[News] September 26, 2023, 12:21 pm ET.By Victor Shalton. Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has made headlines after securing its UK Third Country Operator (TCO) authorization. With this, the airline is now demanding access to London Heathrow Airport, invoking the reciprocity principle outlined in the bilateral air services agreement (BASA) between Nigeria and the United Kingdom. This development has reignited…

Qatar Airways says it was “surprised and shocked” by the federal government decision to reject its application for additional international flights into Australia. Key points: Corporate officials from Qatar Airways have fronted an inquiry into the airline’s flight numbers in Australia The airline said it was “shocked and disappointed” to have its flight increase application rejected Former Qantas CEO Alan…

[Planes] September 24, 2023, 12:50 pm ET. By Ryan Ewing. Alaska is set to operate only an all-Boeing fleet again by next week. Acquired from the company’s 2018 purchase of Virgin America, the Seattle-based airline once maintained a fleet of 68 Airbus narrowbody aircraft, per planespotters.net data. Several of these jets were retired as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic…

With passenger numbers bouncing back faster than predicted – and demand set to exceed pre-pandemic levels by December – aviation component manufacturing, repair and recycling experts Artemis Aerospace give the lowdown on the climate-related changes in air travel of the near-future.  As COVID-19 spread worldwide in 2020, international air travel came to an almost complete standstill, and the aviation industry…

Joby Aviation, Inc., which plans to launch large-scale manufacturing of electric aircraft in the Dayton area next year, said Monday it has delivered its delivered its first aircraft to the Air Force. The aircraft was delivered to Edwards Air Force Base in California some six months ahead of the expected 2024 delivery date, the Santa Cruz, Calif.-based company said Monday….

[ Aircraft Orders and Deliveries ] September 25, 2023 3:42 pm ET. By AirlineGeeks.com Staff. Air France-KLM Inks Order for 50 A350 Jets The Air France-KLM Group has placed an order for 50 A350 aircraft, including both the A350-900 and A350-1000 variants. The European airline consortium announced the order in a press release on Monday. As part of the order,…

[Airlines] September 23, 2023, 9:14 am ET.By Vincenzo Claudio Piscopo. easyJet, British low-cost carrier, has launched a recruitment campaign featuring individuals from diverse backgrounds. The campaign aims to prove that anyone with the right skills can excel as a cabin crew member regardless of their previous career. This initiative comes as easyJet plans to hire over 1,000 new cabin crew…

There’s no scenario in which renting a car for a single day should cost $1,300. Yet, that was the price quoted to a few friends and me after our flight home was canceled earlier this month. The only flight we could find at such short notice was the day after our original car rental reservation ended, at a different airport…

This article first appeared in Digital Edge, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on September 25, 2023 – October 1, 2023 In a thrilling leap into the future, Malaysia is set to revolutionise its transport landscape with the introduction of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. This cutting-edge aircraft promises to tackle the multiple challenges that have long plagued the country’s…

By Emma Kelly | September 22, 2023.Australian advanced air mobility (AAM) stakeholders expect to see the first commercial services in the country in 2027 — but there’s still a lot that needs to be done to make this possible, delegates heard at this week’s AAM Summit, organized by the Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems (AAUS). To help the sector get…

[Featured] September 23, 2023, 11:51 am ET. By John Flett. British Airways (BA) and Indian airline IndiGo have signed a codeshare agreement that gives the U.K. carrier’s passengers the opportunity to fly to three new destinations in India. The agreement will now give codeshare options for BA customers to eight destinations via Delhi and Mumbai from the airline’s Heathrow hub….

An overwhelming 99.47% of American Airlines flight attendants have voted to authorize a strike, with over 93% of eligible flight attendants participating in the vote. American Airlines (AA) is operated by over 26,000 flight attendants who are demanding better pay and working conditions against the corporation’s reported $1.3 billion profit in the second quarter of 2023. Their union, the Association…

Not many people can say that they lost their first tooth in Camper Registration at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, but for Jennifer Hantosh née Neunteufel, EAA 1218066, that’s just one of her many memories of attending AirVenture as a child. Jennifer has been not only attending AirVenture since she was young, but also volunteering. She continues to greet AirVenture attendees as…

EHang Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EH) represents a new kind of EV stock. It leads the Urban Air Mobility sector in China with its autonomous aerial vehicle technology aimed at disrupting transport and logistics, creating smart cities. Yet, many investors believe this EV stock is overvalued at nearly $18 per share. EHang is a pioneer in the Chinese electric vertical takeoff and…

By John Nowicki, Volunteer Chairman. As an original member of the Volunteer Advisory Committee, it has always been a pleasure, honor, and privilege to work with some of the finest staff members and volunteers in our great organization. In my new role as volunteer program liaison/chairman, I hope to continue to work with EAA staff and volunteers to be sure…