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Have you ever felt that you have been unfairly charged for services provided by an airline? Such as being denied taking your carry-on on board due to it being too heavy, or maybe you had paid for and chosen your seat, but then the airline switched the aircraft, and you were allocated one at random […]

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 lost communications with Air Traffic Control (ATC) while over the Balkan States on October 15th. The cargo freighter registered ET-ALO was performing flight number ET-3717. The aircraft departed Liege Airport (LGG) in Belgium at 15:58, over three hours behind schedule. During the flight, communications were lost for over an hour.

Aircraft have wings attached to the fuselage in one of two main ways – either above the fuselage (high wing) or below the mid-point of the fuselage (low wing). Large commercial jet aircraft tend to have low wings and for a good reason. But others, including smaller training aircraft, propeller aircraft, military, and many cargo

While market conditions are far better than the dark days of the long-term pandemic downturn, LATAM Group CEO Roberto Alvo last week warned the Latin American industry not to get too comfortable just yet. A strong United States dollar, high costs, lack of state support, and a sensitive economy are all factors to watch out

Air Europa was planning to lease 10 new Boeing 737-8 MAX 8 jets from AerCap. The pictured EC-NBL was recently painted in the full Air Europa livery. However the airframe has now taken on the C-GFOF registration on the Canadian register. The aircraft will now be repainted for Flair Airlines. This aircraft also follows C-FLUJ

Ita Airways took delivery of its first Airbus A220-300 (EI-HHI) on September 2, 2022. After crew training, the new type is now in revenue service. First revenue flight was on October 16 as domestic flight AZ1383 from Rome to Genoa with EI-HHI. The first international cheduled service was also on October 16, 2022 from Rome-Fiumicino

While a Gulfstream is mainly known as a private jet, the aircraft once played a crucial role in the space industry. The Gulfstream II variation, first produced in 1967, was deployed by NASA in the 1980s as a means of training pilots in perfect landings of the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter. Read More Here: How

The summer of 2022 represented an exciting opportunity for the airline industry to bounce back from the two previous years of coronavirus-induced restricted travel. However, at airports like London Heathrow (LHR), inadequate preparation in terms of staffing led to extensive disruption, and capacity caps. Emirates President Sir Tim Clark has now suggested that Heathrow's CEO

Air Peace CEO Allen Onyema has revealed that the airline could be starting flights to Israel soon. The Nigerian carrier would be the first to offer direct flights, dramatically cutting travel time to the Middle Eastern country. While not confirmed, services could start as soon as the end of November. Read More Here: Nigeria’s Air

Two companies within the Avia Solutions Group, SmartLynx Airlines and Bluebird Nordic, announced on Friday that they are adding extra cargo capacity. SmartLynx Airlines is adding four Airbus A321Fs, and Bluebird Nordic has received its fourth Boeing 737BCF. Read More Here: Avia Solutions’ SmartLynx Airlines And Bluebird Nordic Adding P2F Capacity | SimpleFlying.com via Flight