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    Azul Draws Its Logo In The Skies Of Brazil With An ATR 72

    On Monday, an Azul Brazilian Airlines ATR 72 turboprop plane took off a few minutes past noon local time just West of São Paulo....

    Southwest Airlines Removes Exemptions For Mask Wearing

    Last week US carrier Southwest Airlines announced that it would be ending face mask exemptions for anyone over two years of age – this...

    Japan Airlines Announces Heathrow Terminal 5 Move Creating oneworld Hub

    It looks as though Heathrow’s Terminal 5 is being turned into a oneworld hub with the arrival of alliance member Japan Airlines. Since it opened,...

    TAP Air Portugal Set To Resume 40% Of Services In Coming Months

    In an announcement today, TAP Air Portugal has confirmed that it plans to increase operations in September to around 40% of pre-coronavirus levels. The...

    SpiceJet Set To Lease Hi Fly’s Airbus A330neo

    Gurgaon, Haryana-based Indian low-cost airlines SpiceJet has announced today that it plans to lease a Hi Fly Airbus A330neo to bring back Indian nationals...

    Wizz Air To Relaunch Russian Routes In Mid-August

    Wizz Air has today announced its return to Russia. The purple low-cost airline will initially relaunch two routes to the nation from its London...

    Hawaiian Airlines Evacuates Its Fleet To Shelter From Impending Hurricane

    Hawaiian Airlines has just completed a mass repositioning of its aircraft. Most of its planes have moved to the US mainland, ahead of a...

    Southwest Won’t Furlough Any Employees On October 1st

    Most major US carriers and their staff are bracing themselves for involuntary layoffs come October 1st. However, in a letter sent to employees, the...

    Lufthansa Eyes Sizable Croatia Expansion In August

    Lufthansa and Lufthansa Group are planning a sizable expansion of operations in Croatia this August, to link the holiday destinations on the Adriatic sea...

    Ryanair Is Still Hoping For Its First Boeing 737 MAX Before 2021

    Ryanair is still hoping to take delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft by the end of the year. The Irish low-cost airline...

    Libyan Airlines Resume Flights After 4 Month Pause

    Four months since the last flight took off, Libyan airlines are being allowed to resume some activity. Having closed its land and air borders...

    What Needs To Be Done To Get John Travolta’s Boeing 707 Flying Again

    As readers of Simple Flying know the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) has been involved in getting John Travolta’s former Qantas 707-138B back to...

    The Boeing Future Small Airplane – A 737 MAX Replacement That’s Needed

    There has been talk ongoing for years regarding the future of the narrowbody market. While predicted uptick in passenger traffic had driven a desire...

    COVID Prompts Ryanair To Lose €185 Million In Q1

    Ryanair, the Irish low-cost carrier, saw a considerable loss of €185 million ($216 million) for the first quarter of its financial year. The decline...

    Hope For El Al? Israel Starts Planning Reopening Aviation

    Struggling airline El Al received a glimmer of hope Sunday evening, as it was announced that the Transportation Ministry had submitted a plan to...

    Air France’s Fleet Plans: What Does The Future Hold?

    Air France’s decision to retire all of its A380s during this crisis means the airline suddenly has less capacity on offer. While this won’t...