Aeroflot has asked flight attendants to stop logging faults on flights
Aeroflot, the country’s flag carrier, has directed employees to stop reporting flight faults in order to avoid aircraft being grounded until the problem is resolved. Senior flight attendants received an…
Pilots at Canada’s WestJet Airlines give 72-hour notice as strike looms
Pilots at Onex Corp’s WestJet Group gave notice on Monday that could allow for strike action as early as May 19, raising the possibility of travel disruptions during Canada’s Victoria…
European airlines urge Brussels to avoid further strike disruption
With demand for flights expected to skyrocket this summer, European airlines are urging the European Commission to take additional steps to limit the impact of strikes on travel this summer,…
China Airlines exercises option for 8 additional 787s
China Airlines, the Taiwan-based carrier, has announced that it will exercise the option to purchase eight Boeing 787-9 passenger aircraft to be delivered from 2026 onwards. The new aircraft will…
Germany to retire Tiger attack helicopter between 2031 and 2038
Unwilling to modernize its Tiger helicopter fleet, Germany plans to retire the model between 2031 and 2038. In an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung, the German Ministry of Defense confirmed that…
INCIDENT | An Azul Airlines A320 was hit by a firework balloon.
A firework balloon collided into the fuselage of an Azul Brazilian Airlines A320. On May 14, the jet was parked at Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In…
Oman Air Flight Training Centre installs B737-8 MAX simulator
Oman Air has upgraded its commercial flight capabilities with the installation of a new B737-8 Max simulator. The new device, which was purchased from CAE, a premier provider in flight…
ROUTES | AirAsia commences three routes to southern China cities
The Malaysian multinational low-cost airline AirAsia has launched three new routes from Kuala Lumpur to southern Chinese cities, Quanzhou, Guilin, and Chengdu (Tianfu). New services to Quanzhou and Guilin will…
YouTuber influencer pilot admits deliberate plane crash to get more views
How far would you go in the name of views, likes, and subscriptions? For one YouTuber, crashing his aircraft into the ground seemed to be worth the risk. After inventing…
Jet orders boom as airlines fear shortage
Planemakers can’t build them but airlines can’t stop buying them. Even as they wrestle with industrial problems preventing the delivery of jets sold before the pandemic, Airbus and Boeing are…