NEWSAug 17, 2021800 People Cram Into A US Air Force C-17 Leaving AfghanistanAmidst chaotic scenes at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport (KBL), over 800 people have been evacuated from the war-torn city on one United States Air Force (USAF) C-17A flight to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. It is likely the most people ever carrier on a C-17.Read More →
NEWSAug 16, 2021Afghanistan Falls to Taliban, Aviation Grinds to a HaltThe Taliban has retaken Kabul, leading to a massive disruption in aviation and a mad dash to evacuate from the city and country. Read More →
NEWSAug 09, 2021American Airlines Will Not Require Employees To Be Vaccinated American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said the airline is not planning to mandate vaccination for its employees. The decision comes days after other US carriers, United and Frontier, announced plans to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees in the next two months. Read More →
NEWSAug 07, 2021United Airlines Makes Vaccines Mandatory For All EmployeesToday United Airlines announced that it is requiring that all of its employees are vaccinated against COVID-19. This makes the Chicago-based carrier the first major airline in the United States to implement such a policy.Read More →
NEWSAug 06, 2021Canada's OWG Takes Delivery Of Its First Boeing 737- 800Quebec-based OWG is a new carrier, coming onto the commercial airplane scene just last year. The airline is a division of Canadian carrier Nolinor Aviation and just added its first Boeing 737-800 to its fleet. Read More →
NEWSJul 31, 2021Air France's First Airbus A220-300 Rolls Out of the Paint ShopThis article delves into when Air France's new A220s will be delivered and what flying on one will be like along with changes to the Air France livery.
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NEWSJul 22, 2021New Startup: Germany's Tel Aviv Air One would think that an airline named Tel Aviv Air would be based in Israel, hence the name. However, this is not the case for a startup named after the Mediterranean coastal metropolis. Tel Aviv Air will be based out of Hamburg Airport and intends to begin flights to its namesake destination Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport beginning September 19th, 2021. Read More →
NEWSJul 13, 2021United to Modernize Their Fleet With the Acquisition of ES-19 AircraftEarlier today, United Airlines announced that they signed an agreement with Heart Aerospace, a Swedish aircraft producer hoping to take all-electric aircraft to the skies by 2026. United Express has agreed to take order of 100 of these ES-19 aircraft, set to arrive as early as 2026. The order is contingent on Heart Aerospace fulfilling all of United's energy and sustainability requirements prior to delivery.Read More →
NEWSJul 09, 2021Brussels Airport Evacuated After Discovery of a Suspicious PackageBelgian police evacuated passengers from two of Brussels Airport's departure halls and QR194, from Brussels to Doha, was forced to return to the airport after authorities located a suspicious package.Read More →
NEWSJul 08, 2021El Al and Etihad Sign Codeshare Agreement Etihad Airways and El Al Israel Airlines have announced the launch of their code sharing agreement as well as having reciprocal frequent-flier benefits for passengers of both airlines. Read More →
