Air New Zealand resumes flights to more North American destinations

Air New Zealand resumes its non-stop service to San Francisco and will resuming services to Honolulu on July 4, and to Houston on July 7. This follows the airline’s recently announcement to commence its new service between Auckland and New York, JFK, from September 17, 2022, and the airline carrying passengers daily between Auckland and

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Masks now optional following White House announcement

Following the ruling of a U.S. district court judge on Monday, April 18, the Biden administration announced that the Transportation Security Administration will no longer enforce the federal mandate requiring masks in all U.S. airports and on board aircraft. Effective immediately, masks are optional for all airport employees, crew members and customers inside U.S. airports

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Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that staff pay cuts and working condition changes imposed by Ryanair during the COVID-19 pandemic were unlawful

Joramco signs five-year agreement with Ryanair for heavy maintenance

Jaramco, the Amman, Jordan-based independent commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility has signed a five-year agreement with low-cost Irish carrier Ryanair which will see the airline using up to six heavy maintenance bay slots at its facility in Amman. While Ryanair uses a wide combination of both internal facilities and external suppliers to

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GA Telesis delivers second B737-800SF to Compass Cargo Airlines

GA Telesis has delivered its third B737-800SF (MSN 28616) passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion. This is the second freighter aircraft delivered to Bulgarian-based Compass Cargo Airlines. The aircraft was converted by Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) authorised conversion centre, commercial jet, in Miami. GA Telesis’ Leasing, Investment, Financing & Trading (LIFT) Group has continued executing its passenger-to-freighter conversion strategy

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TrueAero delivers first of two A330-200s to Aerolineas Argentinas

TrueAero has announced the delivery of one Airbus A330-200 aircraft, MSN 877, equipped with two CF6-80E engines to Aerolineas Argentinas. The second A330-200, MSN 899, is scheduled to deliver in the coming weeks. Karl Drusch, CEO of TrueAero said, “We are delighted to deliver our first A330-200 to Aerolineas Argentinas, establishing a new relationship between

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Wizz Air to expand at London Luton Airport following slot acquisition

Wizz Air has successfully acquired an additional two daily slot pairs from Vueling at London Luton Airport. The deal means Wizz Air will increase frequencies on six existing routes from the airport – to Bacau, Craiova, Iasi, Sibiu and Timisoara in Romania, as well as to Wroclaw in Poland starting in May 2022. This expansion will see the airline increase its

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90 SpiceJet pilots banned from flying 737 MAX until retrained

90 pilots of Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet will have to undergo retraining before they are able to continue flying the Boeing 737 MAX jet. The pilots have been barred from flying by the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) after faults were discovered with the flight simulator’s flight controls at Boeing’s training facility, which

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