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NEWS Dec 18, 2022 Largest U.S. Order Ever: United Orders 200 Boeing Aircraft United Airlines recently announced that over the next 8 years, they will acquire around 200 of their new planes and modernize their fleet of aging aircraft. This is one of the largest aircraft orders in American aviation history. Read More →
NEWS Nov 02, 2022 Cathay Pacific Resumes Flights Over Russia As a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, most European airlines have been rerouting flights around Russia, as heightened alerts have made for dangerous conditions. However, many Asian airlines had never stopped flying over the Eurasian country, mainly due to political ties. Cathay Pacific was one of the airlines that halted flights in March. Now, almost eight months later, flight CX841 from New York to Hong Kong became the first Cathay Pacific flight to fly over Russia. Read More →
NEWS Oct 12, 2022 United Announces New International Routes for Summer 2023 United has announced a robust summer schedule for 2023 with three new exciting international destinations. Read More →
ROUTES Sep 28, 2022 American Airlines Cuts Long Haul Service Between New York and Chile Recently American Airlines announced the termination of its New York to Santiago route in order to pursue its JetBlue partnership. This leaves room for competitors such as LATAM to potentially monopolize this route. Read More →
NEWS Aug 22, 2022 American Airlines Restores CRJ200 Through Partnership With Air Wisconsin Amid the retirement of American Airlines's CRJ-200s during the pandemic, American Airlines will reintroduce the 50-seater city hopper to its regional fleet mix. The airline announced a new agreement with regional carrier Air Wisconsin, basing up to 60 CRJ-200s mostly at its Chicago O'Hare hub. In exchange, Air Wisconsin will terminate services with United Express where it services United's hubs in Chicago O'Hare and Washington-Dulles. Read More →
ROUTES Jul 15, 2022 Bamboo Airways Adds London-Gatwick, Eyes Massive Growth The fledgling Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways will launch flights to London-Gatwick this winter. The long-haul, low-cost airline is also planning for large growth in the future. Read More →
ROUTES Feb 10, 2021 Government Approves New Routes to China The CAAC has approved the launch of several new routes to and from China. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 ANA 777 Suffers Engine Issues over Chicago Japanese Airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) suffered an engine issue shortly after takeoff from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Flight 8549 departed Chicago en route to Tokyo at around 3:48 p.m. but quickly reported vibrations coming from engine No. 1. According to ATC transmissions, the left engine of the Boeing 777 was idle. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 American Airlines Begins Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine On Sunday, American Airlines flew its very first flight carrying shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines, whose final destination would be a U.S. territory in the Caribbean, were flown from Chicago (ORD) to Miami (MIA) onboard a Boeing 777-200. American has joined a number of other airlines in the effort to distribute the newly authorized vaccine throughout the country. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 United Airlines Announces Plan to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine United Airlines has announced a plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of Pfizer. How will they distribute them? Read this article to learn more. Read More →