Aircraft Orders and Deliveries
The first look at the Greater Bay Airlines 737. (Photo: Oriental Daily)

Greater Bay Airlines Receives New Aircraft

Greater Bay Airlines — a brand-new airline in Hong Kong — received its second Boeing 737-800 aircraft, after being granted the Air Transport License in February. The new aircraft has registered with registration B-KJB and leased from China’s ICBC Leasing. According to local media, the aircraft was owned by Norwegian Air International beforehand. “This is encouraging and exciting news to us and the recent granting of the ATLA license represents another big step forward for the airline,” Algernon Yau, CEO…

Unique Connection Series Trip Report: Iron Mountain, Michigan

If you have read my articles in the past, then you know I love out-of-the-way airports, airlines and aircraft and would do almost anything to adventure to a new city or fly on a unique, rare aircraft type. So in continuation of this series, which I call my “Unique Connection…

China Eastern Boeing 737-800 Crashes in Southern China

Editors Note: This is a developing story. We will provide updates as more information becomes available. On the afternoon of March 21, a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 flying domestically from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed in a mountainous of Southern China. According to official sources, the aircraft had 123 passengers and…

Frontier Shelves Wichita Service For Immediate Future

Wichita Airport will once again go without Frontier Airlines as the ultra-low-cost carrier announced that was going forward with suspending all service to Wichita. The airline had previously expected to resume Wichita-Las Vegas service using Airbus A320neos on April 1, but now says that a lack of available aircraft will…

Jet Airways Optimistic About Resuming Operations In the Coming Months

Jet Airways has provided an update on how far it has progressed in resuming operations. After a new set of promoters – the Jalan-Kalrock Consortium – injected capital into the bankrupt airline, the carrier's second stint is anticipated to begin this year. Jet officials are working to obtain the essential…

The New Italian Airline Aeroitalia

Today there are only three Italian airlines with an Air Operator Certificate (AOC), ITA Airways, Air Dolomiti (part of the Lufthansa group) and Neos Air. At the beginning of 2020, there were six active Italian airlines, but difficulties linked to the pandemic and crises that have never been resolved led…

Update: Australian Senate Inquiry Report Further Delayed

Update on March 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET On March 16, the Australian Senate delayed further the release of their report to Oct. 20, citing no reasons, but this time committing to the release of its interim report on March 30. The decision to delay the report's release was made…

More Countries Welcome Vaccinated International Air Travelers Without Restrictions

There are continuing positive signs that the international air travel market is on its way towards pre-pandemic levels albeit at differing rates in different regions. This week the U.K. announced the lifting of all travel restrictions and countries such as Canada and New Zealand are easing quarantine and testing requirements…

Washington Dulles International Airport Set to Go Solar 

Dulles International Airport is making strides towards a greener tomorrow with the approval of their large scale solar-farm project. Approval for the project was granted by the State Corporation Commission (SCC) of Virginia on Tuesday. If built, the project will make Dulles the largest airport generation and storage facility in…

Australia Reports No 5G Interference

The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has recently released an airworthiness bulletin stating that “CASA has not confirmed any RA (radar altimeter) system failure from 5G interference but continues to monitor this situation.” This is despite the international attention of 5G telecommunication interference with radar altimeters, with Boeing 737s…