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INFORMATIONAL Mar 24, 2021 Singapore Airlines and the Concorde: What Went Wrong? In the year 1977, British Airways wanted to expand its Concorde services eastwards and partnered with Singapore Airlines. This venture saw Singapore Airlines operate the Concorde from Heathrow to Singapore, via Bahrain. London Heathrow to Bahrain was already an existing route with British Airways using the Concorde. With the joint venture, the route got extended to Singapore. There were also plans to expand the route to Sydney, Australia. However, this never happened due to various reasons. Read More →
NEWS Mar 13, 2021 AA MAX Declares Engine Emergency American Airlines flight AA2555 declares emergency due to an engine issue, safely lands. Read More →
NEWS Mar 03, 2021 Lufthansa to Set Up Covid Lounge in Moscow Lufthansa announced that they plan to set up a "Covid Lounge" for wealthier passengers in Moscow Airport. Germany has a vaccine shortage, and the lounge will allow rich patrons to fly to Moscow and receive Russia's Sputnik V vaccine without ever actually entering the country. Read More →
ROUTES Feb 27, 2021 Lufthansa Announces Summer 2021 Route Expansion Lufthansa has announced its upcoming route plans for the summer of 2021. With the growing worldwide introduction of vaccines, Lufthansa is preparing for travel to quickly ramp up again. Read More →
NEWS Feb 22, 2021 American Airlines Partners With The Red Cross to Help Storm Victims How American Airlines is helping winter storm victims. Read More →
NEWS Feb 21, 2021 FAA Grounds Certain 777-200s Following Incident in Denver Following yesterday's incident, where a United Airlines Boeing 777 suffered an engine failure after departure from Honolulu, the FAA declared that all Boeing 777s equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4070 engines would be grounded until further notice. This would allow for a more thorough investigation in the matter whilst ensuring the safety of passengers on these aircraft. Read More →
NEWS Feb 21, 2021 United 777 Suffers Engine Failure Over Denver A United Airlines 777-200 experienced an uncontained engine failure after departing for Hawaii. Read More →
NEWS Feb 17, 2021 Ryanair to Deliver 16 Lawsuits Over Selective Government Subsidies Ryanair will be challenging the European Union's General Court and appealing to the European Court of Justice after losing its legal battle against state bailouts, which were granted to rival flag carriers, including Air France-KLM and SAS during COVID-19. Read More →
NEWS Feb 12, 2021 Etihad Becomes First Airline to Have all Crewmembers Vaccinated Emirates has become the first major airline to have all of their cabin crew vaccinated for the Coronavirus. Read More →
NEWS Feb 09, 2021 Cathay Pacific Ends Mask Mandate for Select Passengers In an internal memo sent to Cathay Pacific staff members, the airline announced to its workers that there would be times that select passengers could remove their masks during flight. Read More →