London, 5 May 2020 – Virgin Atlantic has today announced extreme measures to reshape and resize its business in response to the current ongoing COVID-19 crisis which is having a devastating effect on the global aviation industry. The carrier had asked for a £500m loan from the UK government, however in March, Chancellor Rishi Sunak…
Paris, 15 April 2020 – These incredible scenes were captured by one of the v1images Aviation Media team at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on 8th April 2020. They show the eerie scenes in an airport that saw 76,150,007 passengers and 498,175 aircraft movements in 2019. That equates to an average of 208,630 passengers and…
Canberra, 2 April 2020 – Virgin Australia could be one of the largest victims of the COVID-19 pandemic and global travel downturn after the Australian government rejected a bailout request by them to the tune of $1.4billion. Instead the government has suggested that Virgin Australia should seek to increase equity from its partners which include…
Toulouse, 28 February 2020 – Aeroflot, the Russian flag carrier and member of the SkyTeam alliance, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, becoming the launch operator of the latest generation widebody aircraft in Eastern Europe and CIS. Aeroflot’s A350-900 features a distinctive new livery embracing its almost 100-year heritage. Aeroflot has a total…
February 2020 has claimed another victim of the Airline Industry to bankruptcy just a day after Air Italy. This time it is Turkey’s AtlasGlobal, who back on 26th November 2019 announced a temporary suspension of all flight operations. Scheduled flights recommenced on the 16th December 2019 using two Airbus A321’s serving Turkish domestic destinations as…
Air Italy today announced it had ceased operations with immediate affect following a shareholder meeting in which Alisarda and Qatar Airways, through AQA Holding spa, are major shareholders. All Air Italy flights that were scheduled to operate between 11th February 2020 and 25th February 2020 will be operated by other carriers at the times and…
Boeing took a huge leap forward with their 777X project yesterday with the completion of the 777-9’s first flight. Originally scheduled for Friday 24th January 2020, this was later postponed due to inclement weather. As the world waited in anticipation on Friday following live streams online, it was maybe no surprise to anybody watching that…
TOKYO, Jan. 9, 2020 – All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and 5-Star airline for seven consecutive years, will be launching the third of its specially designed “FLYING HONU” Airbus A380s, allowing for ANA to offer both daily flights between Narita and Honolulu on these unique aircraft. ANA currently provides two flights daily on the…
WestJet Airlines (WS/WJA) have today announced they will commence direct scheduled flights between Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ) in Canada and Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) in the United Kingdom. The first departure from Halifax will be on Friday 5th June 2020, returning from Manchester on Saturday 6th June 2020. The route will be operated using WestJet…
Russia landed two nuclear-capable bombers in South Africa on a training mission on Wednesday 23rd October 2019, a flight seemingly timed to coincide with President Vladimir Putin’s opening of a flagship Russia-Africa summit designed to increase Russian influence in the continent. The two Tupolev Tu-160 ‘Blackjack’ strategic bombers touched down at Waterkloof Air Force base…