Articles by Jakob Wert

The Lufthansa Group has made a nonbinding takeover bid for Thomas Cook-owned German leisure carrier Condor. This was confirmed by Chief Executive Carsten Spohr on Tuesday, when the group held its annual … [read more]

Turkmenistan Airlines has announced the restart of some of its flights to the European Union. The flag-carrier of Turkmenistan had been banned from EU airspace since early February 2019 over “pending confirmation that … [read more]

Aeroflot flight SU1492 to Murmansk, Russia, has crash-landed while returning to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, killing 41 people. The flight was operated by a Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B, registered as RA-89098, which was … [read more]

Today, Lufthansa becomes the latest A321neo operator. The German flag-carrier has already been the first airline to fly the ‘new engine option’ of the A320. Now, the first of 40 ordered Airbus A321neo … [read more]

Miami Air International flight LL293, operated by a Boeing 737, has crashed into St. Johns River during landing at Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida. Flight LL293 was a military charter service, flying … [read more]

Struggling Brazilian carrier Avianca Brazil has cancelled more than 1000 flights, following a rapid reduction of aircraft in its fleet. As of today, the airline operates an average of only 37 daily … [read more]

Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier Allegiant Air has filed an application with the United States Department of Transportation (DoT) for a permission to operate scheduled passenger flights between the US and Mexico. A … [read more]

Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet is set to take over aircraft, employees and other assets from former Jet Airways, which suspended operations last week. Just a few days ago, SpiceJet applied to the … [read more]