After failing to secure additional funding, the largest and oldest tourist broker Thomas Cook has ceased operations on September 23, setting an end to almost 180 years of history and tradition. Even though the group’s social media channels kept reassuring that operations would continue as normal, the CAA, the U.K.’s aviation authority, began preparations for […]
French low-cost carrier XL Airways has announced that it has ceased selling tickets as of Sept. 19, due to “financial difficulties.” The company also announced the cancellation of several flights, leaving its future in doubt as there are unconfirmed reports that a possible selloff is on progress. DreamJet Participations, XL’s parent company, is not able […]
Tuesday was a key day for Norwegian, as the company’s bondholders accepted a two-year deferral in the taking of dividends of obligations that the company had issued in 2015 and 2017. With this action, the carrier avoids paying 380 million dollars due in the last four months of the current year. This gives Norwegian Air […]
On Sunday, Kuwait Airways received its first Airbus A320neo, opening a new market for the new generation of the largely popular A320 family. But, according to the carrier’s CEO, this is just the first step of a large fleet overhaul. Yousef A. M. J. Alsaqer, Chairman of Kuwait Airways, said to Reuters in the welcoming […]
AirAsia X, the long-haul unit of the AirAsia Group, has finalized a firm order with Airbus for an additional 12 A330-900 and 30 A321XLR aircraft. The contract was signed by Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Chairman, AirAsia X Berhad and Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, in the presence of Tun […]
AirAsia X, the long-haul unit of the AirAsia Group, has finalized a firm order with Airbus for an additional 12 A330-900 and 30 A321XLR aircraft. The contract was signed by Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Chairman, AirAsia X Berhad and Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, in the presence of Tun […]
On Aug. 27, Air France’s first Airbus A350-900 performed its maiden flight around the builder’s factory in Toulouse, France. The twin-engine widebody aircraft, which bears the manufacturer’s serial number MSN331 and the factory registration F-WZFN, flew for a little over three hours. This first aircraft is set to be delivered next September, with 27 additional […]
On Aug. 27, Air France’s first Airbus A350-900 performed its maiden flight around the builder’s factory in Toulouse, France. The twin-engine widebody aircraft, which bears the manufacturer’s serial number MSN331 and the factory registration F-WZFN, flew for a little over three hours. This first aircraft is set to be delivered next September, with 27 additional […]
On July 19, 1989, Captain Alfred Haynes likely didn’t have the time to realize two significant items about the day ahead of him. He was presented with a certainty that not many people are in a position to acknowledge: he was supposed to die that very day. The other thing he surely missed is that […]
On July 19, 1989, Captain Alfred Haynes likely didn’t have the time to realize two significant items about the day ahead of him. He was presented with a certainty that not many people are in a position to acknowledge: he was supposed to die that very day. The other thing he surely missed is that […]
