Month: March 2019

Icelandic low-cost carrier WOW Air has ceased operations with immediate effect. All flights have been cancelled. This comes after months of financial struggles, which forced the airline to downsize its operations, and … [read more]

Cathay Pacific has agreed to a deal to acquire low-cost competitor Hong Kong Express Airways Ltd. (branded as ‘HK Express’). The Hong Kong based long-haul airline will pay a total of HK … [read more]

Airbus has today announced an order agreement for 290 A320 family and 10 A350 aircraft with Chinese airlines. China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) and the European aircraft manufacturer signed a General … [read more]

Struggling Icelandic low-cost carrier WOW Air has cancelled several Monday flights on short notice, after two aircraft were grounded. One aircraft has reportedly been grounded in Santa Clara, Cuba. It flew from … [read more]

Icelandair Group has confirmed that it has dropped talks regarding an investment in competing low-cost carrier WOW Air for the second time. The two airlines had just started re-negotiating a possible takeover … [read more]

Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its 250th aircraft, an Airbus A350-900. The brand new airplane has been registered as A7-AMI and was ferried from Airbus’ production site in Toulouse to Doha on … [read more]

Indonesian flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia has formally written to Boeing to cancel its outstanding order for 49 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The airline has one airframe of this type, that has been … [read more]

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will start flights to South America in 2020. It will be the airline’s debut into the South American continent. Operating with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, the British … [read more]