Boeing extends production halt as 1000th Dreamliner takes off
Production continues at Boeing’s facility of North Charleston, South Carolina, and on April 3, 2020, the 1000th Dreamliner…
Airbus sends A350-1000 to China to pick up millions of facemasks
The European aerospace giant, Airbus sent an A350-1000 to Tianjin, China over the weekend to bring back millions…
Emirates to start resuming passenger flights
The UAE authorities gave a green light for Emirates to start reinstating passenger flights starting from April 6,…
Coronavirus: How many A380 remain in the skies?
As the aviation industry is caught in the coronavirus crisis, airlines are grounding large parts, if not all,…
Legacy of the deadliest aviation crash in 1977
On March 27, 1977, a chain of events began that would eventually result in the deadliest aviation accident.…
El Al Flight LY88 connects Israel and Australia for 1st time
An unexpected outcome of the COVID-19 virus outbreak, El Al Israel Airlines finally operated the long awaited its…
KLM last Boeing 747 aircraft embark on final flights
On March 29, 2020, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight KL686 from Mexico City (Mexico) to Amsterdam (the Netherlands)…
Vietnam Airlines flaming A321 incident prompts FAA emergency AD
On March 18, 2020, Vietnam Airlines flight VN920 from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Phnom Penh (Cambodia)…
Emirates to suspend passenger flights
As multiple countries have closed their borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, Emirates is suspending the vast…
Delta to accelerate MD-88, MD-90 and Boeing 767 retirements
Facing a significant travel demand drop and other COVID-19 pandemic-caused challenges, Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian said the…
Air Tahiti Nui operates longest flight ever due to COVID-19
As an unexpected consequence of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, the French airline Air Tahiti Nui broke the record…
Air France AF1146 makes U-turn, returns to Paris
On March 16, 2020, Air France Flight AF1146 took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in…
Qantas to ground all widebodies, cut 90% flights due to COVID-19
Caught in the global coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting fall of travel demand, Qantas, the biggest Australian…
Italy to renationalize Alitalia after virus scares off buyers
As the potentiality to find a buyer in the context of the coronavirus Covid-19 epidemic is almost null,…
Air France to temporarily lay off 80% of staff due to coronavirus
Due to the coronavirus Covid-19 epidemic, Ben Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM Group announced it would gradually reduce…
Qatar Airways CEO calls Covid-19 “fear factor” as country closes
Due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the state of Qatar announced it would ban non-Qataris from entering the…
Will coronavirus send the A380 into early retirement?
As the aviation industry is caught in the coronavirus crisis, American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) is accelerating the retirement…
Emirates cuts flights to United States, Italy, adds pax screening
Emirates is implementing a new round of flight suspensions, namely to Italy and the United States, due to…