German flying taxi startup announces first US ‘vertiport’
German flying taxi startup Lilium has announced plans to set up its first ‘vertiport’ hub in the United States near Orlando, Florida. Munich-based Lilium is developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet which can travel distances of up to 300km within one hour on a single charge, as well as its network of
Ryanair boss scoffs at widespread aviation recovery predictions
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has scoffed at current industry predictions that it will take three or more years to see a post-COVID recovery in demand for air travel. Speaking at the World Travel Market Conference, the Irish billionaire and budget airline chief executive instead said he predicted an “enormous” bounce-back in demand and called more
Finnair partners with AerFin on new E-Jet
Finland’s flagship airline Finnair, has become the latest E-Jet operator to select AerFin’s BeyondPool component Flight-Hour Agreement (FHA), signing a long-term contract to support its fleet of 12 E190 E-Jet aircraft. BeyondPool is a fully bespoke, comprehensive E-Jet component FHA solution, covering repair, overhaul, pooling and on-site provisioning of E-Jet rotable component inventory and is
BA A380s moved to storage, grounded until at least 2021
British Airways is sending a number of its A380s to Madrid to be stored, as the UK entered its second total lockdown and placed a ban on all non-essential overseas travel. The first to be transferred to Madrid was six-year-old G-XLEF, msn 151, which departed from London as BA9175 at 10:24am local time on Wednesday.
Comment: The ‘cold chain’ challenge for airlines in distributing Pfizer’s vaccine
In this cross-posting with The Conversation, global health research fellow Michael Head explores how airlines will need to work with other transport services and health care workers to safely distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. The excitement that greeted the news of a vaccine candidate that may be highly effective against COVID-19 was indeed something to behold. If
Singapore Airlines to retire A380s, 777s following record loss
Singapore Airlines Group has announced that it will retire 26 aircraft from its fleet, after it posted a record $1.74 billion loss in the third quarter. SIA claimed the chosen 26 aircraft to be retired are “deemed surplus to requirements”, and do not include the additional seven Boeing 777s being retired amid the liquidation of
