The Australian airline, Qantas Airways will start testing flights from October between New York and London to Sydney. Qantas are testing the flights with only a few staff to see [ … ]
Category: Airlines
Aer Lingus announces cheaper USA flights, after Norwegian withdrawal
Following Norwegian’s decision to stop its transatlantic flights from Ireland to the United States, Irish rival Aer Lingus has announced special autumn fares to North America, starting at €139. Aer [ … ]
Norwegian to end transatlantic flights from Ireland to USA
Norwegian has confirmed they are to end its transatlantic flights from Ireland to the United States from September this year. The low-cost airline blames the global grounding of the Boeing [ … ]
Ryanair to cut 1,500 jobs; blames increased competition
Over the next few weeks, Europe’s biggest airline, Ryanair will lay off 900 employees – with the total number of layoffs to reach 1,500, as another 600 layoffs are expected [ … ]
China will soon open the world’s largest airport
The world’s soon-to-be largest airport, Beijing Daxing International Airport, has announced that it will begin test flights to the airport next week. The test flights won’t be normally scheduled flights and [ … ]
Icelandair considering switching to all-Airbus fleet
Icelandair has announced they expect to increase their current fleet size from 33 to 50 aircrafts by 2025. This will replace the airline’s currently aging fleet of Boeing 757 aircrafts [ … ]
Russian airline cancels Sukhoi aircraft orders after crash
The Russian regional airline, Yamal Airlines announced they are going to cancel the order for the planned purchase of 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100’s; the same aircraft that was involved in [ … ]
The Faroe Islands to have direct flights to New York
The national airline of the Faroe Islands, Atlantic Airways currently only has 9 destinations serving a population of around 50,000, but it looks like a dream is coming true for the airline [ … ]
Boeing 737 MAX airplanes expected to fly again in July
It’s been almost one and a half months since the 737 MAX airplanes were banned from flying, and according to Reuters it looks like it could be at least a few [ … ]
This why some budget airlines don’t use jet bridges in airports
Most major airlines tend to use the jet bridges provided in airports, making the boarding and disembarking easy and more comfortable for the passengers. With the rise of the budget [ … ]