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China Airlines announced (09-Jul-2025) plans to offer free inflight WiFi connectivity to all passengers travelling on the airline's Boeing 777s, A350s and A321neos, commencing 01-Aug-2025. [ more - ...

Several Asian LCCs are growing their widebody fleets and have signalled their long-term confidence in this business model by ...

Qantas Airways and Air France-KLM expanded (10-Jul-2025) an existing partnership to improve air connectivity between Australia and Europe. Details include: ...

In 40 years Ryanair has transformed itself from a small loss-making regional airline into the biggest airline group in Europe ...

Finnair announced (08-Jul-2025) plans to adjust the flight path for Doha service to avoid airspace over Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. The Doha service will be rescheduled to depart 25 to 30 minutes ...

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The 787-9s will undergo a full cabin re-design, offering 44 Upper Class and 56 Premium seats, including eight Retreat Suites in Upper Class. The economy cabin will reduce from 192 to 127 seats. The ...

Boeing's 2Q2025 deliveries brought its 1H2025 total to 280 commercial aircraft, compared to 130 in 1Q2025. This followed 348 deliveries in 2024, with 265 being 737s. The company delivered 83 and 92 ...

Airbus reported (08-Jul-2025) the following commercial aircraft orders and deliveries for Jun-2025: ...

Mr Mejia said that Colombia 's geographic position opened up a wide variety of markets for JetSMART, noting that the airline ...

Secretary Kristi Noem announced (08-Jul-2025) a new policy which will enable passengers travelling at domestic airports to keep their shoes on when passing through US TSA security checkpoints. Ms Noem ...