Emirates A380 Pilots Can’t Make Certain Approaches In Australia

Emirates Airbus A380 pilots do not have permission to make particular types of approaches when flying to Australia and New Zealand. Australian authorities share that two separate incidents in Melbourne during the summer of 2016 led to this decision. (simpleflying.com) More...

Malaysia Airlines Is Finding Success With Its Airbus A380: For Cargo

Malaysia Airlines is thinking outside the box to keep some of its planes in the air and workers working. Malaysia is one of the world’s biggest producers of personal protective equipment (PPE), and Malaysia Airlines is starting to carve out a niche for itself, operating flights to deliver the highly sought after products. (simpleflying.com) More...

Delta Air Lines Planning To Add Cape Town To Its Route Map

Delta Air Lines will be adding Cape Town to its route network. Airline executives reaffirmed confidence that the A350 could continue to fly where the 777s used to. (simpleflying.com) More...

JetBlue’s New Airbus A220 Fleet – Where Will The Planes Fly?

JetBlue plans to phase in the A220-300 as a replacement for JetBlue’s existing fleet of 60 Embraer E190 aircraft. The aircraft’s range and seating capacity will add flexibility to JetBlue’s network strategy as it targets growth in its focus cities, including options to schedule it for transcontinental flying. (simpleflying.com) More...

American Airlines Could Follow Delta’s Lead With 777 Retirements

American Airlines, like so many others, is eyeing a ‘right-sizing’ of its future fleet. With the 767s and A330s already being phased out, the airline could now be mulling a retirement of the Boeing 777-200ERs too. (simpleflying.com) More...

Qatar Airways Return Airbus A350s Leased From LATAM

As part of its drastic fleet reductions, Qatar Airways is returning four A350 aircraft leased from Latin American carrier LATAM. (simpleflying.com) More...

Former Avianca Owner Wants To Buy Alitalia

German Efromovich, the former Avianca owner, is interested in buying the troubled Alitalia. While there’s still a long way to go, Efromovich has been interested in Alitalia for a while now. What does this mean for the bankrupt Italian airline? (simpleflying.com) More...

easyJet Founder Seeks To Oust Airline’s CEO Tomorrow

The ongoing spat between UK low-cost airline easyJet and its founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is set to come to a head tomorrow. The extraordinary general meeting, held remotely, of course, will see a series of questions tabled by Sir Stelios and a shareholder vote held to decide on the ousting of four directors, including the CEO. (simpleflying.com) More...

Court dismisses Qantas employees’ bid for paid sick leave during coronavirus crisis

Federal court has dismissed a bid to have Qantas workers paid sick leave during the coronavirus crisis with the judge saying it goes against the ‘object and purpose’ of entitlements. Some 20,000 Qantas workers stood down in mid-March have been able to legally access some entitlements, including annual leave, but have been prevented from accessing sick, carers and compassionate leave. (www.theguardian.com) More...

Wizz Air Quietly Moves Its Operations To Abu Dhabi In Prep For Hub Launch

Wizz Air has taken the opportunity to switch its UAE operations from Dubai to Abu Dhabi. Previously operating to DWC, the airline will restart passenger flights into Abu Dhabi within the next two weeks. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is still on track to start before the end of the year. (simpleflying.com) More...