On 7th March 2024, a United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Osaka lost one of its main landing gear tires while taking off from San Francisco. Following the incident, the B777 diverted to Los Angeles for a thorough inspection. The Boeing 777-200ER with registration N226UA was performing flight UA35 from...

Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines announced today an agreement for the East African airline to purchase eight 777-9 passenger airplanes and the potential for up to 12 additional jets. Ethiopian Airlines' selection of 777-9 jets positions the carrier as the first 777X customer in Africa and builds on its 2023 order...

British Airways (BA) has unveiled a £7 billion transformation plan at its first ‘In the Skies’ showcase event in London. The British flag carrier has announced new seat designs for its narrow-body aircraft, new lounges, and upgrades to the Airbus A380. Around £5 billion will be reportedly invested in new...

American Airlines has placed a firm order for 85 Airbus A321neo, 85 Boeing 737 MAX 10, and 90 Embraer E175 aircraft. This order also includes options for 193 additional aircraft, aiming to enhance their domestic, short-haul international routes, and offer more premium seats. Boeing has clarified that the new order...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its 2023 Annual Safety Report for global aviation. Aviation continues to make progress on safety with several 2023 parameters showing “best-ever” results.  There were no hull losses or fatal accidents involving passenger jet aircraft in 2023. However, there was a single fatal accident...

In this post, we reveal the top airports that offered the most on-time performance in 2023, according to CIRIUM. *Note that for a flight to be on time, it must arrive at the gate within 15 minutes and Cirium has divided the airports into three major criteria. Top 20 Global...

The drunk passenger on board an Emirates flight on Sunday was caught on video while attacking the crew, he was handcuffed and later arrested.

Airbus received orders of five A350F, three A330neo from STARLUX and 20 A330neo from VietJet at Singapore Airshow. Here’s the recap of orders and announcements at the Singapore Airshow Day 2 and Day 3. STARLUX Orders A350F and A330neo Taiwan’s STARLUX Airlines has ordered five Airbus A350F freighters and three...

Boeing has kicked off the Singapore Airshow with orders from Thai Airways and Royal Brunei Airlines for the Boeing 787 Dreamliners. COMAC has also received orders for 40 C919 and 10 ARJ21 aircraft on the first day of the bi-annual Airshow. Here is the recap of orders and announcements at...

On 18th February 2024, an Air Serbia Embraer ERJ-195 was severely damaged after reportedly hitting runway equipment on departure in Serbia. The Marathon Embraer ERJ-195 on behalf of Air Serbia, with registration OY-GDC was operating flight JU324 from Belgrade to Dusseldorf. Flight JU324 had lined up runway 30L for departure....

Gediminas Ziemelis, Chairman of Avia Solutions Group; the world's largest ACMI provider gave his insight for 2024 on aviation and how ACMI can create opportunity. What is ACMI Leasing? Also known as wet or damp leasing, ACMI leasing is an agreement between two airlines, where the lessor agrees to provide...

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