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On Tuesday, American Airlines began its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner routes out of its Philadelphia hub to the cities of Amsterdam, Zurich, Manchester, Chicago, and Dallas/Fort Worth with more to follow in the near future. That date also marks the opening of a 787 pilot base in the former carrier US Airways’ main transatlantic hub. […]

The Middle Eastern political instability that has seen an uptick as a result of the United States’ killing of Iranian military leader Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in Iraq is forcing some airlines to re-route flights around the two nations’ airspace. According to the Associated Press, approximately 500 flights daily overfly the airspace controlled and managed […]

A Ukraine International Airlines flight crashed just minutes after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran early Wednesday morning. Flight PS752 departed Tehran’s largest airport at 6:12 a.m. Iran Standard Time. The last ADS-B data was received from the aircraft just two minutes later at 6:14 a.m. according to FlightRadar24. The aircraft was […]

New York-based JetBlue Airways has said that it will become the first, large U.S. airline to offset its emissions from all domestic flights in a move to become completely carbon neutral. “This is part of a long-term commitment we and the industry have to have to reflect the climate reality we are in,” said JetBlue […]

2019 was a hectic year for the Brazilian aviation industry, with plenty of ups and downs. Even though the economy is doing good, with the country steadily recovering from the largest recession in its history, Brazilian airlines have faced several challenges this year. Each company faced its very own arduous conditions. However, all of them […]

During this day and age, usable land is at a minimum and it’s not often that an airport opens its doors to commercial service for the first time, and it’s even rarer when an airport is built completely from scratch. But that’s exactly what happened in small-town Williston, N.D. Williston is a small city in […]

Several operators of the Boeing 737 MAX reached compensation agreements with Boeing this week, following the grounding of the variant in March 2019. American Airlines issued a statement expressing that a portion of that confidential agreement will be shared with the company’s employees: “American Airlines shared with its team today that the company has reached […]

After closing one of the worst years in its history, Boeing Corporation is not starting this 2020 under the best auspices. According to the New York Times, citing multiple anonymous sources inside the company, more problems related to the Boeing 737 MAX have surfaced during the past few weeks and could delay the return to […]

An aircraft delivery this past week represented a landmark for Kiribati’s state-owned flag carrier Air Kiribati. The airline received its first Embraer E190-E2 of an order of two and two further purchase rights. The aircraft, it is said, can strongly help the economic development of the isolated country. The aircraft is configured for 92 passengers […]

Lufthansa is now flying its flagship Airbus A380-800s on its route between Munich and Shanghai’s Pudong Airport as of Jan. 2, 2020. The route was previously flown by Lufthansa’s long-flying Airbus A340-600. This change in aircraft increases the capacity of Lufthansa’s Shanghai service by around 230 seats per flight. Lufthansa’s A380s, like its A340s, features […]