Mammoth Freighters invests in aerospace firm to jump-start 777 conversions

A new engineering firm with big financial backers has bought an MRO facility so it can begin cutting 777s into cargo configuration. (www.freightwaves.com) Mais...

Airbus Gains Confidence in 2035 Goal to Deliver Hydrogen Plane

Airbus SE is growing increasingly confident it can build a hydrogen-powered plane that’s ready to enter service by its target date of 2035. (www.bnnbloomberg.ca) Mais...

United Airlines employees sue company over its 'draconian' COVID vaccine mandate

Attorneys argue United Airlines' handling of its new vaccine rule violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (www.foxbusiness.com) Mais...

Atlas Air inks 747 freighter contract with FedEx

FedEx doesn't operate 747s of its own, but has a big contractor that does. (www.freightwaves.com) Mais...

FAA Asks Airlines to 'Take More Action' in Curbing Unruly Passenger Incidents

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday urged representatives of major U.S. airlines to come up with ways they can do more to help stop the surge of reported "unruly" passenger incidents – and asked them to lay out those plans in a matter of days. (www.foxbusiness.com) Mais...

Lufthansa Wants To Be The Launch Customer For Airbus’ ZEROe

This time last year, Airbus revealed three concept aircraft, presently going by the name of ZEROe. (simpleflying.com) Mais...

Europe’s Most Profitable US Operations

Using RDC Aviation data, we examine the top-12 and see they achieved approximate profitability of $4.1 billion in the 12 months to March 2020. (simpleflying.com) Mais...

Avianca to connect Colombia and Canada

Avianca announced that as of December 3 it will connect Bogota (BOG) with Toronto/Pearson (YYZ) in Canada, reaffirming its commitment to once again become a leading airline in the region. The Colombian airline confirmed that ticket sales for this route have started. This is in line with their announcement done in August where they mentioned this flight would be one of the thirteen new international routes to be inaugurated in Colombia. It will operate three weekly flights, which will be operated… (www.aviacionline.com) Mais...