2019

Last week, an A350-900 was ferried from Airbus’ facilities in Toulouse, France to Qatar Airways’ home in Doha, representing the 250th aircraft to be delivered to the Qatari flag carrier. Just a few planes down, All Nippon Airways was receiving its first Airbus A380 from Airbus. Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker commemorated the event, which […]

Milan will be getting a third link to London link through British Airways. From Sept. 1, 2019, the U.K. flag carrier will begin operations at Milan Bergamo Airport (officially Orio al Serio International Airport) operating six weekly flights (no Saturday flights) to London Gatwick. The new service will be year-round and will be in addition […]

Vistara, the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines joint venture, has finally received government approval to begin international flights. This comes after where all Vistara could really do was sit and wait. Normally, the Indian aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, would be granting international flying permits. Instead, a committee of five cabinet-level ministers […]

As the fallout of the Boeing 737 MAX groundings continue to linger, Southwest has prepared for a long term wait on getting the newest variant of the Boeing 737 aircraft airborne again with some of their MAX 8 aircraft making a trip to Southern California Logistics Airport for what could be long term storage. The […]

The Midwest has been impacted by major flooding for nearly two weeks now. A blizzard in the West and a sudden spike in temperatures across the region caused large amounts of snowmelt and heavy rainfall to fill area rivers, impacting thousands across Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota. The floods left cities, towns, and […]

Norwegian announced it has been granted seven weekly frequencies between Spain and Peru by the Spanish General Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) . If flights commence, the Oslo born carrier will become the fourth airline to operate flights between both countries. The Oslo-based carrier currently flies to Boston, Los Angeles and New York-JFK from its Madrid […]

Iceland’s WOW air has re-entered talks with rival carrier Icelandair for the acquisition of the struggling low-cost carrier. The decision to re-enter the talks with Iceland’s main carrier came after Indigo Partners, owner of numerous low-cost carriers such as America’s Frontier Airlines and Hungary’s WizzAir, ended discussions with WOW. In a statement released this week, […]

According to Indonesian publication detikfinance and reported by One Mile at a Time, Garuda Indonesia’s CEO has stated that the carrier is set to cancel its order for 49 Boeing 737 MAX, citing “loss of confidence” in the aircraft. “Even if Boeing fixes the MAX 8 system, that passenger confidence is gone. So we asked […]

Taiwan-based Starlux Airlines and Airbus have signed a purchase agreement for 17 A350 aircraft. The deal includes five A350-900s and 12 A350-1000s. The A350-900 variants will be delivered in late 2021 and the A350-1000 will join the carrier in the third quarter of 2022. Also, Airbus will lease 10 A320neo jets to Starlux which will […]

British Airways unveiled the fourth and final retro livery as a Boeing 747-400 painted in ‘Negus’ colors touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport on Thursday morning, continuing the airline’s 100-year centenary celebrations. The livery appeared in 1974 and was the first to bring back the name “British airways,” which first appeared up until 1939 when […]