Sixth, final C919 prototype makes maiden flight
The sixth prototype of Chinese commercial passenger aircraft C919, 106, made its first flight on December 27, 2019.…
After month long halt, AtlasGlobal resumes flights
After suspending flights for a month due to financial problems, AtlasGlobal took the skies once again. The carrier…
90 years of Hawaiian Airlines: two bankruptcies, no fatal crashes
After saying Aloha for the first time in 1929, Hawaiian Airlines is proudly counting 90 years of operations…
Alitalia facing shut down by mid-2020?
Bankrupt since 2017, Italy’s flag carrier Alitalia was promised a fresh infusion of $400 million in funds earlier…
Is a smooth landing the measure of a good pilot?
Is a smooth landing the measure of a good pilot?Many people think that the type of the aircraft…
ANA All Nippon Airways suffers flaming engine problem
ANA All Nippon Airways flight en route from Fukuoka to Tokyo had to turn around and land at…
Jeju Air to acquire 51% Eastar Jet’s shares
Jeju Airlines (also known as Jeju Air), South Korea’s largest budget carrier, is planning to acquire a 51%…
Drunk and Duct-taped: S7 Airlines unruly passenger tied to chair
Passengers onboard S7 Airlines found a creative way to deal with an unruly passenger who became disruptive during…
7 months after ceasing ops, Fly Jamaica files for bankruptcy
Fly Jamaica’s revival appears to not be going according to plan. After an incident and subsequent aircraft loss…
How to unground Boeing 737 MAX? FAA’s recommendations
A week before Boeing announced its decision to halt 737 MAX production due to, among other factors, the…
Top Gun 2: Maverick, Tom Cruise goes hypersonic?
The second trailer of the long-awaited Top Gun 2: Maverick, that will see Tom Cruise take back his…
FAA wants to revoke license of “reckless” Executive Air Express
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is threatening to revoke Executive Air Express air carrier…
Disoriented contractor prompts A300F takeoff abort in Heathrow
A driver, who became disoriented, accidentally entered a runway in London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR), prompting the air traffic…
Embraer starts flight tests of final E2 jet
Embraer has begun flight testing the third and final, member of the E-jets E2 family, the Embraer E175-E2.…
Ryanair averted grounding third of fleet over maintenance
Back in 2018, Ryanair was facing a grounding of approximately a third of its fleet over a problem…
Introducing Aviadvigatel PD-14: engine to power MC-21
The Irkutsk Aviation Plant has completed assembly of a new MC-21-300 aircraft fuselage. While the fuselage is the…
Network cuts leave Norwegian’s traffic down by over a fifth
Norwegian Air Shuttle total traffic dropped by 23% as it cut capacity by 27% in November 2019. However,…
Garuda Indonesia CEO to be sacked over smuggled Harley Davidson
Ari Askhara, the CEO of Garuda Indonesia, is facing the prospect of being sacked from the job. In…