Jun 26 2 min Air France Celebrates 75 Years of Service to New York An Air France Douglas DC-4 called ‘Ciel d’île de France’ departed Paris-Orly at 7:00 p.m. on June 24, 1946. At an average speed of 305 km..
Jun 23 2 min Delta Flight Museum to Reopen to Visitors Starting July 1st, 2021 The Delta Flight Museum will reopen to visitors on a temporarily modified basis starting July 1st, 2021. The museum will be open...
Jun 19 3 min Southwest Airlines Unveils ‘Freedom One’ Livery to Mark 50th Anniversary To mark their 50th anniversary, Southwest Airlines has revealed a bespoke new livery called ‘Freedom One’ in tribute to the nation...
Jun 14 1 min Korean Air Flies Longest Nonstop Route in Company History With Cargo Service from Seoul to Miami On Saturday, June 12, 2021, Korean Air performed the longest nonstop flight since the company’s 1969 founding. The 13,405 km 777-300ER...
Jun 2 2 min Southwest Airlines Declares June 18th ‘Wanna Get Away Day’ to Honor 50th Anniversary On June 18, 2021 Southwest Airlines will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first flight. The carrier has declared the date ‘Wanna...
Jun 1 2 min Austrian Airlines Bids Farewell to Last Dash Aircraft After more than 40 years of combined service with Tyrolean Airways and Austrian Airlines, the carrier operated their last Dash aircraft...
May 5 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...
