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Congo Airways orders two more Embraer E195-E2 aircraft :

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/cong ... -aircraft/

Austrian Airlines to slowly phase out its B767s, with three leaving in 2021. MSN 25273 will exit by March, headed to Arizona where it will be broken down into spare parts. MSN 26417 and 27095 to follow with possible conversion to freighters. https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthansa-group/austri...

Norwegian shuts down long-haul network; axes 1,100 London Gatwick based crew; focuses on short-haul :

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/norw ... ased-crew/

Wizz Air axes Belgrade - Charleroi. Not only. Wizz Air has dropped most of its planned expansion out of its Belgrade base for summer 2021 and will no longer base a third aircraft in the city. Only Hamburg and Sandefjord are expected to launch. https://twitter.com/SeanM1997/status/1349616122719588352

Spanish tour operator Avoris Travel has finalised the union of its two airlines, Evelop and Orbest , under the Iberojet brand. Their new livery, still similar graphics to the 2 merged airlines : https://www.expreso.info/files/2020-12/Iberojet1.jpg Iberojet eyes Mexico City, Costa Rica & Guatema...

JANUARY 4 : El Al restarts Tel Aviv TLV route FEBRUARY 1 : Air Algérie restarts Algiers ALG 11 : Transavia opens Innsbruck INN 12 : TUI fly Belgium restarts Banjul BJL 18 : TUI fly Belgium restarts Luxor LXR MARCH 1 : Eurowings restarts Stuttgart STR route 13 : Corendon restarts Antalya AYT 18 : Co...

Wizz Air axes Belgrade - Charleroi.

Wizz Air axes Belgrade - Charleroi.

SpiceJet ties-up with Brussels Airport for seamless delivery of Covid-19 vaccine between India and Europe and beyond : https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/spicejet/ties-up-with-brussels-airport-for-seamless-delivery-of-covid-19-vaccine-between-india-and-europe-and-beyond/ (what a pity, freaking white...

It's like I saw a tweet of airlive.net saying "pilots didn't squawked 7700 before crashing"...

Like if :
- They had the time to react
- It was an invincible mode

So pretty useless tweet...

Reports that the aircraft might have exploded in mid-air, according to a fisherman and some citizens heard 2 explosions. Everything was normal and then, all of the sudden the airplane drop at almost the same acceleration than the gravity, I don't see what else it could be than an explosion or a dis...

WW2's 'Spitfire Women': Eleanor Wadsworth, one of last female pilots, dies :

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-55601962

World 2 Fly (Spain) expects its first plane, an Airbus A350, to arrive in March 2021 and has increased the company’s capital by €12.5 million, one of the requirements requested by Civil Aviation to obtain the necessary permits to operate. The second A350 will arrive in 2021 as well. First, an A330 ...

02:11 UTC : Some bodies and pieces found. 03:40 UTC : Crashsite found. Reports that the aircraft might have exploded in mid-air, according to a fisherman and some citizens heard 2 explosions. https://twitter.com/infonusantara_/status/1348114450503516161 https://twitter.com/SAR_NASIONAL/status/134815...

Rescue and search to resume at 2300 UTC.

ELT didn't power itself.

56 passengers + 2 pilots + 4 CCM

Might be the first images :
Reports of 56 passengers on board.