Airlines$1.4 Billion Bailout Requested By Virgin Australia Australia’s second airline, Virgin Australia, has asked the Australian government for an AUD$1.4 billion (USD$860 million) bailout loan. This comes after a flurry of publicity by the airline’s CEO to assure the public that Virgin Australia was financially sound. However, this hasn’t stopped many pundits from raising concerns about the ongoing viability of Virgin Australia.
LinkUnited Maintains Cargo Capacity To Connect Military Families United Airlines is following the lead of other airlines to maintain key cargo links. In recent days, the airline has flown widebody aircraft to key military destinations including Guam and Frankfurt with supplies and mail.
LinkHappy Birthday Thai Airways - 60 years Of Connecting Passengers In Southeast Asia Yesterday marked 60 years since Thai Airways first emerged. Since 29th March, 1960, the flag carrier of Thailand has helped passengers connect across the country and beyond.
LinkLATAM Reduces Its International Operations To Just 5 Routes In April LATAM Airlines Group will reduce its international operations to just five international routes until 30 April, due to travel restrictions worldwide. The Group temporarily suspended all other international routes, it said in a statement.
LinkFinnair Unbundles Business Class Fares From March 31st, Finnair passengers can choose a new fare when traveling with the airline. The flag carrier of Finland is introducing Business Light, which is a lower-priced business class ticket without some of the perks in the all-encompassing offering.
LinkRoyal Air Maroc Will Join The oneworld Alliance As Planned About a year and a half ago, in late 2018, the oneworld Alliance held a press conference in New York and publicly declared that Moroccan carrier Royal Air Maroc would be joining the team. The process to join doesn’t happen overnight, but finally, the time has come.
LinkDid American Airlines Just Operate Its Last Boeing 767 Flight? On March 30th, American Airlines operated what may have been the last revenue flight performed on its Boeing 767 aircraft. The airline was planning to stop flights with the widebody this year. However, with operations facing a period of downtime, this retirement looks to have come early.
LinkIndian Airlines Move 15 Tons Of Medical Supplies On 62 Flights The Ministry of Civil Aviation of India has today announced in a press release that over 62 flights have been operated across the nation to supply essential medical equipment. These flights were operated during the five day period from 26th-30th March.
LinkQatar Airways Finally Accepts First Boeing 787-9s In the past week, four Boeing 787-9s have flown from Victorville in California to Doha in Qatar for delivery to Qatar Airways. However, it’s not the first time these aircraft have landed at Hamad International, as they previously made the trip in December before promptly returning to the US. Hopefully, this time, they’re there to stay.
LinkWhere Is Norwegian Storing Its Boeing 787 Dreamliners? Norwegian is an airline with just two aircraft types. The airline operates the Boeing 737 and 787. It currently has 37 Boeing 787s, with a further three aircraft awaiting delivery.
LinkAir Transat Finally Retires Its Last Airbus A310 Air Transat flight TS765 from Porto, Portugal, touched down at Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday morning. The Airbus A310 carried Canadian citizens that had been stranded in Europe due to travel restrictions, on what was to be its last passenger flight before retirement.
LinkWizz Air Rescuing Hungarians Through First Transatlantic Flights Repatriation flights continue to operate around the world with some truly unique and irregular routes. Early this morning, we saw some Wizz Air repatriation flights depart from Budapest towards Keflavik in Iceland. However, KEF is merely a technical stop as the two narrowbody Airbus A321s of the Wizz fleet refuel and continue on.
LinkWant To Earn Frequent Flyer Miles From Home? S7 Has The Answer Russian carrier S7 Airlines is giving its frequent flier members a chance to earn miles at home. As governments and health agencies around the world encourage people to social distance and avoid nonessential travel through April, S7 is giving passengers a reward for staying home.
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