Qatar Airways to offer 100,000 economy class tickets to healthcare professionals
To thank all of the frontline healthcare professionals across the globe, Qatar Airways is offering 100,000 complimentary tickets on Qatar Airways flights. Up to two complimentary return Economy Class tickets…
A botanist discovered the wreckage of a CIA plane crashed in January 1952 in the Death Valley
A man hiking around Death Valley looking for rare plants discovered something completely different. On a hike looking for rare limestone endemic plants in Death Valley, a botanist spotted the…
BREAKING Latin America’s second-biggest airline has filed for bankruptcy
Avianca, Latin America's second-biggest airline, has filed for bankruptcy. Avianca Holdings, Latin America’s No. 2 airline, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, as a bond payment deadline loomed and after pleas…
ALERT Government to bring in a 14-day quarantine for anyone landing in the UK
UK airlines say they have been told the government will bring in a 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the UK from any country apart from the Republic of Ireland…
Heathrow to test temperature screening technology with camera detection systems
London’s Heathrow Airport is getting ready to trial technologies and processes that reduce risk of coronavirus transmission. The first of these trials will be a temperature screening technology which uses…
Southwest Airlines to sells 20 Boeing 737-800s and 737MAXs
Southwest Airlines will sell and lease back 20 planes for gross proceeds of about $815 million, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Southwest’s deal involves 10 Boeing…
Lufthansa Group to reactivate 80 aircraft from June
Lufthansa Group airlines to take off again with 160 aircraft from June with 106 destinations. Starting in June, Lufthansa, Eurowings and SWISS will be offering monthly restart schedules to significantly…
RAF Mildenhall refueled B-1B over the North Sea
RAF Mildenhall refueled B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota over the North Sea. With the fuel the B-1Bs ended up flying all the way to Eastern Europe to train…
INCIDENT A Spanish Air Force A400M suffered a birdstrike at Zaragoza Airport
An Airbus A400M Atlas of the Spanish Air Force suffered a birdstrike at Zaragoza Airport, Spain. The Airbus A400M of the Spanish Air Force suffered a birdtrsike while landing at…
How Iranian Airline Mahan Air helped spread Covid-19
An investigation by BBC News Arabic has analysed flight tracking data and open source footage which shows how Iran's largest airline - Mahan Air - continued to fly while government…
Third runway construction could be delayed by more than 5 years Heathrow CEO says
The chief executive of Heathrow today said it could be 10 to 15 years before the UK need a third runway at the airport due to the coronavirus crisis. Speaking…
“The A380 is over” says Emirates president Sir Tim Clark
More airlines could have collapsed or consolidated globally without government intervention amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the aviation industry will see a decline in passenger traffic as well as the…
