American Airlines plans major changes for summer. AA has increased domestic routes for the summer travel season, reopening Admirals Clubs, expanding flexible policies and continuing its enhanced cleaning, health and well-being procedures. (news.flightag.com) 更多...
The U.S. Transportation Department said late Wednesday it granted final approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of a lack of demand stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Airlines must maintain minimum service levels in order to receive government assistance but many petitioned to stop service to airports with low passenger demand. (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
Pakistani aviation authorities have told Pakistan International Airlines that the pilot of a passenger plane that crashed into a residential district of Karachi last month had ignored air traffic control's instructions for landing, a PIA spokesman said on Wednesday. The PIA Airbus A320 crashed on May 22 while trying to land after the pilots reported the loss of both engines. Ninety seven people on board were killed and two survived. At least one person was reported to have died on the… (www.msn.com) 更多...
As of June 1, the company plans to offer more than 100 flights in June to expand the possibilities for connections from Frankfurt... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 更多...
All tenants, private as well as commercial, had their hangar rents abated for six months using part of the $18.1 million the City of Flagstaff was awarded for the airport in the CARES Act. Due to very few restrictions placed on these funds, the City Council used the money to abate private aircraft owner's rent in the City owned hangars. Commercial tenants were to be the original recipients of the abatement as a result of economic loss incurred due to the sudden downturn in commercial air… (azdailysun.com) 更多...
The chairman of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has introduced a bill aimed at increasing aircraft safety in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
Boeing has delivered the first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) 更多...
The company announced Wednesday that it had leased 12 converted Boeing 767-300 passenger planes from Air Transport Services Group Inc. (finance.yahoo.com) 更多...
Greece has announced today the suspension of all flights to and from Qatar until mid-June after 12 of the 91 passengers on the Qatar Airways (QA) flight that landed in Athens yesterday tested positive for Coronavirus. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Parker was reading White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism. During the trip the flight attendant sat down next to him, he was in an empty row, and she asked him how the book is. He told her he’s “half way through it’s really good” and that it “points out how important these conversations on race are.” (viewfromthewing.com) 更多...
Today Ryanair (FR) published its traffic statistics for the month of May, showing a 99.5% drop with only 0.07million passengers transported compared to 2019 (14.1 million). (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Wizzair has recently announced it has restarted operations out of one of its bases being Belgrade. The carrier has also outlined its plans for health and safety restrictions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (www.youtube.com) 更多...
One of Airways' regular contributors Dirk Grothe has this week sent in some photos from his photography flight over the Airbus facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder (XFW). (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
With over 15,000 flights operated and 1.8 million passengers brought home, Qatar Airways (QR) establish itself as the biggest operator during the current COVID-19 pandemic. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Pilots are putting out public pleas for people to start flying again, urging the world to "buy plane tickets like you bought toilet paper." Captain Chris Pohl, a Virgin Atlantic pilot based in Toulouse, France, and Charlotte Dielman, an EasyJet pilot based in Belgium, have both posted pictures of themselves on Instagram holding up messages encouraging people to take to the skies again when the coronavirus lockdown restrictions start to lift. (www.insider.com) 更多...
Greece has suspended flights to and from Qatar until mid-June after 12 passengers arriving in Athens on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha tested positive for Covid-19. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
Jazeera Airways (J9) is offering 50,000 free tickets to frontline healthcare workers. Flights will be redeemable throughout Jazeera’s 28 destinations served by its fleet of 14 Airbus A320 aircraft (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Gulf airline Emirates said it’s unable to commit to outstanding aircraft orders in light of the coronavirus crisis, casting doubt over a backlog worth tens of billions of dollars to Airbus and Boeing. (www.executivetraveller.com) 更多...
MONTREAL, CANADA - The ongoing global crisis is likely to hinder the acquisition of Air Transat by its competitor Air Canada. According to sources who are well-informed about the matter said that Air Canada would like the Federal government to intervene to block the transaction. (www.airlinerwatch.com) 更多...
On June 3, 2020, WizzAir (W6) CEO József Váradi announced that subsidiary Abu-Dhabi’s (3L) original development plan will now see the addition of three more aircraft, bringing W6’s 3L fleet to a total of six (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
As carriers phase out parts of their fleets across the board, Eastern Airlines (EA) has decided to expand its fleet by acquiring one used Boeing 777-200ER. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Recently airlines have been retiring old and fuel in-efficient aircraft with major carriers such as American retiring five aircraft types and Delta sending its McDonnel Douglas fleet to early retirement. But there is one carrier that refuses to retire its older aircraft. Buffalo Airways, a carrier based in the city of Yellowknife located in Canada’s Northwest Territories, was founded in 1970 by Joe McBryan, a.k.a. “Buffalo Joe.” The carrier celebrated its 50th year of operations last month. The… (airlinegeeks.com) 更多...
The Netherlands recently acquired a new VIP Boeing Business Jet 737 for its top government officials to use. The Dutch royal family, as well as high-ranking officials such as the prime minister, use the aircraft for state business including traveling overseas for state visits. King Willem-Alexander, as a licensed pilot, frequently flies the aircraft and it was revealed the royal was flying for fun as a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines co-pilot for 21 years. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is… (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
The Trump administration ordered a suspension of flights on Wednesday from China to the United States as tensions escalate between the two countries over the coronavirus and Hong Kong. The order, which takes effect June 16, stems from China's refusal to allow U.S. carriers to resume flying to China. Four Chinese airlines currently fly to China from the U.S.: Air China, China Eastern, China Southern and Xiamen. President Donald Trump imposed travel restrictions on China on Jan. 31 as the… (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
On June 2, 2020, the first A220 built at Airbus’ Mobile Facility in Alabama, took to the skies for the first time. The A220-300, bearing the test reg C-GPCA was in the air, for nearly 4 hours, covering just over 1000 miles before landing. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
United Airlines, signaling its intent to re-build its extensive international network, plans a significant expansion of intercontinental flying in the coming months. (www.routesonline.com) 更多...
The Trump administration is banning Chinese passenger airlines from flying to the U.S. starting later this month, a move that comes as Beijing prohibits U.S. airlines to resume flights there. The order, published Wednesday, takes effect June 16, but it could be moved up. (www.cnbc.com) 更多...
