Lockheed Martin joins Japanese fighter jet program Lockheed Martin was selected by the Japanese government to provide technological support to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in the… ByClément CharpentreauDecember 11, 2020
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… ByClément CharpentreauDecember 11, 2020
Ambitious goal: United Airlines pledges to become fully-green carrier United Airlines targets to reach an ambitious goal to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 100% by the… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteDecember 10, 2020
European Commission moves to ensure air connectivity after Brexit As Brexit negotiations have stalled, the European Commission (EC) has made the move to ensure basic air connectivity… ByRytis BeresneviciusDecember 10, 2020
Road to recovery: Virgin Atlantic to sell its Dreamliners In an effort to survive one of the toughest winters in aviation history, Virgin Atlantic Airways made a… ByElžbieta VišnevskytėDecember 9, 2020
South Korea eases dry ice rules to help vaccine transport South Korea raised the limit of dry ice a plane can carry which will allow planes to transport… ByElžbieta VišnevskytėDecember 8, 2020
Chuck Yeager, first pilot to cross the sound barrier, dies at 97 The aviation pioneer Charlie “Chuck” Yeager died at the age of 97 on December 7, 2020. Yeager made… ByClément CharpentreauDecember 8, 2020
Top 10 fake airlines There are real airlines and there are fictional ones. Fake airlines lie in between: they pretend to be… ByValius VenckunasDecember 7, 2020
Qatar Airways hints post-crisis fleet, A380 in question Qatar Airways, the operator of a large, young, mixed, and currently largely-grounded fleet, has revealed that a transformation… ByAeroTime TeamDecember 7, 2020
Russian airline evacuates 250 passengers due to bomb threat A Russian passenger aircraft was evacuated following a bomb menace at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteDecember 7, 2020
Emirates receives first of three A380s to be delivered by 2021 Emirates took delivery of the first of three A380 aircraft to be received by the end of 2020.… ByClément CharpentreauDecember 7, 2020
Last Emirates A380 delivery postponed to 2022 Emirates’ decision to cut its backlog by 39 A380s put an end to the short-lived career of the… ByClément CharpentreauDecember 7, 2020
Emirates and Airbus A380: no love at first sight While Emirates has become synonymous with the Airbus A380 and is, despite the current unfavorable circumstances, optimistic about… ByRytis BeresneviciusDecember 7, 2020
Gulf Air and El Al to launch direct Bahrain – Tel Aviv route Gulf Air, the national airline of Bahrain, and El Al Airlines, the flag carrier of Israel, are preparing… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteDecember 4, 2020
Special cargo: beware of animals on board On the contrary to passenger traffic that has significantly dropped due to COVID-19 pandemic, animal cargo flights have… ByElžbieta VišnevskytėDecember 4, 2020
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Ryanair invests $200 million, opens 4th base in France Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair announced the launch of its new base at Paris-Beauvais Airport (BVA). This became the… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteDecember 4, 2020
ATR 72-600F performs maiden flight, set to be delivered to FedEx ATR, a French-Italian aircraft manufacturer, announced its ATR 72-600F regional freighter’s successful first flight as the company begin… ByPijus JauniškisDecember 4, 2020