2 days ago 2 min Airbus Fly-By-Wire Visionary Engineer Bernard Ziegler Dies at 88 Airbus has sadly reported the passing of the company’s Fly-By-Wire (FBW) visionary, Bernard Ziegler at age 88. Mr. Ziegler was one of the..
Apr 22 2 min Qantas Founders Museum Unveils 747 Retro Lounge Exhibit A replica of Qantas’ iconic 1970s Boeing 747-200 First Class inflight Lounge has opened as a new exhibit at the Qantas Founders Museum in...
Apr 10 2 min Ethiopian Airlines Kicks Off Year Long 75th Anniversary Celebration Ethiopian Airlines made their inaugural flight on April 8, 1946 with service between Addis Ababa and Cairo. This week, the carrier kicked..
Mar 22 2 min China Airlines Bids Farewell to the Boeing 747-400 With a Final Micro-Trip to Mt. Fuji China Airlines will begin retiring their Boeing 747-400 fleet, and to send the ‘Queen of the Skies’ off in style, the carrier has...
Mar 21 1 min Oman Air Celebrates Milestone, Connecting Oman to the World for 28 Years Today, Oman Air celebrates their 28th anniversary of their very first flight between Muscat and Salalah in March 1993. The carrier’s...
Mar 18 2 min Iberia Celebrates 40 Years of Airbus Aircraft Operations Iberia received their first Airbus A300 on March 18, 1981 when it arrived in Madrid under the command of Captain Joaquín Reixa. Since...
Mar 16 2 min Air Canada to Fly Airbus A220-300 With Legacy TCA Livery Across North America Air Canada has officially revealed their specially painted Airbus A220-300 in the colors of the airline’s original name, Trans-Canada Air...
Mar 8 2 min Cebu Pacific CEO Lance Gokongwei Reflects on Wisdom From His Dad on Airline’s 25th Anniversary As Cebu Pacific celebrates their 25th anniversary today, the company’s CEO, Lance Gokongwei reflects on valuable lessons from his dad...
Feb 20 3 min Embraer Founder Ozires Silva Wins Prestigious Daniel Guggenheim Medal Mr. Silva joins an elite group of recipients of the Daniel Guggenheim Medal, one of the world’s premier aeronautical engineering awards...
Jan 13 3 min British Airways Auctions Bespoke BOAC-747 Inspired Suitcases for Flying Start Global Charity Marking the retirement of their Boeing 747 fleet, British Airways has teamed with luxury travel brand Globe-Trotter to create a limited...
Dec 4, 2020 2 min Virgin Atlantic Bids Farewell to Last Boeing 747 With Onboard Pop up Dining Experience The airline will open the doors to their last Boeing 747 “Queen of the Skies’ one last time on December 12th, 2020 for a charity pop-up...
Dec 1, 2020 2 min British Airways Finds Permanent Homes for Last Two Remaining Boeing 747 Queen of the Skies The remaining retro-liveried 747s, registrations G-BNLY and G-BYGC will depart British Airways’ engineering base in Cardiff where they...
Nov 15, 2020 4 min Qantas Celebrates 100 Years of Australian Service on Monday November 16, 2020 The Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (QANTAS) spread their wings in the Australian outback on November 16, 1920. 100...
Oct 26, 2020 2 min Retiring British Airways Boeing 747 to be Preserved at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire Fans of the iconic ‘Queen of the Skies’ will be able to enjoy visiting the aircraft which is painted in British Airways classic Negus...
Sep 14, 2020 2 min Oktoberfest in Flight: Lufthansa ‘Trachtencrew’ Continues Storied Airline Tradition Lufthansa announced on Monday that even though Munich’s world-famous Oktoberfest will not take place this year due to the pandemic, the...
Aug 17, 2020 2 min First of British Airways’ Retiring Boeing 747-400s to Depart London Heathrow on Tuesday Morning British Airways announced on Monday that the first of their retiring fleet of Boeing 747-400s will depart London Heathrow at 9:00 AM local..
Aug 14, 2020 2 min Iberia Bids Farewell to Storied Airbus A340 Fleet After 24 Years of Service Iberia announced on Friday that their Airbus A340 fleet has been retired. The final flight of their last Airbus A340 took place on August..
Jul 17, 2020 3 min The End of an Era at British Airways as Carrier Retires Boeing 747 ‘Queen of the Skies’ Fleet With profound sadness, British Airways announced on Friday that their remaining fleet of 31 Boeing 747-400s have likely ended commercial...
Jul 6, 2020 2 min Qantas to Give Their Final Boeing 747-400 a Royal Sendoff With ‘Farewell Jumbo Joy Flights’ After five decades of service, Qantas will retire the last Boeing 747 from their fleet this month with three one-hour ‘Farewell Jumbo Joy...
Jun 9, 2020 10 min Spotlight on: Hughes Airwest and Tom Bailey, Curator of 'Top Banana in the West' History The history of Hughes Airwest is as fascinating as their enigmatic owner, Howard Hughes. For decades Tom Bailey, a Hughes Airwest alumnus...
May 20, 2020 3 min NYRBA: The New York, Rio & Buenos Aires Line Most aviation enthusiasts have heard of Pan Am's gregarious and politically well-connected leader Juan Trippe, but few have heard of Colonel
Apr 30, 2020 2 min American Airlines Bids Farewell to Five Storied Aircraft Fleets American Airlines marked the end of an era on Thursday with the announcement that they are retiring five fleets of storied aircraft. The...
Apr 30, 2020 2 min Delta Air Lines to Retire McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and MD-90 Fleets by June 2020 Delta Air Lines announced on Thursday that they will accelerate the planned retirement of their McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and MD-90 fleets...
Feb 29, 2020 2 min Qantas Centenary in Full Swing With Nostalgic Safety Video and Traveling Exhibition On Wednesday, Qantas revealed a new nostalgic onboard safety video that touts the carrier’s one hundred years of style and innovation.
