Iberia will operate seven long-haul flights tonight as Madrid Barajas airport reopens

10 January 2021

Starting at 10:00 p.m., the first two flights will be to Miami and Santo Domingo and, as conditions arise at the Madrid…

Snowstorm Filomena shuts down Madrid, Barajas Airport, Spain

10 January 2021

A snowstorm has forced Madrid Barajas Airport, Spain to shut down since Friday evening. The airport authorities expect that operations…

Passenger was stung by scorpion during flight in Brazil

9 January 2021

A passenger on a GOL Linhas Aereas flight in Brazil was stung by a scorpion A passenger was stung by…

Mitsubishi Aircraft contract for 10 + 10 SpaceJets with Aerolease Aviation ended

9 January 2021

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, an MHI Group company, announced today as a mutual agreement that contract with Aerolease Aviation ended on…

Ryanair cuts full year (to March 2021) traffic forecast from “below 35 million” to “below 30 million”

9 January 2021

Ryanair cites new Covid-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions announced by Irish and UK Governments Ryanair on Thurs 7th Jan briefed…

2020, year of Corona: Only 4.56 million passengers at Hamburg Airport

9 January 2021

Pandemic maintaining its stranglehold on air travel / Difficult start to the new year 2020 was the hardest year in…

Passenger numbers remain low in December at Berlin Airport: restrictions cap air traffic numbers at 10 % of the same month last year

9 January 2021

In December, 264,987 passengers were recorded at Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport. Although this means the number of passengers is…

Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 crashes five minutes after take-off Jakarta Airport, Indonesia

9 January 2021

On 9 January, a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 (registered PK-CLC) operated domestic flight SJ182 between Jakarta and Pontianak, Indonesia. Five…

Italian start-up EGO Airways introduces network

9 January 2021

Italian regional start-up EGO Airways, founded in July 2019 by a few Italian entrepreneurs, introduced its domestic network. Two Embraer…

Airbus delivers 566 commercial aircraft in 2020 (-34%) and gets 268 net new orders

8 January 2021

Airbus 2020 deliveries demonstrate resilience 566 commercial aircraft deliveries, 34 percent fewer than in 2019, in line with adaptation plan…