Europe

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]

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]

Helvetic Airways has finalized its order for twelve Embraer E190-E2 jets. During the Farnborough Air Show in July, Embraer and Helvetic had already announced the order as a Letter of Intent (LoI). … [read more]

The German leisure carrier announced on Wednesday that operations have to be ceased with immediate effect. Due to insufficient business figures, Azur Air Germany had already transferred its Boeing 767s to the … [read more]

Eurowings flight EW168 with destination Seattle was scheduled to depart from Cologne-Bonn Airport (CGN) at 2:00 PM (local time) on Monday. However, the departure was delayed by more than 8 hours due … [read more]