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To speed up the switch to hydrogen-powered passenger aircraft British Airways teamed up with ZeroAvia

British Airways has teamed up with ZeroAvia, a leading innovator in decarbonising commercial aviation, in a project to explore how hydrogen-powered aircraft can play a leading role in the future of sustainable flying. The collaboration, which reflects the importance of sustainability at British...

Air Saint-Pierre took delivery of a new ATR 42-600

Air Saint-Pierre took delivery of its new ATR 42-600 aircraft, following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding in July 2018. Based on one of the three main islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (around 6,300 inhabitants), Air Saint-Pierre is essential to the archipelago’s economy,...

Bamboo Airways selects AFI KLM E&M for components support as 21st 787 Operators Community customer

AFI KLM E&M welcomes Bamboo Airways into its community of customers for 787 component support. The fast growing Vietnamese airline has opted for a long-term partnership, and will enjoy access to high-performance services in component repair, logistics and spare parts access through an on-site stock based in Hanoi and several AFI KLM E&M pools located across the world. Strong expertise a...

Liebherr to overhaul landing gears for Austrian Airlines

Liebherr-Aerospace has been selected by Austrian Airlines to overhaul the landing gears of the airline’s 17 Embraer E-Jet E195 aircraft. The first landing gear is expected to arrive end of December 2020, at Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH in Lindenberg (Germany), where the overhaul activities will be performed.This major landing gear overhaul contract with Austrian Airlines is proof of th...

Inmarsat most powerful satellite enters service

Inmarsat is celebrating the commercial service introduction of its newest and most advanced satellite to date. GX5 is now delivering unprecedented capacity to Europe and the Middle East as part of the industry-leading Global Xpress (GX) network, which powers the award-winning GX Aviation and Jet ConneX (JX) inflight Wi-Fi services. Conceived, designed and procured principally to mee...

airBaltic announces Summer 2021 schedule

airBaltic has published its flight schedule for the upcoming summer season that will begin on March 28, 2021. The airline plans to connect Riga with 65 destinations across its network, and to launch five new routes. Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic commented : “The safety and health of our employees and passengers has stood and will stand above all. We see that people...

Norwegian initiates reorganization process in Norway

Norwegian has today filed for a reconstruction under Norwegian law. This process will coexist with the Irish Examinership process. Following Norwegian being made subject to the examinership process in Ireland on December 7, the company now wants to enter into a supplementary Norwegian reconstruction process. This was announced in a notice to the Oslo Stock Exchange. “A supplementa...

First of 3 Emirates A380s to be delivered in December to be partially powered by sustainable aviation fuel

Emirates has welcomed MSN A6-EVL, its 116th A380 as the first of three A380s to join its fleet in 2020. The aircraft arrived in Dubai in the early hours of Saturday morning, powered by a blend of conventional jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel. Emirates is scheduled to receive two more A380 aircraft later this month, one of which will feature its long-awaited signature Prem...

Complete Care for Your Complete Peace of Mind

Cathay Pacific is helping customers travel with confidence by collaborating with AXA General Insurance Hong Kong Limited to provide free COVID-19 coverage to all passengers whenever they fly with us.  Customers who fly with Cathay Pacific from 7th December 2020 to 28 February 2021 will be covered for medical expenses related to a COVID-19 diagnosis incurred whilst overseas. Cathay Pac...

New easyJet cabin bag policy on flights from 10 February 2021

easyJet announced that its cabin bag policy will change onboard flights from 10 February 2021. The new policy means that all customers can take a small under seat cabin bag (max 45x36x20cm) onboard free of charge which must fit under the seat in front. This will enable them to bring all the essentials for their journey or enough for a short trip.  Customers who have booked an Up front...

Save the winter tourism season - Suspend ineffective quarantine measures

This week the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) adopted Guidelines for COVID-19 testing and quarantine of air travellers. The aim is to support Member States in determining a coordinated approach to reduce the risks related to the movement of people within and between the EU/EEA countries and the UK in the context of the COVID-19 pandem...

Ryanair orders 75 more Boeing 737 MAX Jets

Boeing and Ryanair announced that the airline is placing a firm order for 75 additional 737 MAX airplanes, increasing its order book to 210 jets. Ryanair again selected the 737 8-200, a higher-capacity version of the 737-8, citing the airplane's additional seats and improved fuel efficiency and environmental performance. "Ryanair's board and people are confident that our...

Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker start first CO2-neutral freight flights

30 November 2020, a cargo flight successfully completed a round trip for the first time in commercial aviation, whose fuel requirements were completely covered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). This first CO2-neutral freight flight is made possible by a cooperation between DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo. The logistics service provider and the air freight company will transport goods from S...

Rebook free of charge until the end of February

Since the end of August, all fares of Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings can be rebooked as often as desired free of charge. Originally, this fare offer was valid for (re-)bookings until the end of the year. Now the offer to the customer is being extended: all airline fares can now be rebooked free of charge as often as desired up to February 28, 2021, if the rebo...

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airBaltic files first monthly operating reports with U.S. court and publishes preliminary unaudited financial information

Air Baltic Corporation AS , Latvia’s national airline and the leading carrier in the Baltic States, announced that airBaltic and its subsidiaries participating in the voluntary Ch...

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Embraer delivers first E175 with new RECARO cabin interior to American Airlines

Embraer has delivered the first E175 fitted with next-generation RECARO passenger seats to American Airlines, marking another step in the ongoing modernization of one of the world's most successfu...

Qantas Freight and Australia Post expand air cargo capacity with Airbus A321 freighter in western Sydney

Qantas Freight and Australia Post have entered the next chapter of their long-standing partnership with the arrival of the first of three additional Airbus A321 Passenger-to-Freighter (A321P2F) aircra...

Turkish Airlines and CFM sign landmark MOU for more than 600 LEAP-1B engines

Turkish Airlines has taken another major step in its fleet expansion strategy with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with CFM International for more than 300 LEAP-1B engines and a long-term...