Articles by Jan-Hendrik Fiedler

Africa‘s largest airline and Ethiopian flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has announced a deal with Airbus to convert four existing orders for the planemaker‘s A350 aircraft. Under this new deal, Ethiopian Airlines converts … [read more]

German leisure carrier Condor has signed an order for 41 Airbus A320neo family aircraft with the European manufacturer. The deal consists of 13 A320neo and 28 A321neo. Condor will replace its existing … [read more]

On Saturday (July 16), an Antonov An-12 registered as UR-CIC and operated by Ukrainian airline Meridian was flying between the Serbian city of Nis and Amman, Jordan, when the aircraft turned around … [read more]

On Friday, July 1st, all three major Chinese airlines have signed orders with Airbus for nearly 300 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. Bejing-based Air China has ordered 96 A320neo family for itself and … [read more]

Nine days after South African airline group Comair stopped flying after running out of money to continue operating, the group’s Business Rescue Practitioner (BRP) announced today (June 9th) that Comair will be … [read more]

A de-Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, operated by Nepalese domestic airline Tara Air, has crashed on a domestic flight from Pokhara to Jomsom earlier today. The flight originally went missing at around 10am … [read more]

Colombia’s largest airline Avianca and its low-cost competitor Viva Air have announced plans to integrate Viva Air into the Avianca Group. After regulatory approval, both Viva Air Colombia and Viva Air Peru … [read more]

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and its partner DLR (Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/German aerospace Center) have announced the planned retirement of its flying observatory, the Boeing 747SP nicknamed SOFIA, in September. … [read more]