covid19 Southwest deems armrests as low-touch areas Southwest Airlines (LUV) is retiring its extra aircraft cleaning procedures previously enacted due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The… August 5, 2020
Airbus A320 Virgin Australia ends long-haul; shifts to all-Boeing 737 fleet Virgin Australia’s reorganization plan under voluntary administration includes mass layoffs, fleet recomposition and discontinuation of its subsidiary Tigerair… August 5, 2020
Boeing Woes for Boeing continue, as ALAFCO cuts 737 MAX order After filing a $336 million lawsuit against Boeing, ALAFCO had reached a mutual agreement with the U.S.… August 4, 2020
air crash investigation What’s left for Boeing 737 MAX before it goes back to the skies? Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) preliminary review of Boeing 737 MAX reported promising resolutions for safety issues related to… August 4, 2020
Abu Dhabi Wizz Air Abu Dhabi’s first Airbus A321 spotted in Hamburg The first A321neo aircraft for Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, Wizz Air’s newest subsidiary based in the Middle East,… August 4, 2020
FAA Virgin Galactic reveals plans for supersonic aircraft Virgin Galactic announced that they would be collaborating with Rolls-Royce in designing and building Mach 3, a supersonic… August 3, 2020
Crew Dragon Endeavour’s landing marks spaceflight history After a 64 day orbital round-journey to the International Space Station, the Crew Dragon spacecraft operated by Douglas… August 3, 2020
British Airways BA retires historical all-business BA1 trans-Atlantic flight British Airways (BA) confirmed to AeroTime that it will terminate the historical all-business class flight BA1/BA2 between New… July 31, 2020
Air France KLM announces 5,000 layoffs as losses soar AirFrance-KLM declared a total of 10,000 employees are to become redundant as the group looks to minimize its… July 31, 2020
aviation finance Singapore Airlines Group loses $1B, expects rapid recovery Singapore Airlines (SIA1) (SINGY) (SIA) Group (SIAG) can be officially chalked off with the rest of the airlines… July 30, 2020
Airbus MEA Airbus A330 and Turkish Boeing 777 collided in Nigeria An incident was recorded on July 29, 2020, when a Middle East Airlines (MEA) Airbus A330-200 (registered OD-MEA)… July 30, 2020
Boeing Boeing confirms that production of 747 will end in 2022 Rumors about the end of production of the Boeing 747 were put to bed, as Boeing officially confirmed… July 29, 2020
Aviation Economics & Finance Wizz Air expands as Q1 reports near negligible losses Wizz Air’s Q1 FY2021, financial results revealed a $127 million (€108 million) statutory net loss, exceedingly low in… July 29, 2020
Apache US COVID relief act includes $1.4B for F-35 fighter jets The new $1 trillion COVID-19 aid bill introduced by United States’ lawmakers contains funding for new F-35 fighter… July 29, 2020
Air Europa IAG looks to save $704 million on Air Europa deal International Airlines Group (IAG), parent to Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, and others, is reportedly negotiating to acquire… July 28, 2020
Coronavirus Lufthansa to resume JFK flights, offers PCR Corona testing The Lufthansa Group announced on August 27 to be continuing its five weekly flights to New York (JFK)… July 28, 2020
Africa Emirates route network grows as more destinations are added Emirates announced that it will resume flights to Nairobi, Baghdad and Basra, growing its passenger network to 67… July 27, 2020
Boeing Reckless pilot flies with one engine, ignores regulations Czech Air Accidents Investigation institute (or UZPLN) released a final report revealing that the pilot in command of… July 27, 2020