Month: January 2021

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus is making adjustments to its global monthly production of the A320 family aircraft types. The company will gradually increase production from the current 40 planes in total per … [read more]

Boeing has sold a further four 747-8 freighter aircraft to US-based Atlas Air. These aircraft will be the last ones to leave the factory in Everett before the 747 production line closes … [read more]

Low-cost carrier Volotea has retired its last remaining Boeing 717 aircraft. The airline was the last European operator of the Boeing 717 jet. The Spanish airline introduced the 125-seat aircraft type in … [read more]

A Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 operating flight SJ182 from Indonesian capital Jakarta to Pontianak has crashed into the sea shortly after departure from Jakarta. Radar contact with the Boeing 737 was lost … [read more]

The United States Department of Justice has ruled that Boeing must pay up to $2.5 billion dollars over its failings with its 737 Max aircraft. Boeing’s 737 Max was grounded from March … [read more]

Indian airline Vistara has announced plans to serve Frankfurt with two weekly flights from February 18th, using its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Vistara confirmed the new route would be operated under the India-Germany … [read more]

Qatar Airways has been granted permission to resume routing flights through the airspace of Saudi Arabia after a 3.5 year long political blockade was ended. The airline had been banned from Saudi … [read more]

Shortly before the end of 2020, JetBlue Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A220-300 jet. The carrier’s first Airbus A220 was handed over on Thursday at Airbus’ production site in … [read more]