There have been several reports of the growth in LCCs over the North Atlantic. Most recently the two Iceland-based airlines announced more new cities in the US they are planning to serve. Iceland is rapidly making its primary airport the…
Qantas, a pioneer in really long flights, announced Project Sunrise. It is, essentially, a challenge to Airbus and Boeing – offer us an aircraft that can fly from Australia’s east coast to London, New York, and Rio nonstop. Flights of…
You have got to love state ownership if you run an airline. No pesky shareholders; all you have to do is upgrade the key people in politics and business keeps rolling along. Profits? Not the key issue. To get an…
We had a conversation with Andrew Madar, CEO at Cobalt Air, which is based in Cyprus. Cyprus is not an easy market, but Cobalt has a strategy in place to avoid the pitfalls Cyprus Airways faced. Besides this, Mr Madar…
Probably the oldest 747 aircraft in service may be retiring. GE Aviation’s original 747 Flying Test Bed is headed to storage – it flew its last flight on January 25 at GE Aviation’s Flight Test Operation in Victorville, California. Here…
Today an important flight took place between the African mainland and St. Helena. Using an E-190, Airlink undertook a “proving flight” from Windhoek in Namibia to the island. The over water portion of the flight took nearly four hours. The…