2020: The year the changed aviation – Part 2
2020 has without a doubt brought about the single biggest disruptor to the global aviation sector potentially ever seen: the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 December, 2019, Chinese authorities officially revealed they were treating a small number of citizens suffering from a mysterious illness in Wuhan. No one knew just what this would mean for the
2020: The year that changed aviation – Part 4
2020 has without a doubt brought about the single biggest disruptor to the global aviation sector potentially ever seen: the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 December, 2019, Chinese authorities officially revealed they were treating a small number of citizens suffering from a mysterious illness in Wuhan. No one knew just what this would mean for the
Cathay ramps up vaccine storage capacity
Cathay Pacific is expanding its cold storage facilities at its cargo terminal to allow it to temporarily house more than 8.6 million vaccine doses per day, as the global vaccine distribution challenge begins to ramp up. The terminal’s current capacity is around 7.1 million doses, and a new cold storage room will be added to
Final Virgin Atlantic 747 farewelled
Virgin Atlantic’s final Boeing 747 has now left the airline’s fleet after more than 19 years in service with the carrier. The jumbo jet, registration G-VROY, was named Pretty Woman, and took off from London Heathrow earlier this week G-VROY, which has been flying in Virgin’s fleet since 18 June 2001, is headed to Las
Singapore 747-400 ships first vaccines to Asia
The first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been flown into Singapore from Belgium onboard a Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter. The shipment from Brussels was brought to Singapore onboard flight SQ7979 on Monday evening, and is believed to be the first COVID vaccine shipment to arrive in Asia. Logistics services firm DHL said
Alaska steps up Airbus phase-out with new MAX orders
Alaska Airlines has come to an agreement with Boeing to restructure the airline’s order to now receive a total of 68 Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft with options for an additional 52 planes. This restructured agreement with Boeing incorporates Alaska’s announcement last month to lease 13 737-9 aircraft. Alaska is scheduled to receive 13 planes in
