An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukrainian airline crashed Saturday around the city of Kavala in northern Greece, authorities said. Local residents said seeing a fireball and hearing explosions for Residents the crash.
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It’s been a big day for Turkish Airlines as the carrier took delivery of 4 new jets from Airbus. 3 of the 4 jets were Airbus A350s while another was an A321neo. Interestingly, 2 of the A350s and the A321neo had been initially ordered by Russian carriers.
World2Meet, the Spanish tourist group division under the Iberostar Group, is jet-setting its long-haul airline off for broader destinations as World2Fly inaugurates flight operations between Madrid and Orlando. Interestingly, the inaugural flight service was only marketed as a package through travel agencies, specifically Spanish agency NewBlue.
There was a big sigh of relief among Indian carriers, worried that the current export taxes on petroleum products would negatively affect flights leaving the country. The authorities have clarified that it has rolled back excise duty on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) operated for international operations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Deoghar in Jharkhand next week on July 12 to lay the foundation stone for various developmental projects worth more than ₹16,000 crores. Prime Minister will inaugurate the much-awaited Deoghar Airport, which has been constructed at an estimated price of approximately ₹400 crores, as per a release shared by the Prime Minister’s Office.
AirAsia has one A330-300, registered 9M-VVA. The 7.5-year-old aircraft has 377 seats, with 365 in the economy (mainly in a 3-3-3 layout) and 12 in premium (not completely flat). As you’d expect, it was previously operated by AirAsia X (registered 9M-XXW). After serving with X until the summer of 2020, it entered AirAsia’s employment in December 2021.
Following a summit with the Canadian Federal Transport Minister, Canadian airline Air Canada has released key steps in its Aviation Recovery Plan. Senior representatives at Air Canada met with the Canadian Transport Minister alongside other participants.
The Australian Sustainable Aviation Fuel Partnership was signed by Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury in Doha yesterday, ahead of the IATA AGM.
Turkish Airlines is considering non-stop services to Australia. Speaking at the IATA annual general meeting, the carrier’s CEO, Ahmet Bolat, outlined the carrier’s ambition to start operating flights from Istanbul to both Sydney and Melbourne in 2026 or 2027
Malaysia Airlines has six A380s it is struggling to find a customer for and now is openly talking about replacing its fleet of older technology A330 widebody aircraft.