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Welcome everyone, to a new episode of Airways Profile, our column dedicated to people in aviation, those without whom our passion would surely not exist, and to whom our thanks go every day for their work and their incredible effort, especially during the current pandemic. We don’t have one guest today, but two! One of …
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MIAMI – EGO Airways (E3), an upstart Italian carrier, launched scheduled passenger service on March 30, 2021 with a flight from Catania (CTA) to Parma (PMF), according to ch-aviation. Connecting Italy from south to north, the flight was operated by an Embraer E190 registered as I-EGOA, which operated further services to Lamezia Terme (SUF) and …
Summary List Placement Royal Caribbean just welcomed the Odyssey of the Seas, a new cruise ship that will begin “fully vaccinated” cruises from Israel this summer. This announcement comes after a year of bad news for cruise lines, including COVID-19 outbreaks at the beginning of the pandemic, an industry-wide pause throughout 2020 … … tumultuous …
Summary List Placement Major League Baseball’s (MLB) decision to relocate its 2021 All-Star Game could cost Georgia’s economy more than $100 million, a county tourism official has said. Local hotels were already hit hard by the pandemic, Holly Quinlan, chief executive of Cobb Travel & Tourism, told told CNN. “The 8,000-plus MLB contracted hotel room …
Summary List Placement PS opened in 2017 as the Private Suite, a one-of-a-kind private terminal at one of the country’s busiest airports. Like most travel and hospitality companies, business was down at the pandemic’s peak in 2020 as would-be travelers stayed at home amid lockdowns. But just over one full year since lockdowns began, PS …
The author, with Captain Richard de Crespigny and Gerard Frawley, then Publisher of Australian Aviation on the final leg of QF32 in 2012 from Singapore to Sydney. Is there a solution? The authors of the RAeS study urge: Some industry regulators need to review and raise their standards. CEOs and boards of airlines must review …
Cockpit automation is leading to airline industry complacency warns a new study from the Royal Aeronautical Society Flying Operations Group, which says many crashes would never have happened if pilots were just capable of basic piloting skills and standards were higher. As the 12th anniversary of AF447 looms, the chorus of concern over the lack …
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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, the first Airbus A310 prototype conducted its maiden flight in 1982. It received its type certification on March 11, 1983. The Airbus A310 is a wide-body aircraft designed and manufactured by Airbus Industrie, at the time a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers. Before the new decade arrived, Airbus had already required a plane that …
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MIAMI – Air Serbia (JU) has implemented a new mobile application called “SkyBreathe” to monitor and control fuel consumption. The app is intended for JU flight crews only, according to an airline press release. The application will provide JU crews with insight into all the flights they have carried out and with the ability to …
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MIAMI – TAROM (RO) has announced a new service between Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) and Iași International Airport (IAS) beginning on April 8, 2021. The flight will offer a crucial connection within northern Romania as CLJ is both an economic hub and the unofficial capital of the Transylvania region in Romania while IAS, close to the Moldovan …
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Summary List Placement The summer of vaccinated travel now includes Iceland as a potential destination for Americans. Starting April 6, vaccinated travelers from the US will be allowed into Iceland with just their paper vaccination certificate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s the first European country to open its doors to Americans …
Summary List Placement It started with a presidential election. Georgia quickly found itself in the crosshairs of then-President Donald Trump in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Joe Biden narrowly won the state and its 16 electoral votes, helping bolster his progressive mandate, but Trump did not let the state go to Biden without a …
Summary List Placement Hopping off the plane at LAX just got a massive upgrade for certain types of travelers. PS, the private terminal at Los Angeles International Airport that lets wealthy travelers skip the commercial terminal entirely, is introducing a new pandemic-era luxury car service that offers planeside pickups upon arrival. PS Direct lets travelers …
Vietjet has resumed regular international flights connecting Vietnam’s major hubs with Bangkok, Tokyo, Seoul, and Taipei, starting from April 2, 2021. Specifically, flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok are scheduled to depart every Friday. The service from Hanoi to Seoul (Incheon International Airport) is scheduled to depart on April 15, 2021. The flights …
MIAMI – Triumph Group is adding to its partnership with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance with a new agreement to form a joint venture to overhaul nacelles for next-generation aircraft at Triumph’s Hot Springs, Ark., repair facility. Building on their partnership announced in June 2019, Triumph Group and the technical divisions for Air …
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MIAMI – Today, Air Canada (AC) and Air Transat (TS) announced that the proposed takeover deal by AC would be terminated, citing the disapproval by the European Commission. The deal, originally announced in 2019, went through a number of stages, including a revision due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s severe impact on the aviation industry. If …
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MIAMI – American Airlines (AA) announced via a press release the repayment of US$2.8bn of debt using various revolving credit facilities. The airline, which had an industry-topping US$41bn worth of debt and lost US$8.9bn last year, said it repaid the outstanding debt it took out in April 2020 as the airlines were scrambling to get …
Summary List Placement Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance Friday that people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can resume travel in the US as long as travelers are masked. These vaccinated travelers — or people who have recovered from the virus in the previous three months — will not have …
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MIAMI – South Korean startup, low-cost carrier Air Premia (YP), will receive its first aircraft today, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The aircraft, registration number HL8387, is en route now from Seattle to Seoul (ICN). This is the first of three Dreamliners for the airline. Delivery of the remaining two is expected in May and December. …
Summary List PlacementTable of Contents: Masthead Sticky The other night I walked through the streets of Tokyo, stopping in at small shops, exploring handmade ceramics, saying hi to a local shopkeeper, and filling a basket with new treasures to display in my home — all while sitting in my living room in New Jersey. …
MIAMI – With the advancement of its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL), Lilium GmbH segments itself as a global pioneer in Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and electric aviation. Now, the company has entered into a substantive strategic combination arrangement with Qell Acquisition Corporation. Qell is a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) …
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MIAMI – In less than two months, United Airlines (UA) will stop providing change flexibility to passengers who booked flights on the Boeing 737 MAX. On February 11, the airline re-entered the Boeing 737 MAX into service. Customers who booked 737 MAX flights have received complimentary adjustments since that time. The adjustment also applied to …
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LONDON – Yesterday, Neos Air (NO) welcomed its two new Boeing 737 MAX 8s from Seattle, increasing its fleet of next-generation Boeing aircraft. After a technical stopover at Glasgow airport, the first aircraft arrived at Malpensa Airport (MXP) at 13:26 local (EI- RZA), and immediately two minutes later, the second MAX 8 registered as EI-RZB …
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MIAMI – Aviation investment company Carlyle Aviation has entered an agreement to acquire aircraft leasing company Fly Leasing for $17.05 per share, totalling a transaction of $2.36bn. Fly’s 84 aircraft and seven engines are leased to 37 airlines in 22 countries. The company’s portfolio consists primarily of Boeing 737 NG and Airbus A320 family aircraft. …
MIAMI – Beginning May 17, Austrian Airlines (OS) will fly to Zaporizhzhia (OZH), Ukraine, the airline announced today. This is the first time Austrian is offering the route, and service will take place three times per week via an Embraer 195. During the summer travel season, OS plans to increase to daily service on the …
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Summary List Placement Traveling solo can be wonderfully freeing. Every decision in what to do and where to go are yours and yours alone. Of course, it also means there is no one to share the cost. However, this does not have to be a large obstacle. I travel solo most of the time …
MIAMI – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced that Willie Walsh has begun his role as the organization’s director-general, succeeding Alexandre de Juniac. He joins the industry association after a 40-year career in the airline industry. Walsh retired from the International Airlines Group (IAG) in September 2020 after serving as its CEO since …