crisis deepens, Emirates is reportedly once again asking its staff, namely pilots and…
Air France AF1146 makes U-turn, returns to Paris
On March 16, 2020, Air France Flight AF1146 took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in…
Covid-19 positive passenger sneaks onto Emirates flight
A British holidaymaker, who had tested positive for coronavirus Covid-19, left quarantine and boarded Emirates Boeing 777 in…
Qatar Airways CEO calls Covid-19 “fear factor” as country closes
Due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the state of Qatar announced it would ban non-Qataris from entering the…
Can Norwegian survive the US travel ban on Europe?
Norwegian government waives aviation taxes in the country, but it might be just too little too late to…
Emirates cuts flights to United States, Italy, adds pax screening
Emirates is implementing a new round of flight suspensions, namely to Italy and the United States, due to…
Iran to send UAI’s downed Flight PS752 black boxes to Ukraine
Iran agreed to send the black boxes of the downed Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 to Ukraine. Iranian officials…