Rolls-Royce to reduce civil operations, workforce down by 9,000
A £5.4 billion ($6 billion) loss prompted the engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce to consolidate its civil aerospace operations. Four…
EASA issues repeated checks for Rolls-Royce Airbus A380 engines
EASA announced that repetitive on-wing inspections are now necessary for three variants of Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, following…
Air India’s bid timeline extended for fourth consecutive time
India’s government has yet again prolonged the bid timeline for Air India, making it a fourth consecutive extension. …
Bain bids $2.5B on Virgin Australia, Etihad and SIA lose millions
Bain Capital made a $2.5 billion (AU$3.5 billion) bid over Virgin Australia. Under the proposal, Virgin Australia’s unsecured…
Delta plans to furlough 2,000 pilots after bailout expires
Following United Airlines, another major U.S. carrier plans additional furloughs. Delta Airlines (DAL)’ reportedly plans for 2,000 pilots…
Lufthansa Cargo readies for COVID vaccine distribution in US & EU
Lufthansa Cargo opened new Pharma Facilities in Munich, Germany and Chicago, the United States in the wake of…
Lufthansa tightens mask exemptions, requires negative Covid test
Lufthansa Group is tightening the exemptions from mask requirements onboard their flights to include a medical certificate and…
Champagne bubbles & overheating engines: Boeing 747 service entry
On September 30, 1968, the doors of the Everett assembly plant opened. A tractor towed out a glistening…
AAIB finds Vueling pilots “confused” during two landing incidents
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigated two previous landing incidents of the same Vueling Airlines flight…
Rolls-Royce launch new effort for supersonic propulsion
Rolls-Royce and Reaction Engines will partner to develop high-speed aircraft propulsion systems for civil and defense aerospace gas…
American to cut domestic network to 15 US cities
American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) announced to be removing services to 15 cities in the United States due to…
Qantas reports “devastating” financial year due to A380 write-off
FY2020 was devastating for Qantas Group, whose financial results attribute more than half of its almost $2 billion…
Russian bear goes planespotting, forces S7 A320 to go around
S7 Siberian Airlines domestic flight in Russia was forced to make a go-around after a wild bear was…
Qantas and Virgin to catch a break with new COVID-19 vaccine?
Australia’s prime minister Scott Morrison announced plans to make a potential COVID-19 vaccine mandatory. Qantas and Virgin Australia…
WorldACD calls 2020 “craziest half year in air cargo”
The month of June marked the end of “the craziest half year in air cargo” after many of…
American Airlines to double cargo-only flights in September
American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) plans to operate over 1,000 cargo-only flights in September 2020, essentially doubling its air…
Qatar Airways Cargo seeks new gateways through UK?
Qatar Airways Cargo has signed five-year contracts for cargo handling in Manchester and Birmingham airports in the UK. …
Air India flights allegedly operated by unemployed pilots
Air India has reportedly sacked 48 pilots who had resigned the year before, but later withdrew their resignations.…