Aircraft support provider Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has taken steps to support electric aircraft, signing a memorandum of understanding with US electric aviation pioneer Ampaire. The move, announced on October 19, means the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) giant will accelerate its familiarity with the electric aviation field with the guidance and assistance of Ampaire. With the new MoU, both companies will aim to develop training for ground engineers as part of a global…
Amazon Air, the cargo airline of Amazon.com, Inc. which operates exclusively for Amazon's parcel transportation business, has signed a lease agreement for ten converted to freighters (P2Fs) Airbus A330-300. The new aircraft will be added to the fleet that currently consists only of ATR and Boeing aircraft. In total, Amazon…
For many aviation enthusiasts outside of China, the COMAC ARJ21 is not an aircraft that they are often familiar with. The “Advanced Regional Jets of the 21st Century” was only operated by Chinese carriers as of this moment. Since the certification of COMAC ARJ in 2014 and its first flight…
On Friday Oct. 21, Aer Lingus resumed its non-stop services between Dublin (DUB) and Miami (MIA) with two weekly flights. The airline’s last operation on this route was on March 27, 2020, operated on an Airbus A330-200. This will be the airline’s second destination in the state of Florida, complementing its…
Avelo will open its fourth base in Wilmington (ILG) starting in February 2023. The U.S. airline’s current hubs are Burbank, New Haven and Orlando. Initially, Avelo will serve five popular non-stop Florida destinations from ILG: Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach. Avelo Airlines Founder, Chairman and…
On Thursday, Alaska Airlines released its results for the third quarter ending Sept.30 of this year. The announcement comes with positive feedback, as the company showed great recovery from its last two years — a difficult time for the entire aviation industry. The Seattle-based carrier set an airline record in…
Canadian airlines Air Transat and Porter Airlines announced a bilateral codeshare this week for select flights on each other’s networks. The codeshare agreement encompasses Porter Airlines' domestic flights to and from Toronto’s Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Halifax, Canada and a number of Air Transat flights to and from…
In a brief statement this Thursday, ITA Airways' -- the Italian State-owned airline that is the effective successor of Alitalia -- confirmed that the company's Executive President, Alfredo Altavilla, was stripped of "all [of its] powers" in the airline by the airline's board of directors. Altavilla had been running the…
American Airlines today reported its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2022. "The American Airlines team continues to deliver on our goals of running a reliable operation and returning to profitability", said Robert Isom, the company's CEO. "Demand remains strong and it's clear that customers in the…
Avianca and ITA Airways, the Italian airline heir to Alitalia, have signed a codeshare agreement to connect their respective networks on both sides of the Atlantic through Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Miami, and Rome. The agreement will come into effect on October 31 and will allow Avianca passengers to fly between…
