Putting customers first, Emirates has updated its COVID-19 travel waiver policies into one simplified approach for rebooking and refunds on tickets issued in all its global markets. Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Chief Commercial Officer said, “The travel and airline industry have complicated rulebooks for how fares, re-bookings or refunds are applied, which also differ depending onRead More

Virgin Orbit has identified an airport in Japan as a potential site for launch operations, joining airports in the United States and Great Britain as hosts for the air-launch company. Virgin Orbit said that, working with ANA Holdings and Space Port Japan Association, it selected Oita Airport on the island Kyushu as its preferred site.Read More

In a move that brings the reintroduction to civil supersonic flight closer to reality, the US FAA is proposing new noise standards for certification of supersonic aircraft. Announced recently, would address a key stumbling block for bringing such aircraft to market: the lack of noise standards for civil supersonic aircraft other than the Concorde. SinceRead More

Flights globally are down 59 percent this week, compared to the same week last year, with total capacity falling to 39 million from 109 million due to the coronavirus, aviation data provider OAG said. Many countries now operate fewer than 10 percent of the flights that operated during this time last year. Flights are downRead More

Magnetic MRO, a Total Technical Care and asset management organization, reacting to the current situation in the aviation market, announced company’s readiness to provide temporary cabin modifications. In the light of the coronavirus crisis and reflecting to changing needs of the Airline’s, company’s DOA (EASA Part 21J) team is ready to provide its customers withRead More

AeroVironment has flight-tested a larger Switchblade variant capable of carrying a bigger munition and travelling significantly further. Tests of the larger Switchblade started in AeroVironment’s 2020 fiscal year, which began 1 May 2019, the company says. AeroVironment says those tests were ‘successfully’ conducted, though it provides no further details. “We hope that we could introduceRead More

Due to the continuing travel restrictions, Lufthansa today decided to extend its repatriation flight schedule, which was originally scheduled to run until 19 April, until 3 May. This also means that all remaining flights of the original flight schedule between 25 April and 3 May will be cancelled. Flights which were planned to operate untilRead More

Good news for all Emirates passenger that the airline has received approval from UAE authorities to start flying a limited number of passenger flights. “From 6 April, these flights will initially carry travellers outbound from the UAE. Air cargo will also be carried on these flights to support trade and communities. Details will be announcedRead More