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Star Air has commenced operations in Jaipur (JAI) from both Bengaluru (BLR) and Belagavi (IXG). The service to Jaipur is via Belagavi. The route is a thrice-weekly affair as advertised on the airline’s website and social media. The first flight was conducted using the Embraer 145. The first Star Air flight to Jaipur landed on […]

Gross commercial aircraft orders for Airbus Industries amounted to 156, almost 100 orders lower than in Q1 2022 (253 aircraft), with net orders after cancellations of 142 aircraft. Airbus’ commercial aircraft revenues decreased by 5 percent compared to the same period last year, mainly due to lower deliveries, partly offset by the strengthening of the […]

Go Airlines of India, branded as “GO FIRST” has voluntarily filed for resolution and protections with the National Company Law Tribunal in New Delhi. The low-cost carrier has filed for the same under Section 10 of the Insolvency Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The 55-aircraft-strong carrier had to take the step owing to financial and operational problems […]

Icelandair’s business model of leveraging the country’s mid-Atlantic geographic position allows the carrier to serve four markets: ‘TO, FROM, VIA and Within Iceland.’ With the population of Iceland estimated at just below 350,000, reliance on traffic to and from Europe and North America meant during the dark days of the pandemic that Icelandair did not […]

ITA Airways, Italy’s national airline, recently unveiled the Airbus A320neo (dedicated to Italian ice-skating champion Carolina Kostner) with new interiors designed by Walter De Silva, an Italian designer working in automotive design. This aircraft is the first in ITA Airways’ fully configured fleet. For the first time, ITA Airways’ medium-haul fleet will offer a paid […]

Air Serbia launched two new routes from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to the Middle East. The airline landed in Tel Aviv (Israel) and Ankara (Turkey) in early April. The Belgrade-Tel Aviv route was inaugurated on April 6. Flight JU812, which departed at 1:30 PM local time, was the first service on a route that will […]

Aerolíneas Argentinas has initiated the sale of its last Airbus A340-200, with registration LV-ZRA (msn 85), which has been stored in Buenos Aires since 2014. Potential buyers are encouraged to request more details via an email provided on the airline’s website, and offers for the aircraft will be accepted until May 1st. The airplane, grounded […]

JetBlue has recently announced plans to expand its transatlantic services, introducing a new route between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (AMS) later this summer. The airline also plans to introduce a service between Boston and Amsterdam, contingent upon receiving government authorization to operate. The Dutch capital follows London’s […]

A few days ago in Beijing, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury signed new cooperation agreements with Chinese aviation industry partners, reaffirming the strategic partnership that Airbus and Chinese aviation began nearly 40 years ago. The first agreement relates to the expansion of the Tianjin facility, which will increase the final assembly capacity of the Airbus A320 […]

Icelandair has confirmed that Airbus A321XLR and A321LRs will replace its fleet of Boeing 757 aircraft and that the airline will begin to operate a mixed Boeing/Airbus fleet from 2025. Bogi Nils Bogason, President and Chief Executive Officer of Icelandair said: “The Boeing 757 has been the cornerstone of Icelandair’s operations since 1990. Its unique […]