Flexjet Chief Sees 'Upside' for Bizav Post-Covid

Aircraft utilization at Flexjet has doubled over the past three weeks as the fractional provider recovers from the Covid-19-induced traffic lull, company CEO Mike Silvestro said this morning during a business aviation summit webinar held by investment research firm Jefferies Equity Research. Meanwhile, he noted that new customer leads over the past four weeks have been “off the charts” as more look to fly privately post-Covid. (www.ainonline.com) עוד...

Trump Administration Bans Chinese Passenger Airlines from Flying to U.S.

The Trump administration is banning Chinese passenger airlines from flying to the U.S. starting later this month, a move that comes as Beijing prohibits U.S. airlines to resume flights there. The order, published Wednesday, takes effect June 16, but it could be moved up. (www.cnbc.com) עוד...

Air Canada Wants to Drop the Acquisition of Air Transat, Sources

MONTREAL, CANADA - The ongoing global crisis is likely to hinder the acquisition of Air Transat by its competitor Air Canada. According to sources who are well-informed about the matter said that Air Canada would like the Federal government to intervene to block the transaction. (www.airlinerwatch.com) עוד...

First Mobile Built Airbus A220 Performs Maiden Flight

On June 2, 2020, the first A220 built at Airbus’ Mobile Facility in Alabama, took to the skies for the first time. The A220-300, bearing the test reg C-GPCA was in the air, for nearly 4 hours, covering just over 1000 miles before landing. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

Emirates: "all bets are off" on Airbus A350, Boeing 777X and 787

Gulf airline Emirates said it’s unable to commit to outstanding aircraft orders in light of the coronavirus crisis, casting doubt over a backlog worth tens of billions of dollars to Airbus and Boeing. (www.executivetraveller.com) עוד...

Doug Parker Flies Southwest Airlines And Gets Into A Conversation About Race

Parker was reading White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism. During the trip the flight attendant sat down next to him, he was in an empty row, and she asked him how the book is. He told her he’s “half way through it’s really good” and that it “points out how important these conversations on race are.” (viewfromthewing.com) עוד...

Air Canada Retires Last Mainline Boeing 767

On June 2nd, 2020 Air Canada (AC) operated its last mainline Boeing 767 flight after operating the type for 38 years. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

United to ramp up international routes

United Airlines, signaling its intent to re-build its extensive international network, plans a significant expansion of intercontinental flying in the coming months. (www.routesonline.com) עוד...

Amazon Dives Into Weak Aircraft Market, Leases 12 More Planes

The company announced Wednesday that it had leased 12 converted Boeing 767-300 passenger planes from Air Transport Services Group Inc. (finance.yahoo.com) עוד...

Photos: The Unique Fleet Flying for Buffalo Airways

Recently airlines have been retiring old and fuel in-efficient aircraft with major carriers such as American retiring five aircraft types and Delta sending its McDonnel Douglas fleet to early retirement. But there is one carrier that refuses to retire its older aircraft. Buffalo Airways, a carrier based in the city of Yellowknife located in Canada’s Northwest Territories, was founded in 1970 by Joe McBryan, a.k.a. “Buffalo Joe.” The carrier celebrated its 50th year of operations last month. The… (airlinegeeks.com) עוד...

easyJet Ready to Resume Route Schedules

With most of the European countries lifting their lockdown and restrictions, European low-cost carrier easyJet (U2) is ready to resume parts of its network schedules. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

See inside the 'Dutch Air Force One': a Boeing 737 private jet that the king of the Netherlands flies himself

The Netherlands recently acquired a new VIP Boeing Business Jet 737 for its top government officials to use. The Dutch royal family, as well as high-ranking officials such as the prime minister, use the aircraft for state business including traveling overseas for state visits. King Willem-Alexander, as a licensed pilot, frequently flies the aircraft and it was revealed the royal was flying for fun as a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines co-pilot for 21 years. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is… (www.yahoo.com) עוד...

Turkish Airlines In Talks To Delay Airbus A350 Deliveries

While the carrier will take delivery of its first A350-900, Turkish Airlines is reportedly still in talks with Airbus about deferral of the rest of the order. The manufacturer has yet to begin construction of the remaining 24 aircraft. (simpleflying.com) עוד...

Senate bill seeks FAA changes after 737 Max crashes

The chairman of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has introduced a bill aimed at increasing aircraft safety in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes (www.flightglobal.com) עוד...

London City Airport to Resume Operations in June

London City Airport (LCY) has today announced its plans to restart commercial operations by the end of June. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

FAA chief to testify at June 17 Senate hearing on Boeing 737 MAX

Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson will testify June 17 before a U.S. Senate panel on certification of the Boeing 737 MAX that was involved in two fatal crashes in five months that killed 346 people. (www.reuters.com) עוד...

[VIDEO] Wizzair Restarts Belgrade Operations

Wizzair has recently announced it has restarted operations out of one of its bases being Belgrade. The carrier has also outlined its plans for health and safety restrictions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (www.youtube.com) עוד...

Delta To Fly Final MD-88 and -90 Flights On June 2, 2020

Delta has set a retirement date for its fleet of MD-88s and MD-90s. (www.gatechecked.com) עוד...

easyJet's Comic Book Face Masks Ease Children’s Anxiety About Flying

Taylor Herring developed the masks with Irish comic book artist Will Sliney (www.lbbonline.com) עוד...

WizzAir Abu-Dhabi To Be Bigger Than Initially Planned

On June 3, 2020, WizzAir (W6) CEO József Váradi announced that subsidiary Abu-Dhabi’s (3L) original development plan will now see the addition of three more aircraft, bringing W6’s 3L fleet to a total of six (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

Greece halts Qatar flights after positive Covid-19 tests

Greece has suspended flights to and from Qatar until mid-June after 12 passengers arriving in Athens on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha tested positive for Covid-19. (www.flightglobal.com) עוד...

A Look From Above: The Airbus Facility in Hamburg (+Photos)

One of Airways' regular contributors Dirk Grothe has this week sent in some photos from his photography flight over the Airbus facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder (XFW). (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

Ryanair May Traffic Drops 99.5%

Today Ryanair (FR) published its traffic statistics for the month of May, showing a 99.5% drop with only 0.07million passengers transported compared to 2019 (14.1 million). (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

First Super Hornet Blue Angel enters flight test

Boeing has delivered the first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) עוד...

Lufthansa Group increases frequency of flights from Brazil to Germany in June

As of June 1, the company plans to offer more than 100 flights in June to expand the possibilities for connections from Frankfurt... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) עוד...

Pakistani aviation authority says PIA pilot ignored air traffic control

Pakistani aviation authorities have told Pakistan International Airlines that the pilot of a passenger plane that crashed into a residential district of Karachi last month had ignored air traffic control's instructions for landing, a PIA spokesman said on Wednesday. The PIA Airbus A320 crashed on May 22 while trying to land after the pilots reported the loss of both engines. Ninety seven people on board were killed and two survived. At least one person was reported to have died on the… (www.msn.com) עוד...

The Airbus A220 Could Be A Private Jet With This New Concept

The Airbus A220 corporate jet concept has been developed by a consortium of three project partners (simpleflying.com) עוד...

Delta flies last MD88 & MD90 flights

Today, June 2nd 2020, marks the end of an era for 2 Delta fleet types as the Delta McDonnell Douglas MD88 and MD90 make their last revenue flight. Both fleet types were set to be gradually phased out this year but had an accelerated retirement due to the covid pandemic. After the 2 iconic aircraft make their last flights with passengers, they will be repositioned to Blytheville Arkansas. (www.youtube.com) עוד...

VIDEO: Wizz Air Restarts Belgrade Operations

European Low-Cost carrier Wizz (W6) Air has re-opened its base in Belgrade and began to operate some of the most popular routes from its base (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

Flagstaff City Council Abates Rents for Six Months For All Airport Tenants With CARES Act Funds!

All tenants, private as well as commercial, had their hangar rents abated for six months using part of the $18.1 million the City of Flagstaff was awarded for the airport in the CARES Act. Due to very few restrictions placed on these funds, the City Council used the money to abate private aircraft owner's rent in the City owned hangars. Commercial tenants were to be the original recipients of the abatement as a result of economic loss incurred due to the sudden downturn in commercial air… (azdailysun.com) עוד...