BREAKING New Lufthansa livery confirmed

Lufthansa has just confirmed the airline’s new livery. The German flag-carrier will officially unveil it on February 7th. Yellow was removed from the livery, but the color remains an important part of the Lufthansa design. A Boeing 747-8i (registration D-ABYA) is currently in Rome (FCO) for paint. It will be flown to Frankfurt tomorrow morning.…

Ryanair signs formal recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association

Ryanair has a formal recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association, who will now be the sole representative body for Ryanair employed pilots in the UK. This agreement follows extensive negotiations with BALPA since Ryanair’s December announcement that it was willing to recognise unions for collective bargaining purposes. While these recognition negotiations were continuing…

Vietjet apologies for sending models in bikinis to welcome footballers heading home from China (video)

Vietnam’s budget airline has apologised for sending scantily-clad models to join the country’s under-23 football squad on a flight home. Vietjet came under fire again for sending models in barely-there costumes to join the footballers heading home from China after Under-23 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Championship on Saturday. The players were treated to a rock…

Airbus A350-1000 begins Demonstration Tour in the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific

The A350-1000, the newest member of Airbus’ leading Widebody family, has embarked on a three-week Demonstration Tour to the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific region. During the tour, the A350-1000 flight test aircraft reg.F-WLXV (MSN065) will visit 12 destinations to demonstrate the aircraft’s exclusive features to airlines. The itinerary will see it travel over 30,000 nautical miles…