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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi launch fleet will be significantly larger than planned

Today it was announced that European airline empire Wizz Air's new Middle Eastern subsidiary, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, will be beginning...

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Final report released from AirAsia A320 incident at Perth Airport

Photo by Ernest Leung | AeroNewsX On November 24, 2017, an Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 bearing the registration PK-AZE, took off from...

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Caribbean insight: Santo Domingo’s coronavirus recovery

2019 was a great year for many companies within the aviation sector, not least Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International Airport. In...

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IATA expects 3 Million aviation job losses in India

CEO of IATA, Alexandre De Juniac expects demand in India to fall by 50% and said that almost 3 million jobs in the Indian aviation sector...

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Final two bidders for Virgin Australia to be revealed next week

Deloitte, the administrator for Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd is expected to announce the final two preferable bidders to take over the...

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Air Malta cabin crew make sacrifices to safeguard 100% of jobs

Air Malta cabin crew have approved a deal with the national carrier to safeguard 100% of jobs through sacrifices on working conditions....

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LATAM initiates voluntary Chapter 11 reorganisation

Chile-based LATAM has filed for bankruptcy protection, enabling it to reorganise and restructure its debt under the American Chapter 11...

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Air France-KLM 7 billion loan 'not a blank cheque' says Chief

In Tuesday's shareholders meeting, Air France-KLM Group Chief Executive Officer, Benjamin Smith, said that the 7 billion cash injection...

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Virgin Orbit fails on debut flight

Virgin Orbit failed to launch their first rocket into orbit during its debut flight on Monday, 25 May 2020. Virgin Orbit is a small...

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Brussels Airlines pilots propose 45% salary reduction to avoid job losses

Brussels Airlines pilot union B-United proposed in an open letter last Wednesday a 45% pay cut to all of its pilots as well as a...

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Alliance Airlines to launch new Queensland holiday route

Thanks to the lifting of travel restrictions throughout the Australian state of Queensland, a new route between the state capital of...

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Embraer announces Q1 2020 results, exploring options for collaboration on joint venture

Photo by Karam Sodhi | AeroNewsX Brazil-based aircraft manufacturer, Embraer SA, released its financial results for the first quarter of...

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Emirates boosts cargo network amid drop in passenger travel demand

World-recognised Emirates has today revised its cargo schedule to include Los Angeles and Tehran, meaning in total, it will offer 90%...

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Lufthansa accepts slot reduction amid €9 billion stabilization package

The German flag carrier Lufthansa has finally made a decision regarding the European Commission’s demands to symbolically reduce the...

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Volga Dnepr files lawsuit against Boeing

Volga-Dnepr has filed a lawsuit against aircraft manufacturer Boeing in regards to aircraft orders for 747-8Fs and 777Fs. Volga-Dnepr is...

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FAA approves halting of services to 75 U.S. airports

The U.S. Department of Transportation said in a statement issued on late Friday, May 22nd, that it had granted provisional permission for...

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Congo Airways converts E175 orders to E190-E2

The Embraer E190-E2 as it will look in Congo Airways livery. Photo courtesy of Embraer Since the Embraer E-Jet E2 family was first...

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India resumes domestic flights after two months

India resumed domestic flights on Monday, May 25, 2020 after two months of halting scheduled passenger flights across the country. The...

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Lufthansa to close A380 base in Frankfurt

Lufthansa has confirmed to Airliners.de that it intends to transfer all its Airbus A380-800s to Munich for the time being as it makes...

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Ryanair owes over €1 billion in refunds

Ryanair owes over €1 billion in refunds, according to various reports. The airline said there are approximately 25 million passengers who...

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Lufthansa Group reports EUR2.1 billion net loss

Lufthansa Group has reported a net loss of EUR2.1 billion for the first quarter of 2020. The group’s adjusted EBIT for Q1 stands at...

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Cyrus and Bain become final two investors in Virgin Australia’s bidding race

Virgin Australia’s administrator Deloitte has selected Bain capital and Richard Branson’s owned Cyrus Capital Partners as the last two...

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JetBlue losing $10 million a day

Photo by Devin Ruhotina | AeroNewsX With the global pandemic of COVID-19 now entering its third month, signs of a return to normality are...

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The world's largest all-electric plane successfully completes test flight

Planes emit massive quantities of environmentally harmful hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, lead, and black...

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SpiceJet converts 3 Q400's for its cargo operations, Indian aviation restart hits turbulence

SpiceJet has decided to take a new approach to its strategy for its survival and return back to profitability through the reconfiguration...

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Amid EU and Ryanair concerns, Lufthansa's supervisory board delays acceptance of bailout package

Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Supervisory Board has today held-off on accepting the bailout package offered by the German government amid the...

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Air Canada cancels order for 11 737 MAX aircraft

Boeing's 737 MAX program was dealt another cruel blow when Air Canada announced it would be cancelling an order for 11 of the Boeing 737...

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Kenya Airways announces FY 2019 results, bailout request denied by Treasury

Kenya Airways (IATA:KQ), Kenya's flag carrier and one of Africa's larger airlines, has today announced its results for the financial year...

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Air New Zealand grounds 777s till end of 2020

Air New Zealand has announced that it will ground its entire 777 fleet until at least the end of 2020. This follows similar moves from...

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TAP Air Portugal becomes first airline to use A330neo for cargo

TAP Air Portugal has operated the first ever cargo-only Airbus A330neo flight after one of its aircraft departed for China as part of the...

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