LATAM Airlines Brasil has announced it will this week retire all 11 of its Airbus A350-900s from its fleet by the end of April 2021, as the airline continues to navigate out of insolvency. The move was announced by LATAM Brasil CEO Jerome Cadier, who stated that the move would not result in any immediate
Vietnam may soon welcome vaccinated tourists, as well as citizens stranded abroad and foreign investors, under a proposed vaccine passport program, officials have said. The country has had in place a range of restrictions on its borders since March 2020, in order to curb the spread of COVID-19, however the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH)
‘Bad apple’: Wizz Air head of flight operations under fire after stepping down
Budapest-based low-cost carrier Wizz Air has hit a storm of controversy over the recent replacement of its chief of flight operations, who is alleged to have encouraged his team to target people who take sick days or don’t accept shifts on their days off for redundancies. According to a report by Reuters, voice recordings from
Boeing has cancelled its contract and filed a lawsuit against GDC Technics, the contractor hired to complete interior work on Air Force One, with Boeing stating the work has fallen over a year behind schedule. The US Air Force has purchased two undelivered Boeing 747-8 jets, designated VC-25B, to replace the previous 747-200s that have
Airbus deliveries pick up steam in March
Following a lukewarm start to the year, Airbus saw strong results in March 2021, having received a total of 28 new aircraft orders and completed 72 deliveries to 34 separate customers. The European planemaker’s results make March its strongest month for the year so far, as the COVID-19 pandemic enters into its second year and
UK industry bosses call for US-UK travel corridor
The chief executives from British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow Airport have joined forces to plead for the UK government to introduce a trans-Atlantic travel corridor as soon as next month. The aviation industry leaders have joined in a rare joint plea to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arguing that the successful rollout of vaccination
