BREAKING All Italian airports can reopen from June 3
All Italian airports will be allowed to reopen from June 3, transport official said.
BREAKING Air France officially phase-out its entire Airbus A380 fleet immediately
In the context of the current COVID-19 crisis and its impact on anticipated activity levels, the Air France-KLM Group announces today the definitive end of Air France Airbus A380 operations. Initially scheduled by the end of 2022, the phase-out of Airbus A380 fleet fits in the Air France-KLM Group fleet simplification strategy of making the…
BREAKING Emirates seeks to cancel last five A380 orders
Emirates is seeking to cancel five of its last eight A380 deliveries. Emirates is seeking to cancel five of its last eight A380 deliveries, with manufacturer Airbus but the planes are already in assembly, according to people familiar with the situation. Dubai-based Emirates plans to take three more of the double-deckers before the end of…
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule for astronauts has arrived at launch site for historic mission
Late Friday night, May 15, the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at Launch Complex 39A after making the trek from its processing facility at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. On the Demo-2 flight test, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft…
BREAKING India to resume domestic flight operations
India will slowly resume domestic flight operations. Indian aviation minister just announced that domestic civil aviation operations will resume in a calibrated manner from Monday 25th May 2020. All airports & air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25th May. “We have been ready to resume domestic civil aviation for the…
Lufthansa Group to keep 300 aircraft grounded in 2021
In a letter to staff seen by Reuters, the German airline’s executive board said that 300 aircraft would remain grounded in 2021 and that 200 aircraft would be grounded in 2022. “In the summer of 2023, when we will hopefully will have put this crisis behind us, we will still likely have a fleet that…
Etihad Airways to resume flights to Belgrade, Dublin, Geneva, Milan, Paris and Toronto
Etihad Airways is continuing to increase the number of special flights it is operating worldwide to and from Abu Dhabi. Throughout May and June, the airline will increase frequencies on previously announced special flights and will add new services to Belgrade, Dublin, Geneva, Milan, Paris Charles de Gaulle, and Toronto. In addition to the recently…
BREAKING Rolls-Royce announces plans to cut 9000 jobs
The industrial group Rolls-Royce is to cut 9,000 jobs, almost a fifth of its workforce, as the coronavirus crisis takes its toll on the aviation industry. The firm, which makes engines for planes, said the reduction of nearly a fifth of its workforce would mainly affect its civil aerospace division. The bulk of the job…
ALERT A U.S. Air Force F-35A has crashed, second crash in 5 days near the Eglin Base
A F-35A assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron crashed upon landing around 9:30 p.m. “The pilot successfully ejected and was transported to the 96th Medical Group Hospital at Eglin for evaluation and monitoring.” the Air Force Base tweeted. The pilot was in stable condition and there was no loss of life or damage to civilians,…