Civil Aviation

IndiGo conducts in-flight test of Indian air navigation system GAGAN

IndiGo becomes the first Indian airline to land its aircraft using the space-based air navigation system GAGAN. ...

Virgin Australia eyes Boeing 737 MAX 8 deliveries in 2023

Virgin Australia will add four Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in a bid to meet growing travel demand and replace its older ai ...

UTair to bring back previously retired Yak-40 and Yak-42 aircraft - reports

Russian airline UTair will bring back Soviet-era Yak-40 and Yak-42 regional trijets after its bid to acquire SSJ100s fai ...

War in Ukraine

Aircastle writes off value of aircraft stranded in Russia

Lessor Aircastle has written off the value of its aircraft still stranded in Russia....

Airbus to ramp up A320 production in 2023 despite China supply chain woes

Airbus is planning to ramp up production for its single-aisle narrowbody A320-family jets by summer 2023 despite disrupt...

Cathay Pacific to resume Hong Kong - India flights from May 4, 2022

Cathay Pacific to resume direct Hong Kong - India flights to Delhi and Mumbai from May 4, 2022 ...

70% of data deleted in March cyber attack on Russian aviation authority: Reports

The Russian Prosecutor General’s office has begun to investigate a previously denied cyber attack on Russia’ ...

Angola’s Bestfly takes delivery of first Embraer E-190 from ACIA Aero Leasing

Angolan charter airline Bestfly Worldwide has taken delivery of its first Embraer E-190 from aircraft leasing company AC ...

More than 300,000 candidates compete for cabin crew roles at Emirates

Emirates has received more than 300,000 applicants since the carrier launched its first post-pandemic recruitment drive ...

Embraer narrows net loss in first quarter 2022

Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2022, revealing a s ...

Capital A passenger traffic soars as travel restrictions ease

Capital A passenger numbers soar as travel restrictions ease across Asia-Pacific

Capital A has released its operating results for the first quarter of 2022, revealing that passenger traffic has signifi ...

DGCA investigates IndiGo pilots for using 'guard’ frequency to criticize pay

Around seven IndiGo pilots are under investigation by the DGCA for allegedly using the 121.5 MHz emergency frequency to...

Kenya Airways and JetBlue ink interline agreement to boost connectivity

Kenya Airways and JetBlue Airways have signed an interline agreement to boost connectivity ahead of the upcoming su...

China anticipates 77% drop in traffic during Golden Week

China anticipates 77% drop in passenger traffic during Golden Week

Chinese carriers anticipate a 77% drop in passenger traffic during the Labour Day holiday period. ...

FAA invests $1B of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding in air traffic control

The Federal Aviation Administration begins investing $1 billion of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding into air traffi ...

Tata Sons begins process to merge AirAsia India with Air India

Tata Sons has started the process to merge Air India, the flag carrier airline of India, with low-cost carrier ...

United Airline’s route expansion set to dominate transatlantic traffic

United Airlines has announced its largest-ever transatlantic expansion to date in anticipation of a strong recovery in E ...

Asia-Pacific passenger traffic significantly increased: AAPA

The Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines released March 2022 passenger traffic results, revealing that air travel demand ...

Boeing confirms 777X delivery delay until 2025

Boeing confirms 777X delivery delay, submits plan for 787 certification

Boeing has confirmed that it now anticipates delivering the first 777X aircraft in 2025. ...

Canada Jetlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A320

Canada Jetlines closes $3.35-million non-brokered private placement

Canada Jetlines, the new Canadian leisure airline, has closed its non-brokered private placement to raise a total of $3. ...

Jambojet focuses on domestic recovery, no new int’l routes to be added in 2022

Kenya-based regional airline Jambojet will focus on growing its domestic operations before adding any new international ...

Emirates to add extra flights and seats across the GCC, Middle East during Eid

Emirates is adding 23 extra flights and more seats across the Middle East and Gulf Cooperation Council region during Eid ...

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Delta Air Lines to begin paying flight attendants during boarding

A first in US commercial aviation. Delta Air Lines to begin paying flight attendants during the time that passenge ...

Ryanair to invest $800m in flight schedule expansion from Krakow Airport

Ryanair will invest $800 million in its largest ever flight schedule expansion from Krakow Airport for summer 2022. ...

Airbus authorized to stop assembly of Qatar Airways A321neo airliners

Airbus was authorized by a British court to stop the assembly of A321neo airliners for Qatar Airways. ...

Qatar Airways launches VR experience Qverse and world's first virtual cabin crew

Qatar Airways launches Qverse, a new virtual reality experience programme, including the industry’s first-ever &ls ...

United and Singapore Airlines expand codeshare agreement to new destinations

United Airlines and Singapore Airlines enter codeshare expansion to 19 destinations ...

Safety after COVID: did pilots become ‘rusty’ after months of lockdown? | Data

Some aviation experts warned that the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a decrease in aviation safety. But did this happen ...

airBaltic takes delivery of 34th Airbus A220 aircraft

Latvian flag carrier airBaltic has taken delivery of its 34th Airbus A220 aircraft. ...

Air ambulance lands at Trafalgar Square after pedestrian is hit by a motorcycle

An air ambulance made a rare landing in London’s Trafalgar Square after an elderly pedestrian was hit by a motorcy ...

War in Ukraine

ALC to write off value of 27 aircraft remaining in Russia

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) said it would write off the value of 27 aircraft that are still remaining in Russia. ...

Civil Aviation

IndiGo conducts in-flight test of Indian air navigation system GAGAN

Virgin Australia eyes Boeing 737 MAX 8 deliveries in 2023

UTair to bring back previously retired Yak-40 and Yak-42 aircraft - reports

PL-12 Airtruk: how Australia created one of the strangest aircraft in the skies

ACCC grants interim approval for Virgin Australia - United codeshare pricing

The rise, fall, and rebirth of Virgin Australia

Rex Airlines signs LoI for additional Boeing 737-800NG

Harry Houdini’s little-known role in Australian aviation history