Vistara 787-9 (VT-TSD) at Paine Field Airport in Everett, WA Image credit: Nick Sheeder New Delhi: Vistara, a 51/49 joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines Group, announced that it will be launching London as their first long destination using the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This announcement comes after the recent air bubble travel agreement between India and the United Kingdom, where Vistara will be operating three weekly flights between New Delhi (DEL) and London Heathrow (LHR) starting from 28 August 2020 to 30 September 2020. Sector Flight No. Days of Operation ..read more

On 29 October 2018 a LionAir Boeing 737MAX registered PK-LQP crashed 11 minutes after take-off in the Indonesian sea. Today, exactly 30 days after the accident, the Indonesian Authorities “KNKT” declared the aircraft to be “not airworthy”. YourAviation analyzed the case to find out what were the causes of this accident & why a brand new plane can be declared “not airworthy” after only 2 months of flying. PK-LQP few weeks before the crash / Picture by Daniel Dominguez, JetPhotos The Aviation world was shocked on the October 29th, 2018 as multiple reports of a crashed Boeing 737MAX made the ..read more

Today marks the end of an era as British Airways (BA) retired the Boeing 767 type from its fleet with last revenue flight operated yesterday using Boeing 767-336(ER) registered as G-BZHA, which departed from London Heathrow on Sunday, 25 November 2018 at 12:20 (GMT) BA662 to Larnaca, Cyprus and returned to London Heathrow on the same day as BA663 at 22:40 (GMT). But why did they store this aircraft loved by many avgeeks & passengers for its special comfort? Today I will provide you with the answer: BA 767 parked at Heathrow / Image by Colin Voide, YourAviation The Boeing 767 serv ..read more

Buckle up ladies & gentlemen, today is the 26th of September, Colin & me are invited to take part in a really exclusive and historical flight over the swiss alps in the new Embraer E190 E2 Profit Hunter “Shark”! After a too short night for me, it was already time to wakeup, have a quick breakfast and take the next train to the airport. Arrived at the VIP terminal at JetAviation, we got our flight tickets and they offered us coffee and sweets before we could go through the security check to our bus which brought us to a big hangar. In this hall the press conference took place, where Hel ..read more

SWISS International Airlines picked up their first Airbus A320neo today at the Airbus Factory in Hamburg Finkenwerder. YourAviation LLC had the chance to attend the handover event and the delivery flight with SWISS team and a few other bloggers & photographers. Follow us as we get to see how such a delivery event works, the first of 25 new aircrafts for the airline based in Zurich. HB-JDA – the first A320neo for SWISS International Airlines / Picture by YourAviation LLC The 20th of February 2020 is a day to remember, at least, it was for SWISS International Airlines. On this day, t ..read more

On the 11th of December 2019, Delta Air Lines invited YourAviation LLC for a presentation of their newest cabin product. The new cabin is flying with the Boeing 767-400 of the airline. The global, US based carrier, has three planes departing every minute somewhere in the world. The refurbished cabin is due to offer a better product on the older 767. Delta is investing in their cabins! After receiving their first Airbus A350XWB two years ago and flying their Airbus A330-200 on the JFK-ZRH-JFK line for also almost two years, the airline is changing the aircraft type on the route. Officially ..read more

Today’s SWISS flight LX359 between London Heathrow (LHR) and Geneva (GVA) had to do an unscheduled landing in Paris Charles-de-Gaulle (CDG) following some engine issues. As this is the third incident with the A220 engine within three months, SWISS has taken the right decision to ground their entire fleet of 29 Airbus A220 as of today. SWISS A220 in Zurich / Picture by SWISS International Airlines This is a sudden and breaking news: SWISS has grounded their entire A220-100 & A220-300 fleet following some issues with the engines. A lot of short-haul flight from Zurich and Geneva have ..read more

In the night from Sunday to Monday 23.09.2019, the UK based tourism group “Thomas Cook” has filled in for insolvency. Since around three days people were starting to be aware about the bad financial situation of the group. This was confirmed tonight by the airline and around 600’000 travelers world-wide and 150’000 travelers in the UK are affected and currently on a Thomas Cook booking in Holidays. We reveal you what you shall do if you are affected. Thomas Cook Airbus A321 departing one of many holidays destination during sunset / Picture by Thomas Cook Summary of this article: Gener ..read more

Qatar Airways, World’s Best Airline On Monday July 7th 2019, flight QR94, coming in from Doha, landed at Zurich Airport. This landing marks the 15-year anniversary of the route Zurich-Doha operated by the Doha-based Airline Qatar Airways. The double daily flights to Zurich are now operated by an Airbus A350-900 and are featuring the new Q-Suite. This exclusive business class is giving the feeling of flying First Class. To celebrate the occasion, we were able to visit the aircraft and produce a short-movie about it:The Airline is offering a premium product on the 6-hours flight to Doha ..read more