AirlinesUS Airlines Are Now Hoping For A June Return For The 737 MAX Southwest Airlines has joined the growing number of airlines pushing the Boeing 737 MAX’s return to service to June. The aircraft has been grounded for about 10 months now, following two fatal crashes of the type.
LinkLATAM To Join Delta In Terminal 4 At New York's JFK Airport LATAM is moving its destination terminal in New York’s JFK airport from terminal eight to terminal four, joining new owners Delta Air Lines.
LATAM’s move over to the Delta terminal four at New York’s JFK seems like the final piece in the puzzle of Delta’s take over.
LinkWhy Interjet Is Paying For Aircraft It No Longer Operates The 2012 purchase of 22 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) constrains the Mexican carrier Interjet even today. As of January 2020, only four of these aircrafts are used commercially but the airline still pays for all of them. The company parked the others inside Toluca International Airport, some of them cannibalized.
LinkSome Emirates US Flights Taking Up To 17 hours Due To Iran Tensions In the wake of the tragedy of Ukraine International Airlines’ flight PS752, more and more airlines are avoiding Iranian airspace. Until recently, this didn’t include Middle Eastern carrier Emirates. However, the airline is now adding extra time and fuel stops to its U.S. services in order to avoid the tension.
Link80KG Of Cocaine Discovered On KLM/Martinair 747 Cargo Plane Several crew members of a KLM cargo aircraft have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs. More than 80 kilos of cocaine, with a street value of around $8.5m, was found being loaded onto a Boeing 747 Freighter at Buenos Aires Ezeiza Airport on Tuesday. The 747, operated by Martinair, was due to fly back to Amsterdam that day.
LinkWhy Emirates Has Won With The Airbus A380 No airline in the world is quite so synonymous with the A380 as Emirates. While other airlines fly a handful, Emirates flies more than 100. Even now, as Airbus prepares to end the production of the giant jumbo, Emirates still sings its praises. How has Emirates done so well with the biggest plane in the world?
LinkXiamen Airlines Intends To Acquire 10 A321neos News coming out of China today will come as a significant blow to Boeing. Long-time Boeing customer Xiamen Airlines has expressed its interest in the Airbus A321neo as a new addition to its fleet.
LinkSouth African Airways In Rush To Secure $139m Troubled flag carrier South African Airways is rushing to secure the $139million it was promised by the South African government before its too late. The government promised 2 billion rand ($139million) to stop the airline from collapsing but unions say that if the government can’t supply the money soon, the airline may have to stop flying.
LinkWhat Is American Airlines Project Kodiak? What It Means For You American Airlines is planning to refit its refit, to fix some of the mistakes that it made with Project Oasis. Before you get too excited, it’s only domestic first set to benefit from the changes, and not all that much even then. Here’s what you need to know about Project Kodiak.
LinkThe Rise Of Long Haul Narrowbody Routes As we enter the new decade, it’s becoming increasingly common to see airlines operating narrowbody aircraft on long haul flights. What’s driving this increase, and how far can the long-haul narrowbody market go?
LinkHere’s How Enter Air Flew A Boeing 737 MAX To Tel Aviv How did Enter Air fly a Boeing 737 MAX halfway around the world… when flying the aircraft is banned and the MCAS could sabotage the flight at any time?
Enter Air, a Polish charter airline, has a small fleet of 23 aircraft. Twenty-one of these are Boeing 737-800 aircraft, and two are the Boeing 737 MAX 8. The airline has another four on order as well.
LinkEmirates Set To Launch Premium Economy In Late 2020 Emirates has put a date on when they will be launching their new premium economy cabin… November 2020. Whilst the actual launch day or specific aircraft is not yet known, plenty of other details about this long-anticipated cabin have been leaked.
LinkQatar Airways Shows Impressive Growth: 8 New Routes Planned This Year Yesterday, at the opening day of the 2020 Kuwait Aviation Show, Qatar Airways announced that it would be starting service to eight new destinations over the course of this year. The destinations are incredibly diverse and continue to challenge the offerings of its major rivals in the region.
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