Qatar Airways Wins the “Airline of the Year” Award by Skytrax

Skytrax, a British civil aviation research company founded in 1989, is responsible for compiling special rankings devoted to airlines and airports to help travelers choose the airline best suited to their needs. Each year since 1999, it has introduced the Skytrax World Airline Awards, conducting international surveys to identify the best airports, the most efficient […]

ITA Airways Heading Towards Privatization

In recent days, consultants from the Italian government’s ministry have been sorting out draft contracts for the final sale of Italy’s national airline, ITA Airways. As already known, it had been announced on Aug. 31 that it had been chosen by the Italian government to go ahead with an exclusive negotiation with the consortium formed […]

ITA Airways’ Airbus A350 Draws Crowd During Italian Grand Prix Flyover

An Airbus A350-900 from Italy’s national airline, ITA Airways, flew over the skies of Monza on Sunday for its first flight. After dedicating its first Airbus A350s to Valentino Rossi, Marcello Lippi, Roberto Baggio and Enzo Bearzot, the latest arrival was dedicated to Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, […]

The First Passenger Flight With an Electric Aircraft in Iceland

Last week Icelandair, Iceland’s national airline, made the first flight in Iceland operated by an electric aircraft. Participating in this event as the first passengers to fly on the 100% electric aircraft were the President and Prime Minister of Iceland. The aircraft used was a Pipistrel Velis Electro, license plate TF-KWH, from the Slovenian manufacturing […]

Wizz Air Expands Network to Saudi Arabia in Agreement with Government

Wizz Air, a Hungarian airline and a top-three low-cost carrier in Europe as measured by the number of passengers carried, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia to launch 20 new routes from Central and Eastern Europe to Saudi Arabia. The carrier has expanded rapidly since the coronavirus […]

Emirates To Upgrade Interiors of 120 Aircraft As Airline Expands Fleet

Emirates recently announced that it is undertaking its largest fleet retrofit project ever, involving 67 Airbus A380s and 53 Boeing 777s. This project is part of a multibillion-dollar investment that Emirates is making as a part of the “Fly Better” campaign that began in November 2018. The retrofit will officially begin in November and will […]

Aegean Airlines Consolidates Network, Adds New Emirates Codeshare Agreement

On Monday, Greece’s flag carrier Aegean Airlines signed a codeshare partnership agreement with the national airline of the Arab Emirate of Dubai, Emirates. Aegean Airlines, through this deal, has thus reached 18 Airline Partners and further consolidates its network. This agreement between Emirates and Aegean Airlines will allow travelers to benefit, through Athens International Airport […]

Boeing Looks to First Movers Coalition to Reduce Aviation Industry’s Carbon Footprint

U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing, the world’s second-largest civil aircraft manufacturer, will take on a new role within the First Movers Coalition (FMC) to help reduce aviation emissions faster. The FMC was created in November 2021 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, seeking to bring to commercial scale within the next decade the […]

Air France-KLM Sees Strong Second Quarter Despite Operational Challenges

Operational difficulties arose in Europe and the United States, mainly due to labor shortages at airports, lots of flight cancellations and understaffed airports grappling with mountains of lost luggage. According to Business Insider over the past seven years, 2022 had the highest percentage of delayed flights (19 percent) and the highest percentage of canceled flights (4 […]

Grottaglie Spaceport in Southern Italy to be Dubbed ‘Cryptaliae Spaceport’

The Grottaglie airport in Apulia (Southern Italy), has already a strategic role within the aerospace world. It is part of the international program for the on-site production of the Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” fuselages, but is currently interested in its further development as a strategic infrastructure for Europe for the growth of the aerospace and aeronautics […]