Lufthansa Group, which owns the German flag carrier as well as Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Eurowings, will look to permanently reduce its workforce in Germany by another 10,000, after already shrinking its workforce by 20 per cent in the last 12 months. The group’s chief financial officer, Remco Steenbergen, revealed on an analysts call that
Baku-based cargo airline Silk Way West Airlines has announced that it will expand its international network, following a deal struck with Boeing for five Boeing 777 dedicated freighters. The deal reportedly marks the first purchase of the long-range, high-capacity twin-engine freighter in the Caspian region and central Asia. The airplanes will enable the airline to
The largest ever fleet of F-35 fighter jets to be deployed aboard an aircraft carrier has been tasked with supporting the global fight against Daesh. The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) will operate a fleet of F-35B Lightning fighter jets in support of Operation
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter has now successfully completed its fourth flight test on Mars, after a false start that occurred last Thursday, and again performed exactly as planned. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in southern California, data received back from Ingenuity showed it successfully took off as planned on Friday, with the rotorcraft again
Boeing has announced it has fired 65 employees in the last 10 months over racist, discriminatory or otherwise hateful conduct, as shareholders push for greater accountability following recent social justice movements. CEO Dave Calhoun said that Boeing has taken a “zero-tolerance approach to behaviour that is contrary to our values”. “There is no place for
A branch of one of the US’ most prominent flight attendant unions has called out aviation veteran David Neeleman’s latest start-up airline venture over its hiring policy. Neeleman’s latest airline, Breeze, has reportedly teamed up with Utah Valley University in order to recruit a team of solely junior part-time flight attendants, ahead of the carrier’s
