Reading Time: < 1 minute The first A350 XWB for Thai Airways has rolled out from cabin furnishing & engine installation at the Airbus Toulouse Final Assembly Line. The aircraft is now ready to proceed to further ground and flight testing. This first A350-900 for THAI is scheduled for delivery in Q3 2016. Bringing new levels of efficiency and comfort […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Already on June 27th, modernised Boeing 737-400 had its first flight with passengers on board heading for London. Hence, the first LOT clients were able to check out how comfortable the new Boeing interior can be. Among other things, new leather seats were installed on the plane along with modern LED lighting with mood-lighting modes […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Starting this month, Aeroflot will place its SU code on China Southern Airlines flights between Guangzhou and Moscow as well as its Guangzhou – Wuhan – Moscow service. China Southern Airlines, the largest airline in the People’s Republic of China, announced an expansion of their codeshare cooperation with Aeroflot. Both China Southern Airlines and Aeroflot […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) and UPS Airlines (NYSE:UPS) announced a tentative agreement on a new five-year labor contract. The comprehensive agreement provides for improvements across all sections of the contract. Specific details of the agreement will not be disclosed before the IPA presents the proposed contract to all UPS pilots. The contract must be […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute After more than a decade of development, China’s first homegrown airliner has officially entered commercial service. The production Comac ARJ21-700 operated by Chengdu Airlines completed its first revenue flight on Tuesday. According to AP, the ARJ entered service with a two-hour flight from Chengdu to Shanghai’s Hongqiao International Airport. The ARJ21-700, from China’s government-owned aircraft […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Department of Transportation (DOT) has denied a bid by Norwegian Air to fly to the U.S. after facing months of scrutiny from labor groups, the aviation industry and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The company applied for a foreign air carrier permit for one of its subsidiaries, Norwegian Air UK, in order […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Turkish Airlines will rebook, reroute, extend or refund tickets for passengers in response to the attack that occurred at Istanbul Ataturk Airport Tuesday evening, the company has announced. The announcement applies to all bookings departing from, arriving at, or connecting in Istanbul Ataturk Airport or Sabiha Gökçen Airport between 28 June 2016 to 5 July […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Thomson Airways MD John Murphy has landed the airline’s first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner safely at Manchester Airport. The first of its kind in the Thomson fleet, the plane touched down on Tuesday after flying 3,950 miles across the Atlantic from the Boeing factory in Charleston, South Carolina. The 787-9 is six metres longer than the […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The low-cost airline’s Carolyn McCall said a decision on relocating the HQ from Luton – where 56% of voters elected to leave the EU – “remains to be seen”. Easyjet’s CEO has said the airline giant could relocate its HQ from Luton following the Brexit vote. Carolyn McCall told Channel 4 presenter Matt Frei the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The budget airline will now focus on the European Union, despite its largest hub being at the London’s Stansted Airport. Its boss, Michael O’Leary, was a vocal supporter of the Remain campaign and warned he would cut investment in Britain if it voted to leave. Now after its shares plummeted 23% in value, the Irish […]