Singapore-based carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has today announced that their regional to medium haul carrier Silk Air will be merged into SIA in a move to improve financial results for the carrier. The first stage will begin in 2020 with a complete cabin overhaul for all of Silk Air’s aircraft which will be almost fully…
Belgian start-up carrier Air Belgium has informed passengers that the originally planned launch date (30th April) has slipped to June 3rd, thus delaying the launch by over a month. In a mail sent out to customers the carrier excused the delay with two reasons, one being the fact that so far Russia has not granted…
A Southwest Boeing 737-700 operating a flight from LaGuardia to Dallas has suffered an uncontained engine failure while climbing out of New York. The plane diverted to Philadelphia with serious damage to the left engine. Passengers reported that they heard a loud bang on the left side of the aircraft, while climbing out of LGA…
International Airlines Group (IAG) has announced that they have bought a 4.61% stake in Norwegian carrier Norwegian and are in further talks regarding a complete takeover of the airline. IAG describes Norwegian as an attractive investment but says that apart from the current investment there were no further talks regarding a possible takeover yet. Norwegian…
European plane manufacturer Airbus is looking at possibilities to increase the production rate for its most popular aircraft, the A320, to more than 70 planes per month but is facing serious problems. Demand for the aircraft is still going strong and not only for the new A320neo with advanced engines, the old version is still…
Last week Air China, China Eastern and China Southern have revealed their profits for 2017 and are determined to grow in the next years. For its part, Air China posted a revenue of nearly 20 billion US-Dollar, an increase by 7.7% compared to 2016. Net profits for the Air China Group rose by more than 11%…