Personally if I were to launch a new airline I probably wouldn't do so during the coronavirus pandemic, but that's just me... Etihad Airways has been struggling financially since long before coronavirus, and in 2017 the airline began a five year transformation…
A major new US airline was supposed to launch this year, though it now looks like it's going to be delayed by at least a year. That shouldn't come as any surprise, given everything going on right now. Here's everything we know about Breeze Airways so…
This seems appropriate... The European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA) has banned Pakistan International Airlines from operating flights to member countries for a period of six months. The ban will kick in as of July 1, and last through December 31, 2020.…
Yesterday I wrote about how Pakistan's Minister for Aviation shared preliminary findings of last month's Pakistan International Airlines crash, which killed nearly 100 people. In this post I wanted to address what's perhaps the most shocking part of…
On May 22 a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 crashed on approach to Karachi, killing 97 people. While there were some theories as to what happened, it typically takes a while for investigations to be completed, to determine with any certainty…
Well this is kind of cool from an avgeek perspective, though perhaps otherwise not terribly useful. Over the weekend MIAT Mongolian operated a nonstop flight from Ulaanbaatar to Seattle, marking what was allegedly the first-ever nonstop flight from Mongolia…
My gosh, I can't believe it has been almost a year since I've written about Air Belgium, one of the most unusual "real" airlines (to differentiate it from the likes of Global Ghana Airlines, for example). For those of you not familiar with Air Belgium,…
While most airlines around the world are downsizing, Eastern Airlines is in the process of expanding their fleet with a used Boeing 777. When I mention Eastern, most people probably think about the original Eastern, which was a major US airline from…
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary is one of the most controversial and outspoken people in the airline industry. Several weeks ago O'Leary blasted the prospect of Lufthansa getting significant government aid, comparing the airline to a crack cocaine…
Eurowings attempted to operate their first scheduled flight to Sardinia on Saturday since the crisis started, and that didn't exactly end well... Eurowings is a low cost carrier in the Lufthansa Group. Early on Saturday morning a Eurowings Airbus A320…
On Friday a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) A320 crashed on approach to Karachi, which is incredibly tragic. The world is going through a tough enough time already, and to see so many lives lost in an accident like this is heartbreaking. It'll…
I suppose all is well that ends well, though at a minimum this is a strange occurrence. Airplane spotter Doug Kempf photographed planes landing at San Diego Airport on runway 27 this past Tuesday, May 19, 2020, and spotted one particularly strange landing.…
This is absolutely tragic, especially as it comes just days after domestic flights resumed in Pakistan (they resumed this past Saturday after a two month suspension), and right at the end of Ramadan, as many people are traveling to see loved ones. A…
EasyJet has today reported a massive data breach, which could prove costly for the airline. It has been announced that EasyJet was the target of an attack from a "highly sophisticated source." The airline has disclosed the incident to the Information…
I live right under the approach path to Miami International Airport, and I love keeping an eye on some of the interesting traffic we get. Unfortunately there aren't many flights nowadays to keep track of, and it seems like a majority of flights are cargo…
I'm always fascinated by new airlines, and it looks like a new airline will be launching shortly in Benghazi, Libya. Let's take a look at what we know so far about the airline. Berniq Airways is a new Libyan airline that will be based in Benghazi. The…
As an aviation geek, there's nothing I love more than seemingly random flights that have an interesting story. There are way more of these than you might expect. A couple of days ago I wrote about Alaska Airlines' new flight from Anchorage to Adak via…
Ryanair is Europe's largest low cost carrier. The airline is currently only operating a skeleton schedule of about 30 daily flights between Ireland, the UK, and Europe. Details have just been revealed about how Ryanair service will be ramped up, including…
Unfortunately one US charter airline named after my home city has just liquidated. First a bit of background... For those of you not familiar with Miami Air, they were a charter airline based in Miami. The airline was founded in 1991, and most recently…
Several months ago it was announced that American and Gol would launch a partnership, and reciprocal mileage earning and redemptions are now live. In late 2019 it was announced that Delta would be investing in LATAM, causing LATAM to cut ties with American,…
I'd consider Eastern Airlines to be the strangest actual airline in the US. I say "actual" to differentiate it from "airlines" like Avatar, Baltia, and Global Ghana. Well, Eastern Airlines has just filed with the DOT to operate passenger service on a…
Several readers forwarded me the link to an Atlas Obscura story last week about Air Sinai, one of the most mysterious airlines out there. While I was familiar with the airline, I realized I've never written about it before, and also didn't realize some…
There's a lot of debate about whether airlines deserve state aid, and if they do deserve it, what the terms should be. In Germany you have Lufthansa seeking billions of dollars in state aid. Lufthansa executives argue that the airline can't survive without…
AirAsia has just become the latest airline to introduce designer personal protective equipment (PPE) for their crews. They're not the first airline to do so, as they're following in the footsteps of Philippine Airlines. AirAsia has just unveiled new…
