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Dubai, the United Arab Emirates-based Emirates will convert six more of its Boeing 777s into freighters which will serve to provide capacity growth, according to Cargo Facts. The Gulf carrier will decide which units to send for conversion based on “a number of factors” but declined to identify specific airframes according to Cargo Facts. Emirates SkyCargo […]

Skykraft — the Australian space services company — has officially commenced a new collaboration with Fiji Airports, as part of Skykraft’s commercial Air Traffic Management (ATM) space constellation development, having made the announcement last week. Skykraft Chairman, Air Vice Marshall (retired) Mark Skidmore, along with Fiji Airports General Manager Air Traffic Management & Operations, Amit […]

In what was yet another scheduling blunder for airlines in the United States, Delta Air Lines, the Atlanta-based carrier was forced to cancel hundreds of flights over Memorial Day weekend.  Flight tracking website Flight Aware reported that Delta canceled more than 250 flights or 9% of the airline’s scheduled services on Saturday. The troubles continued […]

On Wednesday, German leisure airline Condor revealed its plans for newly designed cabin interiors on its Airbus A330neo aircraft. The preview comes just months after the airline announced plans for colorful new liveries which feature vertical stripes along the entire fuselage, a design inspired by parasols, bath towels, and beach chairs, an attempt to distinguish […]

Avianca has long anticipated the entrance of its new cabin configuration in its subsidiaries, bringing a new setup with the three new seat types: Premium, Plus and Economy. As previously mentioned, during the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum 2021, Avianca presented the three new seating configurations. Now, Avianca revealed its Premium seats, an exclusive design that […]

Auckland, New Zealand’s Airport continues to receive more flights and services from North America after the pandemic. American Airlines — in partnership with Qantas — will return to New Zealand after two years of suspension. The Dallas/Ft. Worth-based airline will operate a daily seasonal service between Dallas and Auckland, New Zealand, starting on Oct. 29 […]

Speaking at the Embraer Media Day 2022 event in Sao José dos Campos, the Brazilian company’s CEO, Francisco Gomes Neto, said that the non-conclusion of the agreement with Boeing caused “suffering,” given that Embraer had prepared for it. “We started to reintegrate Embraer Commercial. It was a painful and expensive process but we are now […]

DRONAMICS, founded in 2014 by the Rangelov brothers — Svilen, an economist, and Konstantin, an aerospace engineer —  is an operator of small, low-cost, medium-range cargo drones. The company, which is based in Bulgaria in Sofia, Bulgaria and operates another hub London, says its main goal is to democratize air freight and accelerate e-commerce in […]

Alaska Airlines’ summer scheduling woes continued as the airline was forced to cancel additional flights due to poor planning and staffing shortages. “Of the 1,200 flights that we operate every day, we’ve been canceling about 50 of them, roughly 4%,” Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Miniucci wrote in a message to employees May 12. “This is […]

Earlier this month, Harbour Air resumed its seaplane service between downtown Vancouver, Canada and downtown Seattle. The route has been on hiatus since the transborder closed in 2020. The Vancouver-based carrier attempted to restart flying between the pair in June 2021. However, the uptick in Covid cases and tight entrance requirements kept the plan from […]