Qatar Airways is set to report a large loss for the current financial year ending later this month, the Doha-based carrier’s CEO Akbar Al Baker confirmed on March 7, 2018. The carrier remains defiant as it faces a blockade placed on Qatar by its Middle Eastern neighbors by announcing new flights to numerous destinations across […]
Britain will, for the first time, provide financial support for exports of Bombardier’s CSeries passenger jets to a major Asian airline, weeks after the Canadian plane maker won a trade dispute against its U.S. rival Boeing. The decision, experts say, signifies a power shift in the aerospace industry and is a fresh blow to Boeing […]
Authorities managed to salvage both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder from the US-Bangla flight that crashed in Kathmandu airport on March 12, 2018. The plane was a 17 years old Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 coming from Dacca to Kathmandu. 40 people died in the crash and nine after being transported to […]
Turkish Airlines has confirmed plans to buy 50 firm and 10 optional wide-body aircraft from Airbus and Boeing for its ever-growing fleet ahead of a move to a new Istanbul airport. The Airbus aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. In a statement on March 9, 2018, Turkish Airlines said it had agreed […]
On March 12, 2018, a plane of a Bangladeshi company US-Bangla Airlines has crashed in Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, during an attempt to land. The aircraft caught fire while flying for reasons which are unknown yet. The fire was put out within a minute by the emergency team of the airport. The Nepalese […]
Virgin Atlantic Airways finally canceled its 2001 order for six Airbus SE A380 superjumbo jets after years of putting off deliveries, despite being one of the first customers for the aircraft. It now plans to operate 12 A350-1000s instead. Cancellation was revealed on the same day as Airbus announced A380 production cuts. The news appeared […]
IndiGo, India’s largest airline by passenger numbers and fleet size, plans to order as many as 50 A330 wide-body jets in a deal that would be worth $13 billion. The purchase would pave way for the carrier’s expansion into low-cost long-haul flights. IndiGo’s plans have not yet been made public, but according to unnamed sources […]
An Open Skies agreement between the United States and Brazil was given a green light by the Brazilian Senate on March 7, 2018, and is now expected to be approved by the country’s president, coming into force some seven years after its preliminary approval in 2011. The Open Skies agreement opens opportunities for airlines to […]
First Market for Transforming Agent-Airline Settlements The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Norway became the first market to implement the New Generation of IATA Settlement Systems (NewGen ISS). NewGen ISS was adopted by the Passenger Agency Conference (PAConf) in November 2017. It represents the most extensive and ambitious modernization of the IATA Billing […]
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, is celebrating International Women’s Day with more female pilots flying on one day for the airline than ever before – also believed to be a European record for the most female pilots rostered by an airline in one day. On International Women’s Day, more easyJet passengers will be flown by female […]
