Doug Parker Flies Southwest Airlines And Gets Into A Conversation About Race

Parker was reading White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism. During the trip the flight attendant sat down next to him, he was in an empty row, and she asked him how the book is. He told her he’s “half way through it’s really good” and that it “points out how important these conversations on race are.” (viewfromthewing.com) Mehr...

Don’t write off A380, but global vaccine crucial

Emirates Airline president Tim Clark expects the Airbus A380 will continue to be a “hugely potent” tool once the industry begins recovering from the post-coronavirus crisis. But he warns that it will hinge on the roll-out of a global inoculation programme against the disease. (www.flightglobal.com) Mehr...

Virgin Atlantic Passenger Flights to Return in July

Virgin Atlantic (VS) has announced its plan to return to passenger flying from London Heathrow (LHR) on a limited selection of routes from July 20. Following the relaxation of COVID-19 travel restrictions, VS announced how it will steadily increasing passenger flying through the second half of 2020, with an aim for a further gradual recovery through 2021 in line with the expected rise in customer demand. Juha Jarvinen, VS’ Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), said that following the stabilization of… (airwaysmag.com) Mehr...

How A400M Atlas spanned the globe during coronavirus response

As passenger numbers plummeted and airlines grounded the bulk of their fleets at the height of the coronavirus outbreak, military operators around the world stepped in to support national efforts to fight the disease’s spread. (www.flightglobal.com) Mehr...

Trump Administration Bans Chinese Passenger Airlines from Flying to U.S.

The Trump administration is banning Chinese passenger airlines from flying to the U.S. starting later this month, a move that comes as Beijing prohibits U.S. airlines to resume flights there. The order, published Wednesday, takes effect June 16, but it could be moved up. (www.cnbc.com) Mehr...

Air Dolomiti Resumes Flight Operations

The Lufthansa Group Italian subsidiary, Air Dolomiti (EN), is ready to start again with a series of well-defined projects and the flight operations. (airwaysmag.com) Mehr...

Luke Air, The New Italian Air Line

In November 2019 and March 2020, two Airbus A330-200 arrived at Atitech, Naples, Italy. And so, Luke Air (LKA) was born. Managed by the Uvet group, the new airline will be the heir of the current Blue Panorama Airlines (BPA). (airwaysmag.com) Mehr...

[VIDEO] easyJet Ready to Resume Route Schedules

With most of the European countries lifting their lockdowns and travel restrictions, European low-cost carrier easyJet (U2) is ready to resume parts of its network schedules. (www.youtube.com) Mehr...

Emirates Airlines Resumes 29 US Destinations on June 15

Emirates Airlines (EK) will offer passenger services beginning on June 15 to New York’s JFK and 15 additional cities on its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. (airwaysmag.com) Mehr...

Row over undelivered jets as Airbus threatens to sue airlines

A stand-off over undelivered passenger jets is intensifying after Airbus (AIR.PA) signalled it would sue airlines refusing to honour contracts in the face of the coronavirus crisis. The warning by Chief Executive Guillaume Faury in a news interview came as Airbus announced May deliveries well below normal, despite a partial recovery to 24 jets. Planemakers and lessors have received multiple requests from airlines to delay deliveries due to the slump in air travel. Faury told Politico that some… (www.reuters.com) Mehr...

GECAS and Israel Aerospace Industries Launch First 777-300ERSF Prototype

Yesterday GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) delivered the first Boeing 777-300ERSF passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft prototype to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). (airwaysmag.com) Mehr...

Virgin Atlantic Passenger Flights to Return in July

Virgin Atlantic (VS) has announced its plan to return to passenger flying from London Heathrow (LHR) on a limited selection of routes from July 20. (airwaysmag.com) Mehr...

IndiGo, world's biggest buyer of Airbus A320neo jets, will continue to add planes to its fleet despite Covid squeeze

IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, said it will keep adding new aircraft to its fleet even as it can’t give any firm guidance on future capacity growth because of the coronavirus pandemic, which destroyed demand for air travel in one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Mehr...

A British Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner skidded off parking area at Edmonton Airport

As the Boeing 787-9 was preparing to perform flight #BA3587 to London Heathrow, the push back didn’t happened as planned. (www.airlive.net) Mehr...

Flexjet Chief Sees 'Upside' for Bizav Post-Covid

Aircraft utilization at Flexjet has doubled over the past three weeks as the fractional provider recovers from the Covid-19-induced traffic lull, company CEO Mike Silvestro said this morning during a business aviation summit webinar held by investment research firm Jefferies Equity Research. Meanwhile, he noted that new customer leads over the past four weeks have been “off the charts” as more look to fly privately post-Covid. (www.ainonline.com) Mehr...

Amazon Dives Into Weak Aircraft Market, Leases 12 More Planes

The company announced Wednesday that it had leased 12 converted Boeing 767-300 passenger planes from Air Transport Services Group Inc. (finance.yahoo.com) Mehr...

Embraer Is Looking At Developing A Brand New Turboprop

In a June 1st earnings call, the CEO of Embraer confirmed that the aircraft manufacturer was looking at developing a brand new turboprop. The turboprop would be one project on which there could be plenty of room for a partnership with an outside entity. (simpleflying.com) Mehr...

Kalitta 737 freighter involved in Rochester runway incident

A Boeing 737-400 Special Freighter operated by Kalitta Charters II ran off a Rochester, New York runway following a rejected take-off on 5 June, coming to stop on grass beside the runway. (www.flightglobal.com) Mehr...