US regional carrier ExpressJet is gearing up to take back to the skies nearly a year after it was forced to cease operations, after losing its sole major contract with United Airlines. According to a filing with the Department of Transportation, ExpressJet is looking to resume short-haul regional operations as soon as May this year,
Engineers have located additional manufacturing flaws in a significant number of 737 MAX jets following earlier inspections into possible electrical issues within the cockpit. Last week, World of Aviation reported that dozens of 737 MAX jets were grounded due to production problems resulting in possible electrical faults within the aircraft cockpit’s backup power control unit.
The deal with former owners Cyrus doesn’t include the former aircraft but instead the brand, equipment and, crucially, its take-off and landing slots.
Ryanair has officially lost its ongoing battle against a number of European Union nation-states bailing out their national airlines. The giant European budget airline has legally challenged the European Commission’s decision to approve a number of states to financially bail out major national airlines in the bloc, namely Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The European Court
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has said he believes his airline will reactivate its entire fleet of 12 A380s when the pandemic subsides.
Developers Asobo has also created ‘hand-crafted’ replicas of Megève, Nice, and Rotterdam The Hague airports as well as introducing more minor updates to 100 other airports across Europe.
