Norway’s newest low-cost carrier Flyr has officially been granted an air operator’s certificate (AOC) by the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority. The budget start-up stated it will target a concentrated route offering in high-margin markets, and will begin with a domestic network. With this regulatory approval, all formalities are in place for the company to initiate
Hong Kong immigration authorities have agreed to renew the visas of Cathay Pacific’s expat pilots currently based in Hong Kong, however will not provide the same for the airline’s foreign cabin crew. The decision is likely to see Cathay’s expat cabin crew forced to leave their jobs, a fact that the airline expressed regret over
European budget airline Ryanair has now officially taken delivery of its long-awaited Boeing 737 MAX 8200, after a near-two-year delay. The 737 MAX jet, donned in Ryanair’s iconic livery, took off from Seattle at 1:00pm PDT and flew nonstop to Dublin in a nine-hour flight. The MAX 8’s published range is normally 3,550 nautical miles,
Cathay Pacific is reportedly working with Airbus in order to certify “reduced crew” single-pilot operations at high-altitude cruise for long-haul flights on the Airbus A350. Under a program named Project Connect, the airline is working with the planemaker to certify the A350 for single-pilot operations in certain circumstances from as soon as 2025, in a
Air Canada announced the initially planned routes for its upcoming Boeing 767-300ER converted freighters, as the airline nears the end of its process to fully convert several of its Boeing 767 passenger jets into dedicated freighters in order to fully participate in global cargo commercial opportunities. When the first converted 767 freighters enter service in
Despite the airline falling victim to what has been labelled by global leaders as a ‘state-backed hijack’, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has said he is confident the airline, and the rest of Europe, will soon return to Belarusian airspace. O’Leary testified before the British Parliament in London on Tuesday regarding the hijacking incident, which saw
