Asiana Airlines has modified two Airbus A350-900 passenger jets for freighter operations as part of plans to grow its cargo business. Asiana Airlines has modified two Airbus A350-900 passenger jets for freighter operations as part of plans to grow its cargo business....
The Israeli ministry of defence signed a letter of acceptance (LOA) for two Boeing KC-46 in-flight refuelling tankers. The Israeli ministry of defence signed a letter of acceptance (LOA) for two Boeing KC-46 in-flight refuelling tankers. The country is to...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today opened the application period for entities interested in serving as test administrators for The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST). Potential test administrators must submit their applications by March 31, 2021. The FAA will designate...
Norwegian’s creditors are set to take a significant haircut on their debts under a capital-raising exercise the carrier is planning under its restructuring processes. In a 19 February stock-exchange filing, the Scandinavian low-cost carrier says it intends to issue NKr1.88...
he National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will soon dismantle the skeletal reconstruction of Trans World Airlines flight 800, the Boeing 747-100 that exploded over the Atlantic Ocean nearly 25 years ago. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will soon dismantle...
The United Arab Emirates air force took delivery of its third GlobalEye surveillance aircraft from Saab on 20 February, just 10 months after receiving its first of the heavily adapted Bombardier Global 6000 business jets. The United Arab Emirates air...
As the Covid-19 crisis moves into its second year, we feature some of the airline chiefs whose success or otherwise will be bellwethers of the industry’s recovery in 2021. As the Covid-19 crisis moves into its second year, Airline Business...
Singapore Airlines chief executive Goh Choon Phong is in for another tough year, amid the pandemic and the grounding of the carrier’s multi-hub strategy. Of the SIA Group’s 185 aircraft, only 64 passenger jets and seven freighters were in service...
When the airline industry eventually emerges from the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it will be more indebted than ever. For businesses that have needed to turn to governments for financial help, that new debt is perhaps being felt even...
Already a largely uncontested international force among African carriers pre-pandemic, Ethiopian Airlines under Tewolde Gebremariam is positioned to further increase its footprint on the continent once the threat of the pandemic subsides. Speaking in February, Gebremariam notes that combined with...