Qatar Airways Average Fleet Age Will Always Be Under 10 Years Old
On May 26th, Simple Flying had the opportunity to ask Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker a…
Cabo Verde Airlines Set To Return To The Skies This Month
In a little over two weeks, Cape Verde-based carrier Cabo Verde is set to resume operations. The carrier’s…
Aeroflot Opens A New Boeing 737 Base In Krasnoyarsk
The Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk will have a more established presence from Russian carrier Aeroflot with the opening…
The Air France Fleet In 2021
With its fleet of over 200 aircraft, Air France has a good mix of widebody and narrowbody jets,…
Belavia Shuts Down More Routes After EU Action
Since the events involving FR4978 on May 23rd, the nation Belarus has found itself increasingly cut off from…
Wizz Air Shutting Down Domestic Routes In Norway
European budget airline Wizz Air will soon be ending its domestic service in Norway. This will see the…
Canada’s Flair Airlines Takes Its First Boeing 737 MAX
On January 27th, 2021, Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier Flair Airlines announced that it would be ordering 13 new Boeing…
Wow: American Airlines Adds Stop To Flight To Pick Up Stranded Passengers
**Update: 31/05/21 @ 10:55 UTC – Remarks from the captain of the flight included. Additionally, a correction has…
Russia Denies Some Airlines Avoiding Belarusian Airspace
This past week, Russia denied some airlines entry into its airspace. The move was thought to be a…
American Airlines Asks Crew To Stop Locking Dreamliner Windows
Absent of a hard, plastic, physical window shade, the windows of a Boeing 787 are dimmed electronically via…
Second Qantas 737 Damaged By Luggage Vehicle
Just two days ago, a belt loader vehicle collided with a Qantas 737 at Perth Airport. An incident…
Ex Romanian Dictators Jets Go Up For Sale: Bids Start At $30,000
**Update: 28/05/21 @ 12:00 UTC – With the auction now closed, the article has been updated with the…
Qatar Airways Airbus A321LR Fleet To Serve Off Season Routes
With the latest narrowbody commercial aircraft offering huge gains in efficiency and range, many have been speculating that…
Qatar Airways CEO: Air Italy’s 737 MAX Aircraft Are Not Coming Back
It was in February 2020 that Air Italy announced its liquidation and the suspension of its operations. The…
Qatar Airways CEO: Happy To Be The Launch Customer Of The A350F
During Simple Flying’s webinar today, Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker stated that he would be delighted…
Aerial Firefighting – How Does It Work?
With the recent news of the Global Supertanker 747 ceasing operations and a former Flybe Dash 8 beginning a new…
Airbus Reportedly Mulls Next Generation A322 Aircraft
As Airbus makes swift progress towards getting its first A321XLR built, the European planemaker is also looking further…
Lufthansa Suspends Belarus Operations
**Update: 25/05/21 @ 14:30 UTC – Lufthansa spokesperson now confirms services to Minsk have been canceled.** The fallout…
Brand New KLM Embraer E195-E2 Returns To Amsterdam Over Gear Issue
**Update: 24/05/21 @ 08:44 UTC – Statement provided by KLM. Included within article.** A brand new KLM Cityhopper…
Portugal Gets Boost Of Capacity After Green List Addition
With Portugal being added to UK’s green list last week, Brits have been booking flights to the country’s…
Jazeera Airways Trials IATA Health Passport
Joining the growing list of airlines putting the IATA Travel Pass to the test, Kuwait-based low-cost carrier Jazeera…
El Al Operating More Flights To Repatriate Israel Citizens
Several days ago, Israeli airline El Al announced that it would be adding a number of special repatriation…
Norwegian Raises Over $700 Million In Fresh Capital
Through the issuance of bonds and the sale of shares, Norwegian has raised over $700 million in capital…
500 WestJet Employees Unionize – What Does It Mean?
Over 500 WestJet employees have unionized, joining the Canadian general trade union known as Unifor. Unifor is the largest…