AirlinesUtair Boeing 737 Slides Off Runway Belly Down A UTair Boeing 737 incurred a tail strike during a hard landing at Usinsk airport (USK) in the Republic of Komi earlier Sunday. The twin-engine aircraft with 88 passengers and 6 crew aboard suffered a malfunctioning landing gear causing the aircraft to slide belly down into a snowy field.
LinkEthiopian Airlines Reduces China Flights Amid Coronavirus Outbreak With concerns growing over the spread of the Coronavirus spreading to other parts of the world, Ethiopian Airlines is reducing its number of flights to China. Amidst rising criticism and despite the fact nearly every major world airline has suspended flights to mainland China, Ethiopian Airlines has continued flying to the virus stricken country from Addis Ababa.
LinkCroatia Airlines To Lease EasyJet, Austrian And Air Nostrum Aircraft Croatia Airlines will be dry leasing an Airbus A319 from easyJet and a Dash 8 Q400 from Austrian Airlines this summer. It will also wet-lease an Air Nostrum CRJ-1000. This is to provide capacity for its planned regional expansion, which Simple Flying covered earlier this week. What else might Croatia Airlines do with this extra capacity? Let’s take a look.
LinkHow Breeze Airways Could Change American Aviation Breeze Airways, a new startup set to launch in 2021 but may start sooner. The airline is looking at shaking up the American aviation market and wants to connect secondary destinations across the United States. However, beyond this, the airline now wants to be one of the “nicest” in the United States.
LinkHow Qatar Airways Is Gearing Up To Challenge Ethiopian In Africa With a number of recent developments, Qatar Airways is demonstrating that it’s ready to take on competition from Ethiopian Airlines in Africa. The Middle Eastern carrier hopes that a new airport venture and a stake in numerous airlines will boost its presence and profitability in the region.
LinkAir Senegal To Expand European Services In Summer 2020 Schedule data reveals that Air Senegal is planning to increase capacity on two of its European routes this summer. The additional flights to Europe will provide extra opportunities for Senegalese looking to travel to Europe and vice versa.
LinkLufthansa Appears To Have Cut A350 Order Commitment By 2 Planes Germany’s largest carrier has removed two aircraft from its Airbus A350 order. Reflected in Airbus’ latest backlog revision covering January 2020, the airline’s order for 45 of the type now stands at 43 units in total. Lufthansa has already taken delivery of 14 Airbus A350s.
LinkBritish Airways Extends Coronavirus Flight Suspension British Airways has extended its suspension of flights to mainland China amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the region. As a result, the British flag carrier does not anticipate operating flights to either Beijing or Shanghai before April.
LinkInterjet Launches New Daily Flights To Los Angeles & New York Interjet announced two new seasonal flights, starting this April. The airline will connect the Mexican city of Cancun with Los Angeles International Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport, in New York.
LinkFly Oriole - A New Airbus A380 Airline In The Caribbean? There’s a new airline on the horizon, and its name is Fly Oriole. Launching from Jamaica, the airline aims to make everywhere on the island accessible within 60 minutes, as well as improving the connections to other domestic and international destinations. Most excitingly, every image the airline has so far released has featured an A380! Let’s take a look at Fly Oriole.
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