Turmoil over COVID-19 mutation: border closures in Middle East
Outbreak of new coronavirus mutation prompts countries to close their air borders.Saudi Arabia On December 21, 2020, Saudi Arabia…
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Flights from South Africa banned over COVID-19 mutation
Multiple countries banned flights from South Africa in an effort to stop the spread of a novel COVID-19…
EasyJet postpones delivery of 22 Airbus jets
EasyJet agreed with Airbus to defer delivery of 22 A320 Family jets due to significant loss related to…
Norwegian competition prompts US approve Aer Lingus join AJBA
The United States Department of Transportation (DoT) announced tentatively approving Aer Lingus to join the oneworld alliance’s Atlantic…
SIA delivers first vaccine shipment to Singapore
Singapore became the first country in Asia to receive the delivery of Pfizer vaccine. Singapore Airlines (SIA1) (SINGY) (SIA)…
Saudi Arabia bans international flights, land & seaport operations
Saudi Arabia decided to ban all international flights as well as suspend entry to the country via all…
Ryanair flight FR4371 diverts due to medical emergency
A Ryanair flight that was on its way from Seville, Spain to Manchester, United Kingdom, was forced to…
ZeroAvia gets $21.4 million for hydrogen-powered plane development
ZeroAvia, an American hydrogen aircraft startup, secured more than $21 million worth of funding from investors. The funding…
Il-114-300 Russian regional airliner completes maiden flight
The Ilyushin Il-114-300, new regional turboprop airliner currently under development in Russia, successfully landed after its maiden flight.…
Green light for Heathrow third runway
The UK Supreme Court gave permission for the expansion of the third runway at London Heathrow Airport. The…
Wizz Air flight unable to take off at Gibraltar after bird strike
During its second ever flight to Gibraltar, Wizz Air flight suffered bird strike, which delayed the return to…
Saab, Rolls-Royce conjointly research engine sensing technologies
The British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and the Swedish aerospace company Saab announced the creation of a collaborative research…
Heathrow Airport workers strike in car-rally
Starting from December 14, 2020, around 4,000 Heathrow Airport workers are set to strike in a car-based rally…
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 to turn into pretty troop carrier
Virgin Atlantic held a farewell to its final Boeing 747-400 before transferring the jumbo jet to a new…
Severe weather conditions blamed for Jet2 Boeing 737 runway incursion
A Boeing 737 aircraft belonging to Jet2, a British low-cost carrier, experienced a serious runway incursion due to…
Harsh weather forces two Vistara A320 flights to divert
Two Vistara flights were forced to divert to Mumbai and Kolkata due to bad weather conditions, announced the…
Where past meets future: second life of airports
Once an object of fascination, later abandoned and closed, these airports got transformed and found a new life.Berlin…
USAF F-15E fighters to use recycled wings from Saudi F-15S
As the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) was preparing to scrap the wings of 66 of its F-15S…