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In the early 2000s, the Spanish market was flooded with low-cost carriers (LCCs). Iberia reacted with its own low-cost brand, Clickair. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Vietnam Airlines has revealed that it will commence services to Perth, Australia, on December 7 with a three times weekly service to Ho Chi Minh City. AirlineRatings.com broke the news earlier this month that both Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet would start services to Perth. The flights will be operated by Boeing 787-9s and will be …

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Virgin Australia Group Chief Customer and Digital Officer, Paul Jones said the airline is proud to be the first airline in the country to offer travellers a baggage tracking tool. “It’s our mission to be Australia’s most loved airline and that means we need to listen to our customers to ensure we are offering the services …

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The G20 Summit will disrupt commercial aviation in India, with airlines reducing flight frequencies by 25%. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

The commercial aviation industry continued its steadfast journey toward recovery in the month of July. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Swedish start-up Heart Aerospace is one of the few out there paving the way to produce an electric aircraft that could actually fit into the airline commuter market. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

BermudAir is expected to start flying on August 31. What do we know about this peculiar airline? read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Today in Aviation, the prototype Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner took to the skies for the first time in 1969. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

France’s BEA has launched an investigation into an incident involving an Emirates A380 and possibly a drone at Nice Cote d’Azur Airport. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Vueling (VY) is enhancing the winter air bridge between Spain and Egypt due to the high demand for leisure travel. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Airbus unveiled the A319 at the Paris Air Show in 1993 as a competitor to the Boeing 737-300/700. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas has done an extensive interview about Qantas and its CEO Alan Joyce on SBS. Here is the video. Mr Thomas’s interview about Qantas is the first half of the video. JOIN: AirlineRatings.com YouTube Channel GET: Accurate MH370 Information From AirlineRatings.com Newsletter SEE: GT’s Radar Slams Netflix MH370 Doco Airlineratings.com is packed with …

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Frontier Airlines (F9) has announced a significant winter 2023/24 route network expansion. Here are the details. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Binter Canarias (NT) has chosen the only European E-Jet ACMI operator as the supplier of aircraft during its own aircraft’s maintenance breaks. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Qantas (QF) has unveiled plans to update its international fleet with more Boeing 787s and Airbus A350s. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Russia’s civil aviation authority has disclosed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group, and Dmitry Utkin, the Wagner commander, were both passengers on a private jet that has crashed in the Tver region to the north of Moscow yesterday. The suspicious Moscow plane crash has claimed the lives of all 10 individuals on …

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Qantas has opted to buy 12 787-10s and -9s and 12 more A350s to replace its A330 and A380 aircraft. The multi-billion dollar order is split between 12 Airbus A350s and 12 Boeing 787s arriving from FY27 into the next decade. The Group has also negotiated additional purchase right options, split evenly between both manufacturers, …

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Air NZ has posted a $1.38 Billion Turnaround from a loss of $810 million last financial year to post a $585 million profit for FY23. The airline attributed the profit to “demand for air travel that exceeded expectations which has led to a rapid recovery.” Air NZ said that the profit will help fund aircraft, …

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Emirates reports passenger results for the summer season as one of its busiest summers ever. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Ryanair (FR) has announced a new base in Copenhagen (CPH) and celebrated five years of operations from Jordan. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Touquet-Paris-Plage Airport (LTQ), located in northern France, is to be renamed Elizabeth II Le Touquet-Paris-Plage International Airport in honor of the late Queen Elizabeth II. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

easyJet (U2) has added its 157th destination to its route map, launching flights from London Luton (LTN) to Cairo (SPX) from October. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

North Korean carrier Air Koryo has operated a commercial flight out of Pyongyang after a three-year hiatus. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

The Civil Aviation Administration of China has granted the Type Certificate to the Embraer E195-E2. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Adrian Nowakowski explores why so many airlines go bankrupt at the end of the summer season. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Coming to a flight deck near you soon? PiBot, the AI humanoid pilot under development in South Korea. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Dubai International Airport (DXB) has beaten pre-pandemic passenger traffic numbers. Here we look at the statistics of the largest home of the Airbus A380. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”