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Aviacionline and AirlineGeeks Join Forces to Deliver Exceptional Aviation Reporting

Argentina-based Aviacionline and U.S.-based AirlineGeeks announced on Monday a new collaborative and simplified approach toward delivering top-notch aviation news coverage. Beginning in October, the two outlets will grow and strengthen their syndication partnership, offering exclusive, round-the-clock content in both English and Spanish languages.  As leaders in aviation industry reporting, both Aviacionline and AirlineGeeks maintain strong footholds in their respective markets. A hardened partnership will cement an already positive relationship between the two companies; starting in 2020, readers began seeing syndicated…

Regional Express Acquires Australia’s National Jet Express

Australian airline Regional Express has finally acquired National Jet Express, having made the announcement on Friday, Sept. 30. National Jet Express (NJE) caters to remote locations around Australia with Fly-In-Fly-Out (FIFO) services as the Regional Services arm of Cobham Aviation Services Australia. The acquisition signals the beginning of Rex's plans…

Aer Lingus Continues Rebuilding Transatlantic Network

Earlier this week, Aer Lingus announced that it will begin a new nonstop service from Dublin, Ireland to Cleveland, Ohio. Service between the city pair is set to begin next summer on May 19, 2023. The announcement makes Aer Lingus the only carrier offering direct service to Europe from the…

Delta and LATAM Joint Venture Plans Approved by the US…

Delta Air Lines and LATAM Airlines Group have confirmed, this Friday (30), that the United States Department of Transportation approved the two groups’ Joint Venture. This is another major step in the development of a comprehensive partnership between the two airlines, started back in 2019, when Delta announced the purchase…

WestJet Announces Further Order For 42 Boeing 737 MAX 10s

Canada’s WestJet Group has announced an agreement to purchase 42 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft with the option to purchase 22 more. The Calgary, Canada-based consortium operates WestJet and Swoop the ultra-low-cost carrier and already has orders for 23 aircraft from the Boeing MAX family. WestJet Group Chief Executive Officer…

COMAC’s C919 Gains Certification from CAAC

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China's (COMAC) C919 received its Type Certificate (TC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) on September 29, 2022. The milestone came five years after the type's maiden flight in May 2017. Following certification, the company expects to deliver the first aircraft to its…

Ethiopian Airlines to Help In Launch of New Nigerian National…

Ethiopian Airlines is the preferred bidder for the future Nigerian airline Nigeria Air, Nigerian Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said last Friday. The Ethiopian national airline will own a 49% stake in the new Nigerian airline, while the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund will take 46% and the Nigerian federal government the remaining…

First All-Electric Commuter Airplane Takes Maiden Flight

Eviation Alice - the first all-electric commuter plane - made its maiden flight on Wednesday from Grant County International Airport at Moses Lake, Wash. The airplane took off at 7:11 a.m. and landed 7:19 a.m. local time . Despite being only 8-minute long, this is a historic moment for electric…

Russian Aircraft Relics in the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a relatively new country having been formed in 1993. Prior to this, the country was part of Czechoslovakia which was a communist state until 1989. Sanctions placed on the country by the West meant that Russian aircraft were operated throughout the country. During the Communist Rule,…

Interview: Expedia VP of Airline Partnerships On the Changing Game…

Air travel was dead in late-2020. Airlines had slashed their schedules to fractions of 2019 levels, potential travelers had hunkered down to protect themselves from Covid-19 and airports had little to do but sit idly by. But where travel had disappeared, hope still shined that the end of the pandemic…