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Beond, a luxury all business class leisure airline unveiled its inaugural flight routes for its upcoming launch later this year. Commencing operations in November 2023, Beond will operate an Airbus A319 with just 44 lie-flat seats. The carrier’s initial focus will be on connecting two European cities, Zurich and Munich, to the Maldives in the …

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The EU summit has resulted in the closure of Granada Airport on October 5, making it exclusively available for the arrival of national leaders. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Condor will expand its network to include the US and Canada, resuming flights to Calgary and introducing nonstop flights to Miami. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Ethiopian Cargo is the latest carrier to move its operations from Mexico City International Airport to Felipe Angeles International Airport. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Turkish Airlines has revealed its order for an additional 10 A350-900, bringing the total number of A350s to 40. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MZ) had a long and varied history during its 60-year history. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Avianca Airlines has announced significant changes to its management team with new appointees. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Today, Boeing and Aviation Capital Group jointly announced the finalization of an order for 13 737 MAX aircraft. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Emirates and United Airlines have expanded their codeshare agreement to increase air travel options to/from Mexico. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

In a significant rebranding move, Lufthansa has transformed Eurowings Discover into Discover Airlines. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Ryanair adds over 1.6 million extra seats across 660 routes between December 15 and January 8. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Avolon has finalized an order for 20 A330neo units after signing an MoU during the 2023 Paris Air Show. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Today in Aviation, the first incarnation of Canadian low-cost leisure carrier CanJet commenced operations in 2000. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas has been interviewed on SkyNews on the groundbreaking 232-page Mh370 location report from the team led by Richard Godfrey. Mr Thomas said the report, which has been three years in the making, pinpoints the location of the Boeing 777, which was lost on March 8, 2014, with 239 aboard. Read the …

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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce departs from his position two months earlier than anticipated. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce has advised the Board he will bring forward his retirement by two months to help the company accelerate its renewal. As a result, CEO Designate Vanessa Hudson will assume the role of Managing Director and Group CEO effective 6 September 2023. Alan Joyce said: “In the last few weeks, the …

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Air France-KLM and Airbus are in exclusive negotiations to establish a joint venture to provide A350 component maintenance services. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Ryanair released its passenger traffic figures for the peak summer months, and the numbers are remarkable. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

The FAA has released a new proposal aimed at addressing a potential issue found in the engines powering Boeing 777 planes. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Qantas has issued a statement on the ACCC allegations made last week and is now the subject of a legal case. We print the statement in full: “Qantas continues to review the allegations made by the ACCC and will have more to say once we’ve had that opportunity. “Understandably, these allegations have caused significant concern …

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Today in Aviation, the prototype British Aerospace BAe 146 took to the skies for the first time from Hatfield, Hertfordshire in 1981. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

The Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, Poland’s megaproject, is set to be a principal multi-modal transit hub. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

WestJet has announced an expansion of its winter schedule, reinforcing its investments in Western Canada. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

This is the story of the Boeing 717, which took to the skies for the first time from Long Beach, California in 1998. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Andrew McCarthy has captured a stunning image of a JetBlue A320 crossing the Super Moon on August 30 in Arizona. A Flightradar24 contacted Andrew to learn from where and at what time he captured the image and were able to establish that there were only two aircraft at the time – a Southwest Airlines 737-8 …

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Flydubai has revealed its plans to introduce a new route to Volgograd, Russia following its expansion efforts in Mombasa, Kenya. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”