While most jetliners spend their last days gathering dust and rust in a scrapyard, one lucky 737 is enjoying quite an exciting post-retirement life. Aerotel – Aviator Boutique Hotel...
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Transportation Updates
Late Start Diverts American Airlines Delhi-New York Flight To Gander
An ultra-long-haul flight, a substantially late start, and a longer-than-usual route – not the best of combinations when flying between cities pretty much on opposite sides of the world....
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AvTalk Episode 139: Catching up with airBaltic’s CEO and Chief Pilot
This week’s episode of AvTalk takes us back to the Baltic region for interviews with airBaltic’s CEO Martin Gauss and the airline’s chief pilot Gerhard Ramcke. Jason gets the...
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UK Brings Back Red List Over New COVID Variant Fears
Flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini to London are suspended after the UK revived its red list following the discovery of a new coronavirus variant....
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Air Vanuatu’s Airbus A220 Order: Everything You Need To Know
At the end of February 2019, Airbus announced that it had a new A220 customer in the form of Pacific Island carrier Air Vanuatu. At the time, the airline...
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How Many Variants Of The Boeing 767 Were Built?
The Boeing 767 airplane has been around for almost 40 years. While not quite as popular as its predecessor, the 747, or even its successor, the 777, the 767...
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United Adds Capacity To Three Long Haul Routes In 2022
United Airlines filed a schedule update this past weekend that will see it increase capacity on three long-haul routes next year. In early 2022, Rome and São Paulo will...
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Data & Digital Technologies Will Change The Airline Industry
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we fly. Digital health passports, testing, vaccinated travel lanes, and queues are physical manifestations of that. But there’s another revolution underway, one...
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Brussels Airlines Expands Its Fleet With A 9th Airbus A330 Jet
On November 22nd, Brussels Airlines announced that it will be adding a 9th Airbus A330 to its fleet. However, according to the airline’s statement, this new aircraft won’t be...
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Like A Bullet: How The Nose Of The Concorde Worked
Eighteen years after its last flight, Concorde continues to fascinate people. With its power to fly twice the speed of sound, it even allowed passengers to experience two sunsets...
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