A Third Of The World's Remaining A380s Are Flying Once Again

British Airways, China Southern, Emirates, Korean Airways, Qantas, Qatar Airways, and Singapore Airlines have all reactivated at least one of their superjumbos. This brings the total number of reactivated aircraft to 79 of the 246 remaining Airbus A380s. This is great news for the aviation community and shows the big strides the industry is, and has been, making to get back to where it once was (Pre-COVID). News per Simple Flying. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

Big news for Qantas & Airbus

Simple Flying details the recent commitment Airbus received from Qantas for an order of A220’s & A321XLR’s. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

Australian Opens Borders For The First Time In 2 Years

Australia will be lifting it's travel ban for those who are fully vaccinated. Starting on February 21, 2022 international tourists will be aloud to once again enter the country for the first time in almost two whole years. This news per Simple Flying. This is fantastic news for the aviation industry and travelers alike. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

Textron Aviation Rolls Its New Cessna SkyCourier

Textron Aviation has just put the finishing touches on it's brand new twin turboprop utility aircraft. They are now ready to begin delivering airframes to customers, this includes a 50 plane firm order from FedEx, with a further 50 options. This news on the Cessna SkyCourier, and more, per Simple FLying. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

Israel Set To Reopen To Unvaccinated Travelers

March 1st is set to be a big day for Israel and El Al, Israel's flagship airline, as the country has made the announcement on the date of the countries planned reopening to unvaccinated travelers. This should see a big boost to El Al's passenger numbers, as well as the continuing of the gradual return to pre-COVID life in Israel. This news and more, per Simple Flying. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

Airbus Cancels Additional Qatar Airways Aircraft, This Time 2 A350's

The saga between the Qatari National Carrier and the European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, continues. After already cancelling Qatar Airways large A320neo order, Airbus has gone a step further and cancelled 2 of the airlines A350 orders. Qatar Airlines is currently pursuing a suit against Airbus in London's High Court. All this news per Simple Flying. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

Southwest Exercises Option For Additional 737 MAX's

Low-cost carrier Southwest is one of the world's largest 737 series operators, they will be exercising their option to add a additional aircraft, bringing their firm order total for this year to a total of 77 aircraft. Per Simple Flying. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

Notable Airline New Routes and Route Resumptions

Here are some of this weeks notable new routes, as well as routes that have resumed after being cut because of COVID. Qantas: Sydney to Dallas Fort Worth Breeze: Norfolk to Long Island, Charleston to Long Island Singapore: Changi to Denpasar (Bali) JetBlue: New York JFK to Puerto Vallarta Frontier: Resumed flights to Fort Lauderdale from 12 different cities Allegiant: Opened base in Flint, MI. This news and more, per Simple Flying. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

Phillipine Airlines Returns To Tel Aviv After 60+ Years

The flag carrier of the Philippines announced that they will be making their long-awaited return to Tel Aviv this April. Per Simple Flying. (simpleflying.com) Altro...

London Southend And It's Last Two Routes

The aviation industry as a whole was hit incredibly hard by COVID19, but London's Southend Airport was effected considerably more than most. In 2019 Southend was the UK's fastest growing airport, with it's traffic up 37%. The airport was on pace to move an estimated three million passengers by the end of 2020, but barely hit the 400,000 passenger threshold by the end of the year. That was just a precursor to how 2021 would go for Southend, as the airport finished the year with… (simpleflying.com) Altro...