Qantas Airways Ltd. celebrated 100th birthday with a special flight over Sydney Harbour on Monday, making it the world’s third-oldest airline behind KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Avianca Holdings. Around 200 passengers, including 100 Qantas staff, were on board the special 100-minute flight. The Harbour Bridge was lit up with more than 1,300 LED tubes,…
The first coronavirus-free transatlantic flight is scheduled to land at Heathrow on Tuesday morning amid pressure to reopen the busy business route. A new pilot scheme by US carrier United Airlines (UAL) has raised the hopes that ministers will give the go-ahead to a crucial travel corridor between London and New York. As part of…
Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Monday that it will acquire Asiana Airlines Inc. in a deal valued at 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion) that would create the world’s 10th-biggest airline by fleets. Korean Air plans to raise 2.5 trillion won via rights offerings early next year. Of the proceeds, it will…
Virgin Australia has launched a new advertising campaign – it’s first since entering Administration in April of this year. The campaign involves 2020 America’s Got Talent finalist, Annie Jones, dancing in an empty airport. The sale of Virgin Australia to Bain Capital will be finalised on 17 November
Taiwan’s China Airlines has put its remaining Boeing 747-400 passenger jets up for sale. The airline has planned to retire the model from its fleet in the first quarter of 2021. These four remaining Boeing 747-400s have registration numbers B-18210, B-18211, B-18212, and B-18215. These 747s have an average age of 16 years. The Boeing…
The London boss of Russian airline Aeroflot has been arrested on suspicion of high treason after allegedly handing over state secrets to British intelligence. Dmitry Fedotkin, 39, who has run Aeroflot’s operations in the UK for the last five years, was arrested on Wednesday in Moscow, state media reported. He is accused of ‘betraying secret…
Two Czech nationals caught at London’s Heathrow airport bound for Dubai with 1.2 million pounds ($1.58 million) in their suitcases have been charged with money laundering. The men aged 37 and 26 were stopped by border officials at 0900 GMT on Nov. 8. The banknotes were found in three suitcase and two hand-luggage bags. “Clamping…
Speaking to aviation expert John Strickland at World Travel Market Virtual, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary was characteristically outspoken, confidently asserting that the low-cost carrier “will be unchallenged in Europe for the next 20 years”. It is this high-volume, lost cost model that he asserts will enable Ryanair to bounce back more swiftly than its rivals…
Airbus has signed a contract to deliver 38 new Eurofighter aircraft to the German Air Force. This makes Germany the largest ordering nation in Europe’s biggest defence programme. The order, also known by its project name Quadriga, covers the delivery of 30 single-seater and 8 twin-seater Eurofighters. Three of the aircraft will be equipped with…
Southwest Airlines is in talks with Boeing to acquire more 737 Max aircraft, Bloomberg is reporting. Up to 30 aircraft may be joining Southwest’s fleet as the aircraft prepares for its return to the skies after a near 2-year grounding. The aircraft Southwest is looking at are known as “white tails” as they were built…
United Airlines said Tuesday that it would return to Kennedy International Airport after five years beginning in February 2021, with best-in-class service to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Starting February 1, United will operate four daily flights out of JFK, two to Los Angeles, and two to San Francisco. United left operating out of JFK…
Air India crew members were suspended after a senior crew member shared sensitive information by clicking pictures of the interior of the new Presidential Boeing 777. The senior cabin crew member clicked the pictures during the ferry flight from Boeing’s facility in Texas and the pictures were shared on social media. It was India’s first…
