The inaugural test flight of JetBlue Airways’ first Airbus A220-300 has taken place on 9th December 2020 from the Airbus Mobile Aeroplex at the Mobile Downtown Airport, Alabama. This is the first of 70 A220 aircraft for JetBlue and is scheduled to be delivered to the New York-based airline before the end of the year,…
Boeing and Ryanair have today announced that Ryanair is placing a firm order for 75 additional 737 MAX passenger jets, increasing its order book for the type to 210 jets. Ryanair again selected the 737 8-200, a higher-capacity version of the 737-8, citing the aircraft’s additional seats and improved fuel efficiency and environmental performance. “Ryanair’s board…
After almost 50 years in Air Force service, “aircraft 582” was retired during a ceremony at Offutt AFB, Nebraska on 13 November 2020. “Eventually all good things come to an end,” said Col. John Litecky, 55th Operations Group commander. “All in all, tail 582 has flown over 29,689 hours, which includes 72,251 landings for our…
Malta-based ACMI operator Hi Fly announced today that their sole operating Airbus A380, 9H-MIP (c/n 006 built 2006) is to be retired by the end of December 2020. In a press release the airline stated the decision to retire the aircraft came as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and a reduced demand for large…
Gloucester, 31th October 2020 – Velocity Flight Training, a Gloucestershire based Flight Simulation Experience and Training is once again embarking on a week long charity event, Worldflight. Worldflight is a 7 day virtual round the world flight raising money for a variety of different charities. All flights are conducted on the VATSIM online multiplayer network and…
In an effort to reduce the amount of flight hours on their E-6B Mercury aircraft the US Navy’s E-6B Programme Office (PMA-271) has issued a contract to procure a former UK Royal Air Force E-3D Sentry. The Sentry will be used by the US Navy as an in-flight training aircraft, although the contract doesn’t specify…
Qantas is working with the Australian Federal Government to repatriate up to 1315 Australians currently stuck overseas. The national carrier will operate eight return services: four from New Delhi, three from London and one from Johannesburg. London and New Delhi flights will operate direct to Darwin. The arrival port for the Johannesburg flight is currently…
Another week, another update from Asobo Studios on the development of Microsoft’s latest additional to the Flight Simulator franchise. With an update on the long-awaited Virtual Reality functionality, the blog contains some great information on the future of the game (sorry, simulator). It starts, however, with an thank you to the key partners involved in…
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has announced the closure of its subsidiary Cathay Dragon, formerly Dragonair, and is cutting 8,500 jobs. Cathay Dragon was a full service regional carrier flying mainly to mainland China and other Asian destinations. Cathay Pacific and its budget regional carrier Hong Kong Express the majority of the routes previously served by…
Textron Aviation announced on October 13th 2020 it had been awarded a contract for the 26th and 27th Beechcraft King Air 350CER turboprop aircraft for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO). Bob Gibbs, vice president, Special Mission Sales said: These two Multi-role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) aircraft will join a…
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