Month: October 2018

Today, Austrian Airlines has announced flights between Vienna and Montréal, starting in April 2019. The new connection to the Canadian city will be operated as a daily service in summer and five times per … [read more]

A radar system failure at the Shannon air traffic control (ATC) centre, which is responsible for coordinating airborne aircraft in Ireland, caused a temporary shutdown of the country’s airspace on Tuesday, affecting … [read more]

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have both certified up to three Additional Centre Tanks (ACTs) on the Airbus A321neo, including for 180min extended twin-engine … [read more]

Danish low-cost carrier Primera Air (including all subsidiaries) has filed for bankruptcy and is suspending flight operations with immediate effect. Its operating license will be invalid from midnight – all flights have … [read more]

German Lufthansa Group has converted purchase options for 27 Airbus A320neo (new engine option) family aircraft into firm orders. The order consists of 24 A320neo and three of the larger A321neo, which … [read more]

Qatar Airway has announced that it upgraded five of its current order of Airbus A350-900s to the higher-capacity -1000 variant. “Since taking delivery of the world’s first A350-1000 in February 2018, we … [read more]

Emirates has started its new route between Dubai (DXB) and Edinburgh (EDI) on October 1. The service to Scotland’s capital is operated by a 3-class Boeing 777-300ER. Edinburgh is Emirates’ second destination … [read more]