Reading Time: < 1 minute Adapting to the quickly changing situation on the air travel market due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, Air France-KLM Group has announced implementing major flight reductions, FlightGlobal reports. Home countries of both KLM and Air France have not imposed border controls and air traffic is still allowed to and out of both the Netherlands […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The novel coronavirus has developed into a severe migraine headache that numerous airlines worldwide are suffering from. For example, Lufthansa Group plans to reduce its capacity by up to 50% in the coming weeks. The decision to cut the capacity by up to 50% (concerning all passenger airlines in the Lufthansa Group) came in light […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus has announced it February results which seem to be not very positive, as the European planemaker recorded no single order in the last month of winter. Is it only a coincidence with the outbreak of coronavirus? Since the beginning of 2020 Airbus secured a total of 274 orders for its commercial aircraft. Therefore, it […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus has delivered the first A350-900 to Aeroflot, the flag carrier of Russia. The member of the SkyTeam alliance has also become the launch operator of the type in Eastern Europe and CIS. The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines powered widebody features a three-class cabin layout with 316 seats. According to a statement, the plane will be […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The flag carrier of Switzerland has welcomed the first out 25 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft on order. Powered by the Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines, the plane took off from Hamburg, Germany.  The A320neo Family incorporates the very latest technologies including new-generation engines, Sharklets and cabin efficiency enablers, which together deliver 20% fuel savings.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The long-lasting dispute over subsidies to aircraft manufacturers is intensifying. The United States has announced that starting March, 2020, it is raising tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union from 10% to 15%. Although the tariff is set on a variety of products imported from the EU, ranging from some types of meat, cheese, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute AEGAN, the flag carrier of Greece, has begun a new era with a new livery, new identity and three brand new Airbus A320neo aircraft. The planes will be equipped with latest technology Pratt & Whitney engines. By 2025 AEGEAN expects to receive 46 A320neo and A321neo aircraft, with an option for 12 additional aircraft (up […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus celebrates yet another milestone. The A330-800 was awarded joint type certification by both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  It took 370 flight test hours and a total of 132 flights, including the maiden one performed in November, 2018, to complete certification flight-test campaign. The freshly approved member […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus has secured a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 50 A220-300 aircraft from Green Africa Airways, Nigeria’s Lagos-based airline. The biggest ever order for the type from Africa. The MoU was signed during the Singapore Airshow. Even though the coronavirus impacted the show and a number of participants have not attended the event, Airbus managed […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bombardier has announced that it exits the A220 program, former CSeries, and leaves Airbus with 75% ownership, with the remaining 25% held by the Canadian government’s Investissement Quebec. According to the agreement for the Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (Airbus Canada), the Canada’s stake will be redeemable to Airbus starting 2026, this is three years later […]