Alaska Airlines appears to be following through on its intention to return to a “proudly all Boeing” airline, as it begins to offload Airbus aircraft it acquired in its $2.6 billion takeover of Virgin American in 2016. Last month, Alaska Air Group announced it had sold 10 Airbus A320 jets to California aircraft lessor Air
American Airlines offers employees seat on 737 MAX test flights
American Airlines will offer employees the chance to fly on one of five charter flights on the Boeing 737 MAX, in an attempt to ease any concerns before the embattled jet returns to passenger flights in late December. The planes that will be utilised in these charter offers have already undergone the necessary updates required
Virgin Galactic sets new date for third spaceplane flight test
Virgin Galactic has set a date for its rescheduled flight tests into suborbital space to begin from 11 December, after postponing its previously planned tests due to COVID-19 restrictions. From 11 December, Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism company will conduct the third crewed test flight of its VSS Unity space plane from New Mexico’s Spaceport.
COVID-19 vaccine receives regulatory approval in UK
The UK has become the first major Western country in the world to approve a COVID vaccine in a huge breakthrough moment.
Final two British Airways 747s find new permanent homes
Two more iconic British Airways Boeing 747s are set to be preserved for tourists and enthusiasts alike to continue to marvel at the Queen of the Skies. British Airways has confirmed that its final two Boeing 747s – both sporting eye-catching retro liveries – have now found permanent new homes, and will shortly depart from
Out-of-practice pilots pose post-COVID danger: Bloomberg
A Bloomberg report has suggested that stood-down and furloughed pilots who are not currently flying regularly could pose a threat to the industry moving forward. On 15 September, a Lion Air flight carrying 307 passengers and 11 crew veered off the runway shortly after landing in Medan, sparking investigation by Indonesia’s transport safety regulator. The
