Air Canada Retires Last Mainline Boeing 767

On June 2nd, 2020 Air Canada (AC) operated its last mainline Boeing 767 flight after operating the type for 38 years. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

First Mobile Built Airbus A220 Performs Maiden Flight

On June 2, 2020, the first A220 built at Airbus’ Mobile Facility in Alabama, took to the skies for the first time. The A220-300, bearing the test reg C-GPCA was in the air, for nearly 4 hours, covering just over 1000 miles before landing. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

London City Airport to Resume Operations in June

London City Airport (LCY) has today announced its plans to restart commercial operations by the end of June. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

United to ramp up international routes

United Airlines, signaling its intent to re-build its extensive international network, plans a significant expansion of intercontinental flying in the coming months. (www.routesonline.com) Altro...

Trump Administration Bans Chinese Passenger Airlines from Flying to U.S.

The Trump administration is banning Chinese passenger airlines from flying to the U.S. starting later this month, a move that comes as Beijing prohibits U.S. airlines to resume flights there. The order, published Wednesday, takes effect June 16, but it could be moved up. (www.cnbc.com) Altro...

Air France-KLM Group 2019 Sustainable Development Report

The Air France-KLM (AFKL) Group has published its 2019 corporate social responsibility report (CSR), which highlights the results, commitments, and actions implemented by the group for its sustainable development. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Virgin Australia Chooses Final Bidders

After filing for administration, Virgin Australia (VA) has today selected Bain Capital and Cyrus Capital Partners from five non-binding proposals as final bidders. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Turkish Airlines In Talks To Delay Airbus A350 Deliveries

While the carrier will take delivery of its first A350-900, Turkish Airlines is reportedly still in talks with Airbus about deferral of the rest of the order. The manufacturer has yet to begin construction of the remaining 24 aircraft. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

Qatar Airways CEO calls on Boeing and Airbus to defer deliveries

Airbus SE and Boeing Co. should accept delivery deferrals until at least 2022, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. Airlines, short of cash, are demanding to cancel, or postpone deliveries, while the manufacturers - who have the added burden of keeping suppliers healthy - are trying to keep handovers and the associated payments flowing. (www.aljazeera.com) Altro...

In a challenging scenery, Embraer (ERJ) announces results for the 1Q2020

In a challenging scenario for the aeronautical industry sector, one of the largest innovation companies and the third largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, Embraer (B3 / IBOV: EMBR3 | NYSE: ERJ) released the financial statement for the first quarter of 2020 (1Q2020)... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Altro...

easyJet Ready to Resume Route Schedules

With most of the European countries lifting their lockdown and restrictions, European low-cost carrier easyJet (U2) is ready to resume parts of its network schedules. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

FAA chief to testify at June 17 Senate hearing on Boeing 737 MAX

Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson will testify June 17 before a U.S. Senate panel on certification of the Boeing 737 MAX that was involved in two fatal crashes in five months that killed 346 people. (www.reuters.com) Altro...

Piper Aztec crashes just after takeoff from TJIG in San Juan, Puerto Rico

A Piper Aztec bimotor aircraft crashed this afternoon just after takeoff from Fernando Rivas Dominnici airport (TJIG) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The aircraft crashed into the masts of two sailing ships docked at the Pan American docks and subsequently sank in the bay. Rescue operations are underway. (www.elvocero.com) Altro...

Aerolineas Argentinas Furloughs 7,000+ Employees

Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) has announced a furlough of 7,000-8,000 employees, representing a reduction of up to two-thirds of their 12,000-strong workforce. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Flexjet Chief Sees 'Upside' for Bizav Post-Covid

Aircraft utilization at Flexjet has doubled over the past three weeks as the fractional provider recovers from the Covid-19-induced traffic lull, company CEO Mike Silvestro said this morning during a business aviation summit webinar held by investment research firm Jefferies Equity Research. Meanwhile, he noted that new customer leads over the past four weeks have been “off the charts” as more look to fly privately post-Covid. (www.ainonline.com) Altro...

First Flight Now of First A220-CSeries Made In USA...

Right now from Mobile, Alabama with live live link to the flight... (www.fliegerfaust.com) Altro...

Delta flies last MD88 & MD90 flights

Today, June 2nd 2020, marks the end of an era for 2 Delta fleet types as the Delta McDonnell Douglas MD88 and MD90 make their last revenue flight. Both fleet types were set to be gradually phased out this year but had an accelerated retirement due to the covid pandemic. After the 2 iconic aircraft make their last flights with passengers, they will be repositioned to Blytheville Arkansas. (www.youtube.com) Altro...

Ryanair French Staff Accuses Carrier of Redundancy Extorsion

Ryanair (FR) French flight crew has accused Ryanair of blackmailing them into taking pay cuts or losing their jobs as the budget carrier is imposing a 20% pay cut for flight crew and 10% for cabin staff (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

COVID-19: EASA Lists Airports with High Infection Rates

In a document published by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), a list of airports with high infection rates based on a country’s number of cases has been established. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

VIDEO: Wizz Air Restarts Belgrade Operations

European Low-Cost carrier Wizz (W6) Air has re-opened its base in Belgrade and began to operate some of the most popular routes from its base (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

COVID-19: Mumbai Airport Handles 42,000 Passengers in One Week

Things seem to be on the up for Mumbai Airport (BOM/CSMIA) in India as it records handling 42,503 passengers in a single week as domestic flights resumed in India (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

British Airways Threatens 19,000 Staff with Dismissal

British Airways (BA) has threatened up to 19,000 staff with potential dismissal notices unless they accept worse pay and conditions (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Singapore Airlines To Restart Auckland & Christchurch Services

Singapore Airlines (SQ/SIA) has this week announced it will be resuming services to New Zealand (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

easyJet's Comic Book Face Masks Ease Children’s Anxiety About Flying

Taylor Herring developed the masks with Irish comic book artist Will Sliney (www.lbbonline.com) Altro...

The Airbus A220 Could Be A Private Jet With This New Concept

The Airbus A220 corporate jet concept has been developed by a consortium of three project partners (simpleflying.com) Altro...

American Airlines to end service to Oakland International Airport

June 3 will be the date of American Airlines' last flight to Oakland Airport. The airline will fly its last flight to the airport in early June. American Airlines will, however, continue to service nearby airports in San Francisco and San Jose. (www.foxnews.com) Altro...

Boeing takes Embraer to arbitration over failed aviation deal

So far, it has only been publicly known that Embraer had taken Boeing to arbitration (www.reuters.com) Altro...

Delta will retire the Boeing 777 from the fleet by the end of the year

The pandemic is making many companies from all sectors create strategies to mitigate the impacts caused in this period of crisis... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Altro...

EFW converted A330-300P2F offers record payload

It is the first converted A330-300 licensed to transport a record gross payload of up to 63 tons per flight. (www.cargoforwarder.eu) Altro...

Delta To Fly Final MD-88 and -90 Flights On June 2, 2020

Delta has set a retirement date for its fleet of MD-88s and MD-90s. (www.gatechecked.com) Altro...

VIDEO: Frontier Airlines Begins Pre-boarding Temperature Screenings

Frontier Airlines (F9) today instituted temperature screenings before boarding flights for all passengers and crew, becoming the first U.S. airline to implement the measure. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Possible bird strike brings down RCAF Snowbird

It’s a possibility that a bird strike brought down the Canadian Snowbird that killed one pilot and seriously injured another. (www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca) Altro...

Bombardier, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Close CRJ Program Sale

Bombardier today reported the closing of the previously announced sale of the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Program. to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI). (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Etihad Launches Health, Hygiene Program

Etihad Airways (EY) has launched ‘Etihad Wellness,’ an enhanced and more thorough health and hygiene program. The scheme adds to the procedures EY has already put in place to protect customers and staff from the COVID-19 pandemic. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Southwest Airlines Announces 4Q 2020 Service Schedule

American low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines (WN) last week announced an extended flight schedule from October to January 4, 2021. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Leaked Document States South African Airways Bailout Agreed

In a dramatic twist of events, a leaked email from South Africa’s opposition party has stated that a new bailout has been agreed upon by the state for the country’s struggling airline that was placed into administration in December 2019. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Loganair Relaunches Aberdeen Flights

UK regional carrier Loganair (LM) has announced flights to Birmingham and Newcastle from Aberdeen will be launched this week as the carrier begins to recover from the fallout of ongoing Coronavirus pandemic (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Today in Aviation: The Short 360

On June 1, 1981, the prototype of the Short 360 (SD3-60) airliner with 36 seats flew for the first time, a year after its manufacturer, Short Brothers, announced its production. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Emirates Prepares to Lay Off Pilots on June 15

It has emerged over the weekend that Emirates will lay off around 192 pilots from June 15 due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. James Field goes into detail about their last day of service as well as what benefits they will still have up to this point! (www.youtube.com) Altro...

Iditarod Champ and dogs fly vintage DC-6B home

2020 Iditarod Champion Thomas Waerner and dogs are finally heading home from Alaska to Norway after Covid-19 delayed their return when the race ended in March. Their ride is a historic aircraft that was purchased by a flight museum. If you are interested in following the history of this vintage aircraft and following Thomas' trip home, check out the Facebook group named DC-6B N151 (LN-SUB) Ferryflight Group. (m.facebook.com) Altro...

Emirates to resume flying A380s to Malaysia

Emirates is planning to resume services to Kuala Lumpur effective 1 July with an initial timetable schedule extending to the end of October. (www.ttrweekly.com) Altro...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Azul fly to PEK for the first time in partnership with Dux Forwarding to bring 400 respirators to Brazil

The Brazilian flag carrier sent its long-distance flagship, the new Airbus A330-900neo, to the Asian continent for a mission to combat the coronavirus (Covid-19). The airline's aircraft also landed in Guarulhos for the first time in all of Azul's history. See beautiful photos of this day and... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Altro...

Modified Cessna is the 'largest' electric aircraft to take flight

Electric aircraft are ever so slightly closer to becoming a practical reality for travel. Magnix and AeroTEC have flown what they say is the world’s largest all-electric aircraft. Their modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, the “eCaravan,” flew for 30 minutes around Washington state’s Grand County International Airport using Magnix’s 750HP Magni500 motor instead of the usual turboprop engine. The flight was “flawless,” Magnix chief Roei Ganzarski said in a statement to FlightGlobal. (www.engadget.com) Altro...

Dramatic air-to-air photography of owner-flown jets

The owners of these jets are their own pilots. They have truly achieved their childhood dreams. (www.youtube.com) Altro...

Ryanair Condemns Lufthansa State Bailout

If there is one thing we can rely on in aviation, it is that there will always be a long line of characters queuing up waiting to throw their voice into the choir of colorful opinions, some of which can be considered funny, some of them just simply rude, the rest absolutely bonkers. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Traveler: An In-Depth Look at Japan Airlines in Long Haul Business Class

In January, I embarked on my 42nd long haul flight with Japan Airlines. I generally fly to Japan twice a year from New York to visit and help out my family in Tokyo and other parts of Japan. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

San Francisco Airport Expands Route Network

Air links to Europe and Japan are restarting at San Francisco Airport (SFO) after the route suspension that took effect due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Emirates Prepares to Lay Off Pilots on June 15

Emirates Airlines (EK) has today informed the termination of employment for around 192 pilots during their probationary period. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...

Today in Aviation: London Heathrow Opens for Commercial Air Travel in 1946

Today in Aviation, London Heathrow Airport (LHR) officially opened for commercial air travel on May 31, 1946. (airwaysmag.com) Altro...