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An Air France 777-200 taxis at Boston Logan Airport (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Greg Linton)

Air France Resumes Flights to Newark After a Decade

On December 12 Air France resumed its non-stop services between Paris (CDG) and Newark (EWR) after more than a decade. The airline's last operation on this route was on March 24, 2012, on a service operated in Airbus A330-200 with four weekly flights. Flight AF 62 was operated on a Boeing 777 registered F-GSPK and christened "Pau", which took off from Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) at 12:47 local time and landed at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) at 14:22,…

Qantas Resumes Operations to South Korea After 15 Years

After a 15-year absence, Qantas has resumed operations to South Korea with service between Sydney (SYD) and Seoul - Incheon (ICN). The South Korean capital is the 28th destination the airline has resumed or launched as a new route since Australian borders were reopened. Flight QF 87, operated by an…

Airbus Deploys airBaltic A220-300 on Demo Tour To Africa, Looking…

Airbus presented an airBaltic Airbus A220-300 on a demonstration flight to TAAG – Linhas Aéreas de Angola last Tuesday — Dec. 6 — in Luanda, Angola. The model is expected to be integrated into the fleet of the flag carrier of the Republic of Angola from August 2023 and will…

Air Europa and Azul Linhas Aéreas Sign New Codeshare Agreement

Air Europa and Azul Linhas Aéreas have signed a new codeshare agreement: as a result of the partnership, the Spanish airline will expand its presence in Brazil and offer more connection alternatives for its passengers from the international airports of São Paulo-Guarulhos (GRU) and Salvador de Bahia (SSA) to nine…

Delta Re-Adjusts EAS Tag Flights, Again

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has once again updated its ever-changing flight schedule for some of the small communities it operates to in the Midwestern U.S. While most of the communities do lose their tag flights and go back to their original nonstop flights, some still do retain them but change…

Air India Expected to Acquire 500 Aircraft

According to Reuters, Air India is on the way to sealing the order of 500 jetliners. The contracts include 400 narrow-body jets and 100 wide-bodies flights from Airbus and Boeing. After being acquired by Tata Group earlier this year, Air India has shown its ambition to remain as a global…

Etihad Airways To Reintroduce Airbus A380 After Years of Storage

There's been much speculation about the return of the A380, but recently Etihad Airways announced that the airline will bring back four of the super-jumbos. The first Airbus A380 will be reintroduced from summer 2023. Within days of the news of the last Boeing 747 produced in Everett, on the…

Turkish Airlines Posts Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Net Profits

Turkish Airlines released its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2022. Turkey’s national carrier reported positive figures, making it the fifth consecutive quarter with a net profit. As reported by the company itself in a press release, Turkish Airlines made a net profit of 1.5 billion dollars…

Boeing’s Final 747 Exits Everett Factory

Manufacturing giant Boeing has marked the end of an era as its last 747 rolled out of the factory in Everett,Wash., on Tuesday. With the event having dominated global headlines, the 747-8 Freighter will be delivered to Atlas Air in early 2023, becoming the  freight line's 53rd 747. Referencing the…

Aviation History: Academy Awards Museum at Intersection of Past LA…

Dec.7 marked ICAO's International Civil Aviation Day giving pause for reflection on how the aviation industry has shaped our lives for over one hundred years. Aviation has long been a passion but prior to being involved with the industry directly, I had an involvement in cinema. Interest in the film…