Month: October 2021

One of the largest South American airline groups, Avianca, has presented a new cabin that will be installed on its domestic Airbus A320 family aircraft during an industry event in Bogota. A … [read more]

A privately-owned McDonnell-Douglas MD-87 operating a flight from Houston’s Executive Airport to an unknown destination suffered a runway excursion during take off and was destroyed in a subsequent fire. All 21 people … [read more]

Frankfurt Hahn Airport in Western Germany has entered insolvency proceedings on Tuesday, 19th October. The airport, coded by the IATA as HHN, is located in the Hunsrück region, west of Frankfurt. It … [read more]

Lufthansa Cargo has operated its final McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter flight. The tri-jet leaves the fleet after more than 23 years. The carrier’s last MD-11 with registration D-ALCC, which was at the … [read more]

Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) has commenced operations as the new state-owned Italian airline, following Alitalia’s permanent shutdown on Thursday, 14th October. Its first flights took off on Friday morning from Milan Linate … [read more]

After years of unprofitability, Italy’s national airline Alitalia has shut down on Thursday (14th October) following its final arrivals. The very last flight to arrive at Alitalia’s main hub, Rome Fiumicino Airport, … [read more]

Belgian carrier Air Belgium has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330neo aircraft. Starting on October 15, Air Belgium will deploy its first A330neo jet on its route from Brussels (BRU) to … [read more]

Tata Sons, the holding company of Indian conglomerate Tata Group, has won a bid for the acquisition of flag-carrier Air India. The Indian government has long attempted to sell its struggling national … [read more]