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Several widebody aircraft types will be retired in the coming years, including the A340 and Boeing 747-400. Long-term future of the A380 remains uncertain.

The Lufthansa Group has set a goal of recruiting around 10,000 new employees across various professions this year, mainly within its maintenance arm.

Austrian Airlines will launch nonstop flights from Vienna to Boston starting in July 2024, operating up to six times per week with a Boeing 767-300 aircraft

SWISS International Airlines has just presented the seat configuration of their incoming Airbus A350-900. The blueprint gives an interesting insight into the carriers strategy for the coming years.

As the aviation industry continues to be persistent, airlines stay firm with their struggle to compete and find new ways to attract passengers back onto the countless, practically empty aircraft and retrieve the travel demand that remains to stay afloat, during this period. In the U.S., American, Alaska Airlines, Delta, United, JetBlue and Southwest have […]

As the list of airlines that have received government-backed financial support grows during the COVID-19 pandemic, Austrian Airlines has announced that it will be the newest member of this group. In a press conference, the Vienna-based carrier announced that they would receive a total of 600 million euros ($677 million) in financial aid. This aid […]

Austrian Airlines announced on Friday that it will resume operating flights on June 7, nearly three months after grounding its fleet in mid-March delaying its resumption of service five times. The move comes in response to the Austrian government’s announcement that its borders with Germany and some Schengen area countries will reopen on June 15. […]

Over the last few weeks, Lufthansa Group has been negotiating with German, Austrian and Belgian governments over rescue packages after the group made a $1.3 billion loss during the first quarter of the year amid the COVID-19 crisis. Reports by Bloomberg revealed that Lufthansa was negotiating a 10 billion euro ($10.3 billion) bailout from the […]

Lufthansa Group has announced the conclusion of its repatriation flight program in the wake of the COVID-19 fallout. The multi-national, German-owned flag carrier has seen the over month-long program bring roughly 90,000 passengers back to Central Europe onboard on of its various airlines. The evacuation of Germans aboard began back on March 13 and has […]

Over the last week, governments across the world have been under increased pressure to repatriate their citizens back home as rising travel restrictions around the CODIV-19 global pandemic have been making travel hard for many citizens needing to find a way home. The South American country of Peru has made it to the avgeek feed […]