Month: December 2018

California Pacific Airlines has temporarily suspended its flight operations due to a pilot shortage, the airline announced last week. The American regional carrier commenced operations in November 2018 and offers flights out of … [read more]

Hannover Airport temporarily stopped operations on Saturday due to a ‘security incident’. The local police department said on Twitter that a man broke through a security gate in a vehicle and entered … [read more]

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has announced that it will sell 50.01% of London Gatwick Airport’s (LGW) shares to French company Vinci Airports. The transaction, valued at £2.9 billion (US $3.68 billion), will … [read more]

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has announced that it will introduce its Airbus A380 aircraft on the Tokyo Narita – Honolulu route in 2019. The airline will soon become the first Japanese carrier … [read more]

German leisure carrier Condor has opened a maintenance facility at Dusseldorf Airport. The hangar is operated by subsidiary Condor Technik GmbH and is capable of performing maintenance on the Airbus A320 familiy. Around … [read more]

Amazon Air will lease ten more Boeing 767-300 freighters from Air Transport Services Group (ATSG). The Boeing freighter aircraft will be operated by ATSG on behalf of Amazon. Five 767s are expected … [read more]

Birmingham Airport has suffered an air traffic control systems failure on Sunday evening. The seventh busiest UK airport temporarily suspended operations. Several flights to Birmingham diverted to nearby airports such as Manchester, London … [read more]

Royal Air Maroc has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, registered as CN-MAX. Just ten days ago, the flag-carrier of Morocco also received its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. … [read more]