Category Archives for Aviation.
The Corona Virus is spreading fast and airlines around the globe are now acting on cancelling flights. Here is how the virus is affecting airline plans across the world. The latest to join in cancelling flights is India, with Air India and IndiGo both cancelling most China flights.
Boeing’s First Flight of the 777X could not happen second day in a row, because of the inclement weather. Boeing will try to fly the aircraft again on January 25, 2020.
GoAir, which has ten grounded aircraft at the moment, will cancel flights en masse on January 24, 2020, onwards on the back of non-availability of spare engines.
Airbus is expanding the production of the A321neo family and will use the Toulouse site to assemble aircraft from 2022 onwards. This will involve repurposing the existing A380 Final Assembly Line and replacing it with the A321 line.
The Boeing 737 MAX won’t come back in the air at least till June 2020, as per the latest statement from Boeing. This is not good news for the airlines, nor for the customers, who are suffering through high fares at the moment and reduced capacity.
The Boeing 777X is going to take to the skies for the first time on January 23, 2020, establishing a series of test flights that will eventually help the plane get certification in the days ahead for a 2021 Entry into Service.
Jet Airways is selling one of their Boeing 77W parked in Amsterdam to KLM, as a part of a deal which will give them approximately USD 23 million in cash. Here is how this transaction works.
The new respiratory pneumonia virus which first originated in Wuhan City in China, is being screened for at Indian airports. Arriving passengers from China will be subject to thermal screening at Delhi/Mumbai/Kolkata airports.
On a recent Vistara flight, I was served Snacks instead of breakfast at a time when it was supposed to be a legit breakfast flight. Here is why such a move in the short run is not something Vistara should be considering.
Blade, the helicoper charter service, known as the Uber of choppers, has launched in India with flights between Mumbai / Pune / Shirdi, and heading soon into Bangalore as well. Just fire up the app and order your chopper.
Iran has confirmed that they have by error downed PS752, the Ukrainian aircraft, which was flying to Kyev. This unfortunate incident killed 176 people on January 8, 2020.
