Airbus has confirmed that it will ramp up its production target for its A320 family of aircraft to 45 per month by the end of this year, and up to 64 jets per month by Q2 2023, as industry optimism grows that the COVID crisis nears its end. Hitting its target of 64 jets by
Belavia, the national carrier of Belarus, has been forced to cancel a slew of regularly planned flights to numerous countries as the European Union continues to impose airspace restrictions, following Sunday’s ‘hijacking’ of a Ryanair flight by Belarusian authorities. The European Union, along with the UK, have closed their airspaces to Belarusian carriers, most heavily
The pilot of Ryanair flight 4978 repeatedly questioned air traffic controllers in Belarus over their request to divert to Minsk due to a supposed bomb threat onboard, and asked for other diversion options, according to a transcript released by Belarus. Belarus’ government aviation authority released the partial transcript earlier this week, which aviation experts said
The International Air Transport Association has released a new report that appears to see it revise its current forecast for travel demand recovery to 2023, down from its previous forecast of 2024, as global border restrictions begin to ease. In a report released in conjunction with Tourism Economics, IATA is now projecting that international passenger
Opening statements are set to soon be heard in the murder trial of four suspects over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over the Ukraine. The judges overseeing the trial have now officially viewed the wreckage of the downed airliner in the Netherlands, two weeks before prosecutors are due to present their case
Aerion Supersonic, a Boeing-backed start-up company that joined the race to be the first supersonic passenger jet on the market since the legendary Concorde, has officially ceased operations, after struggling to secure necessary financial investment. Aerion’s AS2 business jet was vying to be the first supersonic aircraft to enter commercial service in 51 years, as
