Tag: Airplane

Delta Air Lines Set For A Record Year Of Profit Sharing

Delta Air Lines will pay out an extra $1.6 billion amongst over 90,000 employees. This comes after the carrier posted an excellent year financially. A known airline for profit sharing, this is a record amount for Delta. On the heels of an excellent year, Delta will distribute an extra $1.6 billion in profit sharing amongst […]

F-35 sensors help ground interceptors engage “air-breathing” targets | News

The Lockheed Martin F-35 has demonstrated has demonstrated a capability to downlink targeting data about multiple “air-breathing threats” to ground forces. The work took place at White Sands Missile Range in December 2019, according to Lockheed Martin. A pair of US Air Force F-35s were integrated with the US Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense […]

Boeing’s “MAX brand is damaged and should be dropped”: customer

Steven Udvar-Hazy, Executive Chairman of the Board at Air Lease Corporation (ALC), an aircraft leasing company with 15 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in its disposal and 135 more on order, bluntly told what the manufacturer should do with the MAX brand during a conference in Dublin on January 20, 2020. “We’ve asked Boeing to get […]

Avion Express reached record production results in 2019

Avion Express, leading ACMI operator in the world, is delighted to announce that the company reached record yearly production results in 2019. During 2019 Avion Express expanded its fleet to the all-time high number of 22 Airbus A320 family aircraft. Last year Avion Express produced a record number of over 60,200 block hours (BH) in […]

Aeroflot Set To Move International Operations In Moscow

This week, Russia’s flag carrier, Aeroflot, announced it will be moving its international operations to the brand-new Terminal C at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. The airline aims to have moved most of its operations by mid-June. Aeroflot has begun to move their international operations to Terminal C. Photo: Sergey Tchernyakov via Flickr Aeroflot moves Aeroflot […]

American Airlines To Cease LATAM Codeshares From February 1st

American Airlines is about to lose access to one of the biggest airline networks in South America, LATAM, as the carrier switches over to supporting Delta. American Airlines is set to lose out of the Delta / LATAM codeshare deal. Photo: American Airlines What are the details? Delta Air Lines pulled the rug out from […]

Delta Boeing 777 dumps fuel over school [Video]

Delta Air Lines landed in hot water after one of its Boeing 777 aircraft dumped fuel over the suburbs of Los Angeles. To make matters even worse, the location where the fuel landed happened to be an elementary school. About twenty children and ten adults who were in the courtyard of the school were affected.  […]

IAG reports to EU regarding British Government help to Flybe

International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of such airlines as British Airways and Iberia, filed a complaint with the European Union regarding the British Government’s intervention to help the ailing Flybe. With Flybe struggling to stay afloat once again, the Government stepped in to help the regional carrier after it reached an agreement with […]

Lufthansa Will Base 9 A320neos In Munich In 2020

German national flag carrier Lufthansa has announced that, to lower CO2 emissions and reduce noise, it will base nine Airbus A320neos at Munich International Airport (MUC). At the end of last year, the Star Alliance member moved four Airbus A320neo aircraft from Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA) to Germany’s second busiest airport in Munich. Currently, […]

Ethiopian Airlines To Build A New $5 Billion Mega Airport In Addis Ababa

Africa’s leading airline has announced plans to build a brand-new $5 billion mega airport in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Airlines says it expects to have outgrown its current base at Bole International Airport within the next three or four years. Ethiopian Airlines has ambitious expansion plans. Photo: Tomás Del Coro via Flickr Ethiopian Airlines announced some […]