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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, British Airways (BA) retired from its fleet its last Vickers VC10, a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range jet. The VC10 was an iconic jet and despite its limited production numbers (only 54 were ever built), the type played a pivotal role in British aviation. Origins The VC10 can trace its origins back …
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MIAMI – The EU Commission is pushing hard on the establishment of its own travel health credentials, the GreenPass for mid-June. During a March 28 interview on French television channel LCI, Thierry Breton, EU Commissioner for Internal Market since 2019, the EU’s vaccine man, presented what is the prototype of the GreenPass, now agreed by …
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Southwest Airlines, the giant US low-cost carrier has ordered up to 255 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft – made up of 100 firm orders and 155 options. Southwest said that it had completed the multi-year evaluation of the successor aircraft to its Boeing 737-700 model, with the selection of the Boeing 737 MAX 7 aircraft. The …
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They may be almost 90 years apart but the Lockheed Vega of MacRoberston Miller Airlines (MMA) and the A320 of QantasLink have two things in common – extraordinary performance and the same registration – VH-UVK. Western Australia’s harsh climate is what demands extraordinary performance from aircraft to defeat the great distances and blistering summer temperatures …
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American Airlines, one of the world’s largest airlines, says it will have all its aircraft back in the air by May according to an internal email shared on Twitter from Maya Leibman, American Airlines’ Chief Information Officer. In the memo, Ms Leibman says that “bookings are up between 150 to 400 per cent (depending upon …
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Summary List Placement For years, wellness has been the biggest word in hospitality. Eucalyptus towels upon check-in? That’s a wellness amenity. A personal wellness concierge to lead you on a run in your temporary city? That’s a wellness amenity. Aromatherapy bath salts and Vitamin C-infused shower water? You guessed it — wellness. It’s grown into …
Summary List Placement Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General Ashley Moody said they would consider filing a lawsuit against the federal government over its ongoing restriction on the cruise industry. During a roundtable discussion with cruise industry executives on Friday, Moody said the state was weighing its legal options against the Biden Administration …
MIAMI – Today in Aviation, the Treaty of Yaoundé in 1961 established Air Afrique (RK) as a joint venture between Air France (AF) and UAT, each with a 17% holding. For the majority of its life since its formation, RK was a Pan-African airline operated by a number of West African countries. At the time, …
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MIAMI – Still feeling the crippling effects of the pandemic, Lufthansa Group (LH) subsidiary SWISS (LX) may soon announce more job cuts. According to Reuters, LX is again planning to cut more jobs in addition to 1,000 already axed out of a 9,000 workforce, mainly by attrition, since October 2020. From this jobs cut, to …
MIAMI – Titan Airways (ZT) is preparing to operate the first Airbus A321-200NX(LR) in their fleet on behalf of the British government, according to ch-aviation. The aircraft, with the registration G-XATW, was delivered to ZT in October 2020 before the cabin was outfitted in November 2020 in Bordeaux (BOD), the aircraft then flew to Norwich …
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MIAMI – The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the toughest challenges the aviation industry has ever faced. However, the true cost of the COVID-19 crisis for aviation is its people. Air Transport Action Group estimated that more than 4.8 million aviation workers’ jobs affected as a result of air travel demand falling. The International …
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Summary List Placement Loyalty has its perks, even during a pandemic. I earned elite status on Delta Air Lines in late 2019, just a few months before the pandemic grounded even the most frequent flyers. My first experiment flying with status in February 2020 earned me hundreds of dollars in free extras like upgrades to …
Summary List Placement Many of us remember exactly where we were when we first realized COVID-19 was about to jarringly disrupt our lives. For Seth and Scarlett Eskelund, the realization hit when they were in Sedona, Arizona, a 29-hour drive from home on the East Coast. The couple had just begun their full-time #VanLife journey …
MIAMI – Smartwings (QS) has secured an 80% state-guaranteed loan provided by a consortium of banks under the leadership of UniCredit Bank. The airline is part of Smartwings Group along with CSA (OK), owned by Unimex and participated by the Chinese Citic Europe Investment Group. The financing amounts to a total of US$90.5m (CZK2bn), due …
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MIAMI – Leasing company China Aircraft Leasing (CALC) announced it is slashing a total of 26 Boeing 737 MAX from an order placed with the American aircraft company. The move updates the order placed in November 2019. As reported by web portal MarketScreener on March 25 quoting a release from the company’s board, CALC “entered …
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Summary List Placement Waves of flight cancellations last year resulted in airlines issuing credits or vouchers instead of cash, with the promise that they could be used for future travel once customers were ready. For many, those credits close to expiring, even though a lot of Americans are still not comfortable traveling. Some US airlines …
Summary List Placement Throughout March, Royal Caribbean has announced a string of “fully vaccinated” cruises for this summer. While these vaccine mandates have delighted some eager travelers, they’ve also ignited calls from Twitter and Facebook users to boycott the cruise line. However, these boycott demands have been based on a “misconception,” according to a Royal …
Summary List Placement Southwest Airlines is going all-in on the summer of vaccinated travel. A countrywide expansion is seeing 31 new routes added to the airline’s already-sprawling leisure network with the hopes of getting more travelers to ditch road trips and get back in the skies this summer. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is a major …
MIAMI – Low-cost carrier FlyArystan (KC), a division of Kazakhstan’s Air Astana, has increased its fleet with two more Airbus A320, one A320-200, and one A320neo for a total of nine of the same type, and started its first international service to Turkey. The LCC subsidiary, which shares the same IATA indicator with its parent …
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MIAMI – The Cessna SkyCourier turboprop progressively achieves major milestones as the program enters the certification flight test process. Per a media release by Textron Aviation, each significant accomplishment has provided the flight test engineers a deeper knowledge of the aircraft’s capability, and reliability. Textron Aviation designed and manufactured the high-wing, large utility aircraft, the …
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MIAMI – NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) demonstrator aircraft will fly in 2022 at supersonic speeds with a quieter bang. In order to assess the public’s acceptability of quiet supersonic flight, NASA plans to fly the X-59 across communities in the United States as early as 2024. However, the agency must first demonstrate that …
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MIAMI – Canadian airline WestJet (WS) said today that they will soon start flying to 11 new domestic routes across Western Canada. The announcement follows one earlier this week that said WS is reviving service to Atlantic Canada and Quebec City. “As we look to the coming months with cautious optimism, we know our restart …
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LONDON – Austrian Airlines (OS) today announced a long-haul expansion for this winter season, opening a new Cancún (CUN) route and resuming flights to three other destinations. Chief Commercial Officer, Michael Trestl emphasized a focus on long-haul travel. He believes that people want to go on long-haul vacations this winter. Therefore, OS will focus on …
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MIAMI – Due to pandemic, New Caledonia has extended the suspension of international flights to Nouméa (NOU) for another three months. Aircalin (SB) continues to operate special flights and promises that flights that were canceled due to the health crisis will be reimbursed. The suspension of scheduled international flights to Nouméa-La Tontouta Airport (NOU), which …
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Summary List Placement Most perceptions of private aviation include chartering an expensive plane and spending thousands of dollars for just an hour of flight time. But a growing market in aviation is for personal private jets, planes that are small and simple enough that they can be flown by one person while being cheaper to …
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