A couple of major U.S. airlines have just reversed their policies on their mask mandates. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both decided that they will no longer allow medical exemptions as a reason not to wear a face mask. On Wednesday, American Airlines issued a news release detailing its new face mask policy. Beginning on…
Lufthansa has announced the resumption of services between London City Airport and Frankfurt from September 7.
Luxair (LG) has announced a mysterious livery on Instagram. A few lucky observers were able to photograph a very special Boeing 737-800. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Luxplanepics (@luxplanepics) on Jul 24, 2020 at 6:04am PDT
All Nippon Airways is opening its Airbus A380 test flight for the public. ANA will lift the “Flying Honu” superjumbo for a 90-minute soar from Narita to Narita on August 22, 2020. ANA said it was organizing the charter flight NH2030 in response to customers’ voice, particularly for the people who wanted to experience a…
Emirates continues to reopen international routes from the U.S. to Dubai with service to Los Angeles International Airport and to Boston Logan International Airport. Flights from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will operate twice a week beginning July 22, increasing to four times per week on August 2. Emirates flights from Boston Logan International Airport…
Dramatic video captured a melee that erupted at Puerto Rico’s international airport in San Juan after a drunken woman refused to get off a Philadelphia-bound plane, according to a report. The chaotic incident took place Monday at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, where the woman refused to disembark at the crew’s request, according to…
New cabin interior look for Hi Fly Airbus A340-300 9H-JAI, now able to offer more than 250 m3 of volume capacity and 50 tons of cargo. Since the COVID-19 crisis began, air cargo has been a vital partner in delivering much-needed medicines, medical equipment, and in keeping global supply chains functioning. Hi Fly has created…
The empty Airbus A380 flew over South Korea for a few hours a day for three days in May to enable pilots to practice taking off and landing. Airlines are taking extreme measures to survive the pandemic, with Asiana Airlines flying the world’s biggest commercial plane more than 20 times, going nowhere and carrying no…
National carrier Air India on Thursday said unlike other airlines that had laid off workers, none of its employees would lose job. “The recent decisions of the Air India Board regarding rationalisation of staff cost were reviewed at a meeting at the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday evening. “There has been no reduction in…
Tuesday 21 July, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines resumed passenger flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to China, Shanghai due to the relaxation of travel restrictions by the Chinese government. These flights are in addition to the cargo airlift that started on 20 April for the transport of medical supplies. Flights to mainland China were suspended at…
KLM will retire its last three Boeing 747-400s in October. In March, KLM announced it would retire the seven total passenger airplanes that were in its fleet, a move prompted by the coronavirus crisis. The company had already planned to stop using the wide-bodied aircraft but was not planning to do so until 2021. But…
Ryanair is to close its base at Frankfurt Hahn Airport, and bases at Berlin Tegel and Duesseldorf airports are likely to shut down at the end of the summer after German pilots rejected proposed pay cuts, the Irish airline said on Tuesday. The moves, which will include an undisclosed number of pilot job cuts, come…
