A British Airways Boeing 787-8 (G-ZBJG) was struck by lightning shortly after departure from London Heathrow on July 22nd en route to Chennai in India. The flight, BA35, continued on the 9 hour flight to India, but upon landing it…
The news is sad. Corruption, mismanagement and incredible lack of oversight plague the African airline industry. Three of the southern region’s airlines have recently been in the news, with most of that news negative. Starting with South African Airways, this link chronicles…
IATA reports that airline traffic is growing again. Take a look at the table below. IATA noted: “…June showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 7.8% compared to the year-ago period. This was in…
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It has been a long time since ATR made a sale in the USA. But today they got great news. Fort-Lauderdale, Florida Silver Airways announced an intention to purchase up to 50 ATR42-600s (20 firm) valued at a $1.1…
Anastasija Visnakova is Primera Air’s Vice President Commercial and she spent some time chatting with us about the origins of the airline and its growing ambitions. Like other LCCs, it sees the arrival of long haul capable single aisle aircraft…