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Daily review : Air France-KLM is discussing plans to raise more capital with its main shareholders, the French and Dutch governments, says CEO Ben Smith. Greenpeace will appreciate! Air Mauritius to put employees on unpaid leave from 01 October 2020, as part of the government’s redundancy plan. Air...

Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr indicated that Austrian Airlines long haul aircraft — B767s and B777s — “simply no longer have a future.”

Boeing is nearing a decision to shift more B787 production to South Carolina, a cost-cutting strategy accelerated by the pandemic that would deplete its iconic factory north of Seattle.

American Airlines will begin B737 MAX training for its pilots in November 2020, a sign that it believes a return to service of the grounded jet is near.

Brussels Airlines will operate some of the long-haul flights of Lufthansa's Ocean concept, starting with Frankfurt-Windhoek in September. https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthansa-group/eurowings/lufthansa-develops-ocean-concept-brussels-airlines-to-operate-long-haul-tourist-route-frankfurt-wind...

vader wrote: ↑19 Sep 2020, 21:30 Cześć,

19.09

Cranes, G17:25 - time to fly to Africa for winter season

Nice shot!

Daily review: Arkia Airlines of Israel will lay off 130 of its 530 employees while some remaining staff will take a pay cut. FACC (an Austria aerospace industry) is cutting 650 jobs as it deals with the impact from the pandemic. Hawaiian Airlines won’t be making the thousands of involuntary job cuts...

Wizz Air (Hungary) has postponed the opening of a base at the St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport and flights to Europe until December 2020.

NTSB says that proposed safety upgrades in the B737 MAX jet were “positive progress” toward meeting cockpit and systems recommendations it made. Ryanair could order more B737 MAX jets by 2020-end, according to Davy Research (Ireland). The carrier is in talks with Boeing regarding its MAX 10 variant...

HiSky postpones its launch. Chisinau - Dublin 16 September 2020 Chisinau - Paris Beauvais 16 September 2020 Chisinau - London Stansted 18 September 2020 Lisbon and Bologna dropped. Another delay... Dublin 3 October Paris & London 2 October Will the airline ever start? HiSky announces planned servic...

Fly Lankan Asia (Sri Lanka) has applied for an AOC and plans to operate domestic and international scheduled flights with BAe 146-300s and B737-200Fs.

El Al Israel Airlines raised US$148 million in a government-mandated share offering that will enable it to receive a state bailout package. El Al Israel Airlines will resume some international destinations in October 2020, from Tel Aviv to Athens with B737-900, and to London Heathrow, New York JFK ...

Brien Wygle’s adventurous life was packed full of bold action and heroism. Fresh out of high school, he flew for the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II, then flew for the Israelis in their 1948 war of independence. He joined Boeing as a test pilot, flew the first 737 flight in 1967 and co-pilo...

Very nice illustrated (annual) report, Louise. As usual :) About the seats in the Embraer E-jets: it's not Embraer's fault if they are misaligned with the windows, it was KLM's decision to cram more seat rows than windows, resulting in some seats having poor views. I guess you had a poor legroom on ...

Polish Prosecutor General's Office disclosed names of Smolensk air traffic controllers it seeks to arrest for Kaczynski crash The Polish Prosecutor General's Office disclosed on Thursday the names of air traffic controllers who worked at the Smolensk North Airport during the 2010 plane crash that k...

Russia to complete the development of a new version of the SSJ100 in 2023. The aircraft modification include the substitution of some foreign components and the adoption of the PD-8 engine, costing roughly US$1.6 billion.

Daily review: Air Zimbabwe announced that it was resuming flight operations on its domestic and regional routes with effect from 23 September and 03 October 2020 respectively. Condor seeks creditor approval in late October 2020 for its new insolvency plan, which would place the airline in a trust as...

Southwest Airlines will temporarily ground 130 (!) B737-800s after it discovered discrepancies in aircraft weight data.