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NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Air Canada 767 Makes Successful Emergency Landing in Madrid An Air Canada Boeing 767 had to make an emergency landing earlier today when it had an engine failure on takeoff. Air Canada Flight 837 began to circle the Spanish capital, releasing fuel to decrease landing weight. After nearly four hours, the aircraft finally landed back at Madrid-Barajas International Airport. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Several Aviation Executives Commit to Using Sustainable Methods A group of aviation companies, including airlines, airports, and aircraft manufacturers based in England are banding together to make a "zero carbon plan," which will help reduce the effect of aviation on global warming. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Boeing 777X Makes its First Flight Earlier today, thousands of people watched as an all new variant of the Boeing 777, the 777X made its first flight. The brand new 777, N779XW, departed from Paine Field at 10:30AM local time. After a few hours of flight tests and photography, the plane landed at Boeing Field, also located in Washington State. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 ANA and Singapore Airlines to form a JV ANA and Singapore Airlines to form a Joint Venture. What are the details? Read More →
ROUTES Dec 31, 1969 Singapore Airlines Recieves Fifth-Freedom Rights from Tokyo to New York Singapore Airlines receives fifth-freedom rights from Tokyo to New York Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 First United 787 With New Polaris to Fly This Wednesday Originally set to take the skies in mid December, the Boeing 787-8 had some setbacks with its retrofit. But, after one more month, the 787-8, N27908, is set to take its first full flight this coming Wednesday, January 15, from San Francisco to Washington, DC. Read More →
ROUTES Dec 31, 1969 Philippine Airlines to Launch Two New Flights to the USA Philippine Airlines will launch two new destinations in the U.S. Can you guess what they are? Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Dec 31, 1969 Safest Airlines for 2020 AirlineRatings.com has released a list of the safest airlines for 2020 Read More →
ROUTES Dec 31, 1969 Frontier Airlines to Launch 25 Destinations Frontier Airlines will launch 25 new destinations. Take a guess to see what new routes will be added. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Delta Follows Other Airlines in Move to Daxing Airport In September 2019, Beijing opened its new Beijing Daxing International Airport. This airport had to be constructed due to the high number of flights there are at Beijing's Capital International AIrport. So, this cause some of the airlines that serve Beijing to either add a service to the new airport or move over to the new airport. The plan is that Oneworld and Skyteam airlines move over to Daxing while the Star Alliance carriers stay at Capital. Read More →