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…
ALERT A man was struck and killed on runway when a Southwest Boeing 737-700 was landing at Austin Airport
A man was struck and killed by a Southwest airplane Thursday night on a runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, according to the airport. The flight was arriving from…
Desert Alice Springs turned into plane parking in Australia
A patch of dry desert dirt near Alice Springs has become an eerie backdrop for lines of "mothballed" aircraft. Singapore Airlines has sent seven planes -- four superjumbo Airbus A380s…
Lufthansa is working on a first A380 cargo
First agreement for technical and engineering support on an Airbus A380. Lufthansa Technik's new technical and engineering services for temporary operational changes from passenger to cargo aircraft have met with…
Air France-KLM reports €815 million loss and prepares for years of shrunken demand
Two weeks of coronavirus shutdown were enough to hit Air France-KLM with an 815 million-euro first-quarter operating loss, the airline group said on Thursday - predicting demand could take "several…
A woman gave birth of a baby boy on board an Emirates repatriation flight
A Nigerian woman aboard an Emirates Airline flight, evacuating Nigerians from Dubai, gave birth to a baby boy. The woman was among the Nigerian travellers stranded in the country who…
Rome Fiumicino airport staff are using ‘smart helmets’ to scan temperatures of passengers
Staff at Italy's busiest airport are using augmented reality helmets to scan passenger temperatures. Fiumicino Airport in Rome is now the first in Europe to use 'smart helmets' to check…
ALERT A Kenyan plane carrying medical supplies could have been shot down in Somalia
The Somali government is investigating the crash of a Kenyan supply plane Monday that killed six people amid suspicions it may have been shot down. The plane, which belonged to the African…
INCIDENT An oxygen bottle exploded in the tail section of a Learjet 25D
An oxygen bottle exploded in the tail section of a Learjet 25D in Argentina. A Learjet 25D, LV-WOC, was substantially damaged when an oxygen bottle exploded in the tail section…
Qatar Airways to resume 52 destinations by end of May and 80 in June
By the end of May, the airline plans to grow its network back to over 50 destinations with a further number of destinations planned to be added by the end…
United Airlines to cut 3,400 management and administrative positions
United Airlines to cut 30% of management in October. Chicago-based United is among the U.S. airlines that have accepted U.S. government payroll aid that bans job or pay cuts before…