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The Boeing 707 made its mark as Air France’s first Boeing, propelling the airline towards global success. By 1969, over 5.5 million passengers flew with Air France – double the traffic of just a decade earlier. Read More Here: How The Boeing 707 Catalyzed Jet-Age Growth At Air France | SimpleFlying.com via Flight Booking 247 […]

On October 25th, Air Greenland's upcoming Airbus A330-800 took its first test flight out of Toulouse. The aircraft is due at the airline by the end of this year and will replace its one and only A330-200. Let's look at the details of this flight as Airbus makes progress toward delivering the aircraft. Read More

Following in the wake of legendary aviation pioneer Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, United Airlines made aviation history this morning in Brisbane. When United Airlines UA96 touched down at Brisbane Airport (BNE), it became the first scheduled nonstop passenger service by a US carrier from mainland-USA to Queensland, Australia. Read More Here: United Airlines San Francisco

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) with 34,484,842 domestic passengers alone going through its airport in 2021 has many domestic routes. Below is a list of the top ten according to the Port of Seattle’s statistics with Simple Flying analysis. Read More Here: What Are Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s Busiest Domestic Routes? | SimpleFlying.com via Flight Booking 247

Sam Chui is well known in aviation for his detailed trip reports of everything from Emirates first class to being the only passenger onboard the Hi Fly Airbus A380's final flight. There are few aircraft and airlines that he hasn't flown on, including the Concorde. He previously called his Concorde flight "the proudest achievement I

Australia's latest airline startup, Bonza, has added a third aircraft to its fleet, despite not yet gaining its Air Operator Certificate (AOC). The Boeing 737 was registered to Bonza on October 25th and, according to Flightradar24.com, is currently parked at Seattle Boeing Field (BFI). Read More Here: Australia’s Bonza Registers 3rd Boeing 737 MAX |

Dubai-based Emirates is celebrating its 15 anniversary of connecting the Emirates with Brazil. It was in October 2007 when Emirates launched its flights to Brazil, and since then, more than 3.6 million passengers have traveled with the company on flights to and from two Brazilian airports: São Paulo Guarulhos International (GRU) and Rio de Janeiro

Beginning from October 30th, low-cost carrier AirAsia India will be commencing 21 weekly direct domestic flights on two new routes. The flights will see AirAsia India connecting its northern hub in Delhi to Bhubaneswar and its southern hub in Bengaluru to Jaipur as part of its winter schedule. Read More Here: Winter Update: AirAsia India

Between January and September 2022, Mexico received 77.89 million passengers, a 3.1% growth compared to the numbers posted in the same period in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mexico’s growth has been fueled by the recovery of the domestic segment (led by ultra-low-cost carriers, Volaris and Viva Aerobus) and the international market to the

The State of Kenya will be required to pay $525 million to the US Exim Bank after the African country's national air carrier Kenya Airways defaulted on a loan. The loan of $841.6 million taken out by the airline in 2017 was meant to be used to purchase seven aircraft and one engine. The Kenyan