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NEWS American Airlines to Retire A330-300 A brief rundown of the retirement of American Airlines A330-300. American Airlines is retiring their A330-300 series which they inherited from US Airways when they merged in 2013. Read More →
ROUTES Vietnam Airlines Operates Repatriation Flights to the US, Canada, and Europe Amid COVID-19, many foreign governments are looking to evacuate citizens back to their home country.  Foreign governments charter aircraft from their national carrier(s) known as repatriation flights.  According to sources, foreign governments are doing this by chartering Vietnam Airlines to fly to more than 10 countries, rescuing citizens stuck in the country due to the international travel ban. Read More →
NEWS South African Airways Close to Liquidation According to multiple sources, South African Airways is nearing collapse. The carrier is currently in the process of laying off all of its staff. The move comes days after the government of South Africa cut off aid to South African Airways. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL How United Airlines Will Rebound From COVID-19: An Opinion United Airlines has been heavily affected by COVID-19. How will they rebound? Find out in this informational and opinion-based article. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL When Will Aviation Return to Normal? Right now, the aviation industry, along with the rest of the world, is in decline. COVID-19 has affected everyone and everything, including the world of flying. Airlines have cut routes, pilots have been forced to go on furlough, airlines, including the U.K. airline FlyBe have collapsed, aircraft have been grounded and even retired, airport and airline staff have been laid off, and many other ill effects. Read More →
NEWS Singapore Airlines to Cut 96% of Capacity Singapore Airlines, one of the main airlines based in Singapore, has announced it will be cutting 96% of its capacity by the end of April 2020. Out of 147 aircraft that Singapore Airlines and Silk Air have, 138 will be grounded. This means that there will be 9 aircraft left in service. Read More →
NEWS Turkish Airlines Reducing International Flights to Just 5 Cities Turkish Airlines is Reducing International Flights to just 5 Cities and reportedly offering a "too-good-to-be-true" mileage rebooking policy. Read More →
NEWS Southwest Airlines to Postpone 1,000 Daily Routes Through April Southwest Airlines is getting ready for major schedule reductions starting this weekend. From Sunday, March 22nd, Southwest Airlines will start to cancel 1,000 of its nearly 4,000 daily flights. Read More →
NEWS Vietnam Airlines Suspends All International Flights While the Southeastern country of Vietnam has only 76 cases of COVID-19, the Vietnamese government has put a lot of restrictions in place to prevent the virus from entering and spreading in Vietnam. Also, other neighboring countries are now restricing foreigners from entering their countries. These two causes have led to the flag carrier of Vietnam, Vietnam Airlines, being forced to suspend all of its international services. This will be taking place between now and April 30th of this year (2020). Read More →
NEWS Airlines Request $50 Billion From U.S. Government U.S. airlines are asking the federal government for $50,000,000,000 in financial aid after taking major hits due to the Coronavirus outbreak. People are canceling their flight bookings, forcing airlines to give refunds. People are scared to fly, and with the travel restriction between the U.S. and Europe, people are not able to get on flights. Read More →