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Results 1 to 30Flight Systems Stolen From Arik Air Boeing 737
2022-01-26, 05:55An Arik Air Boeing is minus its flight management system after thieves broke into the plane while it was parked in Lagos and made off with the valuable piece of kit. The theft was followed by another security breach where customs officials allegedly threatened airport security officers with violence...
Fueling Disagreement Leads To Air India Flight Delay
2022-01-26, 04:27An argument between two Air India employees led to a flight delay On January 25th. The domestic flight from Srinagar to New Delhi was delayed by an hour due to a tiff between the pilot and aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) over fuel. The aircraft management is looking into the incident following a...
Is First Class History In The Airline Industry?
2022-01-26, 02:54Like the top suite at a Four Seasons hotel, first class cabins look fabulous, but the seats remain out of reach for most travelers. The cabins are largely the preserve of Hollywood types who can’t afford to fly private and high-end frequent flyers burning points. With such a small customer...
Delta Air Lines Relies On Its Premium Strategy As ULCCs Grow
2022-01-26, 01:43Delta Air Lines, like nearly every other major airline in the United States, is exposed to ultra-low-cost carriers (ULCCs) in the marketplace. Each airline has taken a different approach to how they interact with ULCCs in their markets. Delta, which has spent the last several years engaging in a...
Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 787s Delayed To 2023 As It Plans 2022
2022-01-26, 00:49Honolulu-based Hawaiian Airlines reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 results on Tuesday. On top of a $145 million net loss, the airline announced that its highly-anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliners were further delayed. The company now expects to receive the first of its order for ten firm...
Tahiti Sees A Boom In New Airlines
2022-01-26, 00:49Far-flung Tahiti (French Polynesia) is shaping up as an aviation battlefield this year. At least two startup airlines are keen to break the Air Tahiti monopoly on domestic routes across Tahiti’s many islands. At least two new airlines are keen on flying domestic routes in Tahiti. Photo: ATR...
Employee Sackings Paused During Qantas Vaccine Mandate Case
2022-01-25, 23:00Two dozen unvaccinated Qantas employees scored a small victory this week after the airline agreed to pause terminating their employment until a legal challenge plays out. Despite this, the employees failed to stop Qantas from taking other action against them. Some Qantas employees are trying to stop...
A Look At United Airlines’ Enormous Fleet In 2022
2022-01-25, 22:06United Airlines is one of the largest carriers in the world by fleet size. The Chicago-headquartered Star Alliance founding member has well over 800 aircraft at its disposal, with jets of varying shapes and sizes from multiple manufacturers. Let’s take a closer look. Boeing widebodies play a...
Viva Aerobus Signs Sponsorship Deal With The San Antonio Spurs
2022-01-25, 20:37The Mexican low-cost carrier Viva Aerobus has become an official sponsor of the NBA team, the San Antonio Spurs. It is the first alliance the low-cost airline signs with a sports team based in the United States. As a result of the new partnership, one of Viva Aerobus’ aircraft will have a special...
Istanbul Airport Roof Caves In Under Weight Of Heavy Snowfall
2022-01-25, 19:59Unexpectedly extreme weather has caused chaos in the eastern Mediterranean this week. Since the weekend, deep snowfall has seen Turkey’s largest and newest airport in Istanbul grinding to a halt. Passengers are reporting being stuck in the airport for more than 30 hours, and the roof of a cargo...
American Airlines & BA Reveal Their Plans For JFK Terminal 8
2022-01-25, 19:23British Airways and American Airlines both jointly revealed their plans for Terminal 8 at New York’s JFK Airport. The two airlines plan to modernize the terminal, which sits on the American side of the world’s most profitable route pre-COVID. British Airways will move into Terminal 8...
What Are Mexico’s Most Significant Airports For Cargo?
2022-01-25, 19:23The Mexican cargo airline industry has fully rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data provided by the local authorities. As of November 2021, the freighter airlines operating in the country were already carrying 17.7% more tons than in the same month two years before, prior to the...
Need To Move A Huge Load? Airbus Will Now Fly It On A Beluga
2022-01-25, 17:56Airbus’ ‘Beluga’ outsize cargo aircraft are well known for their unorthodox shape and high capacity. The manufacturer used the A300 as a basis for its five BelugaST jets, before doing the same with six A330s to produce the BelugaXL. While these traditionally carry Airbus...
Spirit Airlines Heads West With New Salt Lake City Flights
2022-01-25, 17:56Spirit Airlines has announced its latest network addition. Starting from May 26th, the airline will offer four daily nonstop flights out of Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), giving customers new ways to hit the slopes in Park City and offering local residents an opportunity to take more...
Inside Frontier: The Airline’s Top Airports And Routes
2022-01-25, 17:01Frontier is the USA’s eighth-largest airline. It has over 12,000 flights next month, two-thirds involving Florida and Nevada. Orlando is now its leading airport, surpassing Denver. Frontier will restart Fort Lauderdale service, contributing to its network of 317 routes. About a third of...
An Air France A318 Had 2 Engine Issues In As Many Days
2022-01-25, 15:50One of Air France’s Airbus A318 suffered from two incidents in the space of two days. On January 20th, the aircraft experienced a problem with its left engine. The right engine surged on departure the following day, leading to a return to Paris Orly Airport shortly after departure. This Airbus...
Passengers Have Reacted Positively To The UK’s New Testing Rules
2022-01-25, 15:50Following yesterday’s news that the UK would relax its testing requirements for arriving passengers, airlines have seen a significant boost to ticket sales. Leisure operators are now planning for greater capacity this upcoming summer than for that of 2019 and are hoping that testing regimes...
Which Canadian Airlines Still Fly The Saab 340?
2022-01-25, 14:55Today marks 39 years since the Saab 340 made its first flight on January 25th, 1983. The Swedish manufacturer produced over 450 examples of this 30-36 seat turboprop airliner between 1983 and 1999, and the type remain in service today. One of the countries where the Saab 340 has a continued presence...
Airline Startup Of The Week: Malaysia’s SKS Airways
2022-01-25, 14:55Today, Malaysian startup SKS Airways launched its inaugural flight from Subang Airport to Pulau Pangkor. The carrier will focus on short-haul connections to island and coastal resorts within Malaysia before eventually expanding into Southeast Asia and Southern China. We explore SKS Airways and what...
The Most Notable New Airline Routes This Week
2022-01-25, 14:19Welcome to our 21st routes newsletter. We’ve covered a selection of new and returning routes that launched in the last week. Why not sign up and receive our newsletter in your email inbox every week? Toronto-Faro is bookable until October 25th but scheduled into December. Photo: via ANA...
Kenya Moves To Undo UAE Passenger Flight Ban
2022-01-25, 14:19From midnight Monday, Kenya is once more allowing passenger flights from the United Arab Emirates. The suspension in retaliation to Dubai banning passenger flights from Kenya over falsified COVID test certificates lasted for two weeks. Meanwhile, the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority says that the...
The World’s Longest Airbus A320neo Routes
2022-01-25, 14:19Between now and the end of May, there are 11 A320neo routes over 3,000 miles. The longest is Moscow Domodedovo to Blagoveschensk, on the Chinese border, nearly 3,500 miles apart with a block time of up to 8.5 hours. For context, it is 41 miles farther than Heathrow to JFK. Russia’s S7 Airlines...
On This Day In 1947: Croydon Airport’s Douglas C-47 Crash
2022-01-25, 12:48Today marks 75 years since the last major accident at London’s former Croydon Airport. On January 25th, 1947, a departing Douglas C-47 failed to get airborne in wintery weather conditions, resulting in it crashing into another aircraft of the same design. The crash destroyed both planes,...
Could Kuwait Airways Be Coming To Manchester Soon?
2022-01-25, 11:19Kuwait Airways plans to serve Manchester, with the new route expected to take off in May. There is currently no official announcement, and it isn’t yet available to book, but it appears in various locations awaiting ‘release’. Is Kuwait Airways coming to Manchester? Photo: Airbus....
Russia’s Is Testing Its MC-21 In Extreme Cold Conditions
2022-01-25, 10:43Russia’s new narrowbody challenger, the MC-21, has arrived in Siberia to undertake extreme cold weather testing. The aircraft flew from Moscow to Yakutsk at the weekend, and is now undertaking a series of operations to confirm its capabilities in temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees C (-22...
Lithuania’s 10 Most-Used Active Commercial Aircraft
2022-01-25, 08:36With no flag carrier of its own, Lithuania’s homegrown aviation industry is very much made up of charter operators and aircraft leasing firms. So when it comes to the most-used active commercial aircraft in the country, which jets come in at the top of the list? Let’s find out. GetJet is...
Singapore Airlines Delays Its Indian Airbus A380 Return
2022-01-25, 08:00Singapore Airlines has delayed its planned India Airbus A380 return. According to the airline’s previous schedule, Singapore Airlines would’ve launched daily services to both Delhi and Mumbai in February. Now, Mumbai services won’t launch until March, with Delhi flights off the...
Burkina Faso Flights Suspended After Military Arrests President
2022-01-25, 07:06An attempted coup in the West African nation of Burkina Faso has led to the cancelation of flights while the country looks to regain stability. The last flight logged as having departed was on January 24th at 17:25. This saw an Airbus A320 leave for�Abidjan with�Air Cote d’Ivoire. The flight...
Go First’s Twitter Hacked As Airline Becomes 2nd Largest In India
2022-01-25, 05:54India’s low-cost carrier Go First’s Twitter account was hacked on Monday. The incident came to light late evening after 8 pm when unauthorized posts surfaced on behalf of the airline. There were no reports of operations being affected, and an investigation is reportedly underway. Go...
Cathay Pacific’s 2021 Passenger Numbers Just 2% Of 2019 Numbers
2022-01-25, 04:23Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific is warning of capacity reductions this year after the Hong Kong Government recently further tightened aircrew quarantine requirements and travel restrictions. The warning comes as the airline releases details of its 2021 full-year performance and its outlook for...
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