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IndiGo Looks to Initiate Freight Operations
India’s low-cost airline, IndiGo, is looking to purchase four Airbus A321s and converting them to freighters. These aircraft will be the first freighter aircraft in the airline’s fleet and the plan for the full freighter configuration comes as demand for air cargo consistently increases. In a statement made on April 21, IndiGo announced that it […]
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Cathay Pacific to Close Pilot Base in Canada
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways announced on April 22 that it will close its Canadian pilot base and has proposed to also shut down its pilot bases in Australia and New Zealand, putting hundreds of its employees’ jobs at risk. No decisions have yet been made on the future of its pilots based in Europe […]
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QEF Initiates Disability Training for Aviation
Based in the United Kingdom as a charity for the disabled, the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) has partnered with their expertise with Ethos Farm to develop ASK FIRST, a deck of disability awareness online training courses designed to help all staff feel more confident in providing the best possible customer service and […]
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Garuda Indonesia Drops Appeal, Will Pay $15 Million Fine
The Australian Federal court has approved a payment plan for Garuda Indonesia after ordering the airline to pay a 19 million Australian dollar ($14.7 million) penalty in relation to a prior price-fixing case after the Indonesian flag carrier dropped its appeal against the initial penalty levied a couple of years ago. Between the years of […]
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Singapore Airlines Passenger Capacity Down – Sees Hope For Measured Recovery
Singapore Airlines (SIA) reported a decline in overall passenger capacity by 90.2 percent year on year, while passenger capacity was lowered by 56 percent in March 2021 as compared to the same month last year. Compared to February 2021 however, the airline had expanded its network from forty-one to forty-seven destinations, mainly due to the […]
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DHL Expanding Asia-Pacific Network
In response to predicted exponential growth in shipment volume, DHL Express has increased its flight network between the Asia-Pacific, the U.S and Europe, adding flights with Kalitta Air and AeroLogic to accommodate more demand. DHL added a couple of new Boeing 777F aircraft to its fleet with the purchase coming as part of a 14-unit […]
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Flypop Signs A330-300 Deal With Aircraft Lessor
United Kingdoms startup airline flypop has recently signed a lease deal for multiple Airbus A330-300 aircraft with Avolon ahead of the planned launch of flights between the UK and India later this year, the airline has announced. Based in Ireland, Avolon is the world’s third largest aircraft lessor. It provides leases and lease management services […]
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Investigators Successfully Downloaded CVR from Crashed Sriwijaya Air Jet
Two weeks after retrieving the cockpit voice recorder of a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet, an official at Indonesia’s air accident investigator said on Monday, Apr 12 that the data has been downloaded successfully, including the crucial last minutes of the flight that crashed with no survivors. The second black box was recovered on Wednesday, Mar […]
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Malaysia Airlines Extends Widebody FHS Contract with Airbus
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus and Malaysia Airlines have signed a five-year extension of its Flight Hour Services Components contract for the carrier’s wide-body fleets, which consists of the Airbus A330-300s and the A350-900s. The extension will also include the A330-200Fs operated by the carrier’s cargo counterpart, MASKargo. This comes as a result from the Malaysian […]