ALERT Administrators agree to sell Virgin Australia to Bain after Cyrus abandons bid
Virgin Australia administrators, Deloitte. have agreed to sell the airline to Bain Capital after the only other remaining bidder, Cyrus Capital Partners, pulled out of the sale process. Cyrus cited…
Qantas update – 6000 jobs slashed, early aircraft retirements
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has announced today that Qantas will be a smaller airline for the foreseeable future. He has also announced the axing of 6000 jobs with another 15000…
Paris Orly airport has reopened this morning after three-month shutdown
The first flight took off from Orly airport south of Paris at 6:25am Friday, marking a reopening after shutting down on March 31 due to the coronavirus crisis, but with…
ALERT Around 40% pilots in Pakistan have ‘fake’ flying licences, says aviation minister
At least 262 out of the total 860 active pilots in the country did not give proper exams. Around 40 per cent of the pilots in Pakistan have fake flying…
ALERT Qantas to ground its A380 fleet in the Mojave desert for at least 3 years
Qantas will ground its A380 aircraft fleet in the Mojave desert. Qantas will ground its entire flagship Airbus A380 fleet until at least the middle of 2023 as the airline…
PIA crash: the pilots were having a conversation about coronavirus instead of focusing on landing- report
An initial probe into the plane crash near Karachi last month that killed 97 people has found the pilots did not properly carry out a set of procedures and were…
BREAKING New livery of UK Government’s Airbus Voyager A330 fully revealed
The RAF VIP plane used by Boris Johnson and senior members of the government to travel around the world is to have its grey livery repainted estimated to cost about…
Emirates to reactivate A380 fleet to London and Paris
From 15 July, A380 will return to the skies with flights to London Heathrow and Paris. For Emirates is operating all its passenger flights on the Boeing 777. A total…
Will British Airways Boeing 747 fleet ever resume flight operations?
British Airways has grounded most of its 30-strong fleet in response to the massive slump in travel demand caused by the COVID-19. The vast majority of BA’s 747’s have been…
ALERT European Union is considering banning US travellers as America has “failed to control the coronavirus”
European Union officials are racing to agree on who can visit the bloc as of July 1 based on how countries of origin are faring with new coronavirus cases. Americans,…
11th hour Virgin Australia bid
Virgin Australia bondholders have made an 11th hour bid to try to recapitalise the airline, two days after Administrators Deloitte received final offers from the two final bidders, Bain Capital…
INCIDENT Ground collision at at San Diego Brown Field, USA
A civilian Twin Otter airplane rolled and crashed into a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey parked on a ramp at an airfield and caused extensive damage to both aircraft, according to…
