The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has approved Boeing can start test flights of their troubled 737 MAX airplanes, for the airplane manufacturer to prove their 737 MAX airplanes are safe [ … ]
Berlin airport to finally open after years of delays
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport was originally scheduled to be opened in March 2011, but delays and scandals caused the airport to be delayed by almost a decade. At long last, the building [ … ]
Ryanair will cancel most of its flights from March 24th
Ryanair has said most of its flights will be grounded from midnight on March 24th. The only exceptions to this will be flights required to maintain ‘essential connectivity’; most of [ … ]
EU proposes 30-day travel ban in Europe
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a temporary 30-day travel restriction to the EU. This is in an effort to contain the Coronavirus Pandemic, [ … ]
Scandinavian Airlines suspends its operations
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced they are suspending most of its operations as of March 16th, 2020, due to the on-going Coronavirus pandemic. Currently the airline is unable to provide [ … ]
Flybe collapsed: What are your options?
Europe’s largest regional airline, Flybe has gone into administration, leaving all flights grounded. Flybe has ceased trading “with immediate effect”, leaving thousands of passengers without a flight. Flybe’s fate was [ … ]
Coronavirus: Emirates asks employees to take one month’s unpaid leave
Dubai-based airline Emirates has asked their employees to take up to one month’s unpaid leave, due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus, which has led to hundreds of flight cancellations around [ … ]
These are the best and worst US airlines
According to a recent ranking released by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Delta Air Lines was ranked as the best major airline in the US in 2019, while American Airlines [ … ]
Boeing had more cancellations than orders in 2019
For the first time in decades, Boeing ended 2019 with negative airplane orders. By the end of 2019, Boeing lost orders for 87 airplanes – therefore they had more cancellations [ … ]
European airlines told to avoid Iranian airspace
The EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has told the European airlines to avoid Iranian airspace, until further notice. This follows Iran’s admission that its armed forces unintentionally shot down a [ … ]