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After a decision by the Italian government last March to renationalize Alitalia following a failed series of attempts to find an international partner willing to buy a stake into the struggling flag carrier, no official business plan for the future of Alitalia has been proposed by the team that has been put in charge of […]

While many airlines are cutting routes and jobs during the global COVID-19 pandemic, some airlines are taking alternative actions. Across the world, low-cost and ultra-low-cost carriers have been attempting to take advantage of changing times. Wizz Air is one of those airlines, having announced numerous expansions over the past few months.  Since April of this […]

After five months of negotiations between stakeholders and airlines, the details and peculiarities of the federal government’s aid to Brazilian airlines are finally in their final negotiation stages. According to the now-expected conditions, the government’s part in the package will increase from 2.4 billion reais ($440 million) to 3.6 billion reais as of Aug. 16. […]

According to ALNNEWS, after five months of restrictions to control the advance of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Controlled Operations Center for the Interconnection of International Aviation began operating on Aug. 14, at the Panamanian Tocumen International Airport. The Panamanian government put into force on July 31 a decree that allows the operation of limited commercial […]

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a safety bulletin following “an alarming trend in the number of reports of unreliable speed and altitude indications during the first flights following the aircraft leaving storage,” as the agency states. EASA warned the airline operators and maintenance organizations against pitot tube blockage causing airspeed and altitude […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has instilled a lot of uncertainty these days when it comes to the resumption of air travel. Airlines are drastically cutting back fleets and retiring aircraft every day. Long haul flying is going to look very different as it starts to return. However, one carrier is trying to retain some air of […]

In this exclusive interview with Brian Kondrad, the assistant general manager of Boutique Air, we discuss the carrier’s plan to resume service to Nashville, Tenn. from their current cities of Greenville, Miss. and Muscle Shoals, Ala. Boutique has operated flights to Nashville in the past, but they were discontinued back in April of 2019. AirlineGeeks […]

This week marks the 35th anniversary of the deadliest single aircraft accident in aviation history. Japan Airlines flight 123, a B747 flying from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport, crashed 32 minutes after departure near Mount Osutaka in Japan, killing 520 people. All but four passengers were lost in the accident. Despite the accident […]

The Colombian Civil Aviation Authority has approved the biosecurity protocols of 15 airports in the country. However, only two airports are operating within the first pilot flight plan, which began on July 21. According to Reportur, the airports obtained the endorsement of the Ministry of Health and the approval of routes between the air terminals […]

In a July letter, some major European airline officials called upon Canada to ease its travel restrictions even as airlines are slowly finding small footholds in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The senior executives, which include Air France-KLM and Germany’s Lufthansa Group, have urged Canadian authorities to lift travel restrictions for passengers from countries […]