Airline News

On August 27th, Malaysia Airlines made history by opening a new route connecting Kota Kinabalu and Singapore. The flight departed from Changi International Airport (SIN) and landed at Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI) at 12:25 local time. Passengers aboard this inaugural flight were greeted upon arrival with a water cannon and given bags filled with […]

On August 20th, 2007, a regularly scheduled China Airlines flight landed at Naha Airport in Japan. The Boeing 737-800 had just stopped, and as all passengers readied to leave the aircraft, fuel began leaking from the right-wing tank and caught fire. The captain rushed to evacuate everyone from the jet, and only minutes later, the

Newly-launched Indian carrier Akasa Air has suffered a significant security breach involving passenger data. The carrier uncovered the data theft on Thursday and informed passengers of the breach, reassuring them that no critical information, such as payment details or travel records, were accessed. Read More Here: Akasa Air Passenger Data Targeted By Hackers | SimpleFlying.com

China Southern, which owns the biggest fleet in China of nearly 600 active aircraft, published its September international flight routes plan on its social media page. It shows some adds and cuts compared to the plan in August. Read More Here: What To Expect: China Southern Reveals Latest International Flight Schedule | SimpleFlying.com via Flight

GlobalX (Global Crossing Airlines) has introduced a “Bad Bunny – Adidas” sneaker promotional livery on its Airbus A320 N281GX. | Avión personalizado donde estarán viajando los ganadores de la experiencia de Bad Bunny x Adidas desde Puerto Rico hacia Nueva York para su concierto este fin de semana. pic.twitter.com/KT2tqMlFHN — Bunny’s Network (@badbunnynetwork) August 26,

The Boeing 777-300ER is Air France's most numerous aircraft type, with ch-aviation.com listing 43 as being present at the time of writing. This puts it just ahead of the Airbus A320-200, of which the French flag carrier flies 41 examples. In order to tailor its 777-300ERs to different markets, Air France has devised three different

Welcome to what is our last 'Sunday Reads' weekly digest for August 2022. If you'll excuse the pun, the past seven days have flown by, with a plethora of fascinating stories emerging. Here are some of our most notable pieces. Read More Here: Sunday Reads: Our Most Notable Stories This Week | SimpleFlying.com via Flight

Alaska Airlines will now commit two Embraer 175 jets of its Horizon Air subsidiary to connect Everett, Washington, to Anchorage, Alaska. This is a welcome development for Paine Field, an airport that restarted commercial service on March 4, 2019. Read More Here: Alaska Airlines Launches New Route From Everett To Anchorage | SimpleFlying.com via Flight

Especially when compared with fellow UK carrier British Airways, the fleet of Virgin Atlantic is a much simpler and smaller collection of aircraft. Indeed, the fleet of British Airways is nearly eight times larger than the subject of today's article. Having shrunk drastically due to the pandemic, let's take a deep dive into the fleet