Airbus confirms the end of the A380 – production to end in 2021
The European plane maker Airbus will cease production of the giant double-decker Airbus A380 in 2021, despite being…
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MC-21 aircraft continues flight testing with help of EASA
On February 13, 2019, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced that MC-21 testing is moving forward: for the…
The plot thickens: Ben Smith faces tensions at KLM and Hop!
Tensions are rising within the Air France-KLM group. Employees of KLM are supporting their CEO Pieter Elbers, whose…
Air New Zealand plane takes off from Auckland, lands in scandal
An Air New Zealand flight en route to Shanghai turned back and landed at the departing airport on…
AirAsia’s latest headache: online scammers
AirAsia is warning the public not to fall for online scam schemes that use the Malaysian low cost…
Tea emergency: Jet2 flight diverted for lack of hot drinks
A Boeing 737 belonging to British low cost charter airline Jet2 was on its way from Glasgow, United…
Caution, slippery: plane skids runway in Moscow
The slippery winter season in Russia is not only affecting road traffic. It’s barely been a week since…
Drunk American Airlines pilot arrested just before takeoff
An American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) pilot has been arrested in Manchester, United Kingdom, minutes before taking off on…
Delta’s long-anticipated A220 debut finally takes off
On February 7, 2019, Delta took its brand new A220-100 to the skies for the very first time.…
Another blow to Airbus A380: Qantas cancels 8 superjumbos order
In another heavy blow to the already threatened A380, Qantas announces cancelling its order for eight Airbus’ superjumbos.…
Southwest and off to Hawaii: soaring past range in test flight
Southwest has begun conducting test flights to Hawaii as it seeks regulatory approval to start its long-anticipated service…
China Airlines pilots union strikes midst Lunar Holidays
Updated on 08.02.2019, at 16:55 (UTC +2)China Airlines cancelled 23 flights between February 8-10, 2019, due to pilot union strike. The…
Bombardier gives CRJ another shot, launches CRJ550
Less than a month after Bombardier’s CEO admitted the fate of CRJ program is yet to be decided,…
EASA bans Turkmenistan Airlines flights out of the blue
The only national carrier of Turkmenistan, former Soviet republic, Turkmenistan Airlines was banned from performing flights to European…
Eurowings, Condor, TUI woo Germania passengers with 50% offers
After bankrupt German airline Germania suspended all flights on February 5, 2019, operators Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA) (through Eurowings),…
Airlines: why EU law is desperate fighting against the €8 B debt
Over the last 25 years air travel in Europe has become cheaper, safer and bigger. Air passenger numbers…
SKYCOP lends a hand to airlines with special book
In the world of ever-improving technologies, where digital tools are changing the way we communicate, live and work,…
Germania bites the dust after 30 years….
The German carrier with the green and white planes with a history dating back some 30 years has…