After 22 years in skies, CityJet farewells last BAe Avro RJ85
Irish regional airline CityJet (WX) retired its last British Aerospace Avro RJ85 jet named “Great Blasket Island” after…
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Thai Airways offers “holy flights”
During the pandemic, several airlines have been experimenting with selling “flights to nowhere”. Thai Airways takes this idea…
Pilot Union of KLM gives up: agrees with prolonged pay cuts
In a dispute with the government of the Netherlands, pilots of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) finally reached…
Ailing Norwegian Air Shuttle gets Europe’s best LCC award
World Travel Awards (WTA), a global initiative to reward excellence in travel and tourism, announced the winners of…
How airlines prepare for UK lockdown?
The UK is entering a month-long lockdown. All non-essential travel in the country and abroad will be banned…
Denmark launches startup airline Airseven
While some airlines are struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic, Denmark establishes a new charter airline.…
Hi Fly announces phase-out of its Airbus A380
Hi Fly, the Portugal-based ACMI operator, announced that it would phase-out its sole Airbus A380 aircraft at the…
SAA aims to relaunch operations in first half of 2021
South African Airways (SAA) is expected to restart its operations in the first half of 2021, announced the…
Ryanair to suspend flights from all Irish airports, except DUB
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair plans to suspend all operations from four out of five Irish airports due to…
SpiceJet to launch seaplane service for regional operations
Indian carrier SpiceJet reportedly plans to start its first regional seaplane service from Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, India,…
BREAKING: Emirates confirms first A380 retirement
After Emirates shipped one of its A380s to Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport (LDE), a storage facility in France, speculation arose…
Airbus delivers first two A330-800neo to Kuwait Airways
Airbus delivered the first two Airbus A330-800neo aircraft to Kuwait Airways, the launch customer of the aircraft type.Kuwait…
Etihad issues $600M sustainability-linked Transition Sukuk
In cooperation with UAE’s financial institution, Etihad Airways reportedly launched the Transition Sukuk as the Sustainability-Linked financing of…
Ailing SAA gets $650M government-backed funding
The government of South Africa kept its promises and provided South African Airways (SAA) 10.5 billion rand ($650…
Positivity breeze in industry: passengers rank best airlines
The 2020 Business Traveller Awards blew up a stiff breeze of positivity in the world of aviation. The…
From t-shirts to in-flight meals: airlines hustle to survive
With the air travel restricted, airlines are looking for ways to recreate the experience on the ground. Carriers…
Emirates to retire its first Airbus A380 aircraft?
Emirates airline is seemingly retiring its first Airbus A380 aircraft, as one double-decker (registered as A6-EDB) is en…
Notice to foreign pilots of Turkish Airlines: unpaid leave?
Turkish Airlines, the national flag carrier of the country, reportedly informed employees about the airline’s alleged intentions to…