American Airlines prepared thousands of supply kits for patients and providers In support of communities throughout the nation who are on the frontlines of the coronavirus (COVID-19) response, American Airlines has donated various supplies to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston; and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. American delivered 1,000 onboard amenity kits to Mount Sinai in New York. The kits will be distributed to doctors and nurses who are staying in area hotels. The kits include a toothbrush, toothpaste, eye mask ..read more

Photo James Ross/AAP Image via AP More than 100 Australian and New Zealand passengers of the Antarctic cruise ship the Greg Mortimer, most of whom infected by the coronavirus, arrived in Melbourne early Sunday on an Airbus A340 flight from Uruguay. The plane with 112 passengers, including 96 Australians, was boarded immediately after arrival by medical staff in hazmat suits. Thirteen of 16 New Zealanders were transferred to a charter flight home. This story continues here This news story first appeared in full in http://air101.co.uk come and visit some time soon ..read more

The coronavirus COVID-19 crisis is having a relentless impact worldwide, forcing KLM to keep the majority of its fleet on the ground. As a result, Schiphol is packed. Not with passengers, unfortunately, but with the many aircraft parked on the ramp and even on a runway. Choreographing this sad and unique sight is quite a parking-puzzle. Small operational fleet Owing to the corona crisis, KLM has started its summer schedule with a much smaller network. The vast majority of KLM’s aircraft have therefore been grounded and parked for the coming period. In terms of our bigger aircraft, we’ve parke ..read more

Bamboo Airways Boeing 787                                                                                        Photo Bamboo Two of Vietnam's airlines have confirmed that they will be starting domestic routes as soon as the government's social isolation rules are relaxed on Thursday. Bamboo Airways and VietJet Air have said they are starting domestic flights from Thu ..read more

With the schools closing ahead of schedule, here's an Easter treat from the Manchester Airport Community Relations Team - a fun and engaging puzzle book, for you to download, that will help budding young aviation fans 'reach for the sky'.        The team's education outreach programme worked with nearly 14,000 pupils across Greater Manchester and Cheshire in 2019, helping them build key skills and increasing their awareness of the range of careers that is available to them. Its projects include an annual Dragons' Den competition, Christmas card workshop ..read more

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Charges for air navigation services in European airspace deferred for up to 14 months. Airlines will be able to temporarily defer the payment of air navigation charges, saving them tens of millions of pounds, following action from UK government. This measure should provide financial relief to airlines struggling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Airlines will be able to defer the payment of charges for air navigation services in UK and European airspace for the months of February-May 2020 for up to 14 months. In February, the 10 largest UK airlines would have been expected to pay a ..read more

From offering change-fee waivers for impacted and upcoming travel to supporting social distancing on board, Delta is committed to taking steps to ensure we’re protecting customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re also continually evaluating those steps to stay nimble as the environment changes. That’s why we’re extending a number of recently announced policies and practices through June 2020. Making travel changes easier To allow additional flexibility in making travel changes, we’re now extending waived change fees  and the flexibility to travel through May 31, 2022, to customer ..read more

                                                  Boeing successfully completed the first flight of the F-15QA fighter, the most advanced version of the jet ever manufactured. Developed for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF), the jet demonstrated its next-generation capabilities during its 90-minute mission. The flight took off and landed from Lambert International Airport in St. Louis.  “We are very proud of this accomplishment and looking forward with great excite ..read more

AirAsia Indonesia mounted a special flight from Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia to Manila in the Philippines today, in aid of the Philippine embassy’s repatriation mission of 101 Filipinos working in Indonesia. The flight departed from Ahmad Yani International Airport in Semarang at 10:16 local time and landed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila at 15:04 local time on AirAsia Indonesia Airbus A320-200 aircraft. Ambassador of the Philippines in Jakarta, H.E. Leehiong T. Wee commented, "The Philippine Embassy in Jakarta is thankful to AirAsia and all parties involved for the spe ..read more