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Lufthansa Technik has completed the first Airbus ACJ350 flight following the installation of a new cabin. It has flown before, but this was the first flight with the finished interior. The aircraft belongs to the German Air Force and will be used for official government travel, replacing an older fleet of Airbus A340 aircraft. Read […]

On Thursday, September 1, 1966, Britannia Airways Flight 105 took off from London Luton Airport (LTN) at 21:10 for Ljubljana Brnik Airport (LJU) in Slovenia. The Britannia Airways charter flight carried mostly British passengers flying to Yugoslavia for a vacation. Read More Here: Britannia Airways Flight 105: The Story Of Slovenia’s Deadliest-Ever Plane Crash |

Welcome to September, the month of the return to school, Labor Day weekend and the official start of Fall. While we might be lamenting the exit of summer, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful too, not least the plentiful opportunities for catching some great airplane action in the extended golden hour periods. Read

Spanish flag carrier presently operates an all-Airbus fleet that, according to data from ch-aviation.com, consists of exactly 100 aircraft. Among the oldest of these are its Airbus A319s, of which it currently flies just six (having also operated a further 23 examples historically). But where does it fly these twinjets? Let's take a closer look.

This week, the Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris operated its first flight with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) upon receiving the 114th aircraft of its fleet, an Airbus A320neo. This is one of the first-ever SAF services in Mexico, following similar initiatives by Viva Aerobus and Aeromexico. Read More Here: Volaris Operates Company’s 1st SAF Powered Flight

On a balmy summer's night at JFK Airport in New York on August 31st, 1983, passengers boarded a Korean Air flight to Gimpo International Airport (GMP) in Seoul, South Korea. However, the plane, a Boeing 747-230B with the registration HL7442 which took off at 23:50 EDT, would never arrive at its final destination. Read More

London Heathrow – the world's leading long-haul airport – to the United States will soon have more nonstop flights than ever before. Looking ahead, the peak will be 119 daily departures, first achieved on May 2nd, based on the latest Cirium data. And significantly, that number is unlikely to fall. The current record is 112

Ryanair is well-known for applying a single-type aircraft operating model, with its majority Boeing 737 fleet (and the Airbus A320 belonging to subsidiary Lauda Europa). However, the budget carrier's narrowbody aircraft are also joined by three much smaller Learjet aircraft. You won't get to fly these on routes anytime soon, unfortunately. Ryanair uses its business

A TUI flight returned to the gate to pick up two passengers just before takeoff. The passengers were not at the gate for the boarding process because earlier, one of them had lost their passport. The passengers were traveling as a family back to Manchester. Before going through security, the parents discovered that one of

IPP Air Cargo, Vietnam’s first all all-cargo airlines is preparing to launch operations. The new airline has received its Air Transport License but is awaiting it Air Operators Certificate (AOC) before launching operations. The company intends to launch operations in November initially with four Boeing 737-800 BCF freighters. The airline intends to grow the fleet