Articles by Jakob Wert

The Ryanair-owned leisure carrier will receive 18 new Airbus A320ceo (current-engine-option) aircraft until summer next year, to both expand and replace its fleet. This comes after a dispute with Lufthansa Group over … [read more]

Airbus’ board of directors has selected Guillaume Faury as a future Chief Executive Officer for the European multinational company. Faury currently serves as President for Airbus Commercial Aircraft. He will succeed Tom … [read more]

A Cessna F172N has crashed into a group of people in the state of Hesse, Germany. Police confirmed that at least three people have died in the accident, including one child, and … [read more]

Many flights to Portuguese airports are affected by Hurricane Leslie, which might become the worst storm the country has experienced in 150 years, on Sunday. The western European country has issued an … [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]

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]

A Boeing 737-800 operated by Papua New Guinean flag-carrier Air Niugini has landed in the ocean, short of the runway at Chuuk Airport on the Micronesian island of Weno. 47 people were on … [read more]