🔴 Boeing's seventh 777-9 completed its first approximately three-hour flight, supporting extended operations (ETOPS) and function and reliability certification testing ahead of planned 2027 deliveries.
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Air India has named former Ethiopian Airlines chief Tewolde Gebremariam as its next CEO and managing director. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/air...
Air India Appoints Tewolde Gebremariam as CEO
Air India has named former Ethiopian Airlines chief Tewolde Gebremariam as its next CEO and managing director.
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Today, in 1971, American Airlines operated the first passenger flight of the DC-10. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/ame...
8/05/1971: American Airlines Places DC-10 into Service
Today, in 1971, American Airlines operated the first passenger flight of the DC-10.
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🟢 #DidYouKnow | National Airlines completed what is believed to be the world's longest commercial Boeing 777 Freighter flight carrying live cargo for another airline.
🔴 Emirates and South African Airways expanded their longstanding codeshare partnership into a reciprocal agreement, allowing Emirates to place its code on nine SAA-operated domestic and regional routes from Johannesburg.
🔴 Air India flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi encountered severe turbulence after a sudden 300-foot altitude loss during cruise on August 4. The Airbus A320neo carried 137 passengers and eight crew.
Welcome to Mumbai @RiyadhAir RX697 By utkarshdthakkar #riyadhair #boeing #avgeek
USC Airbus A340-642 arriving at (PBM) from Amsterdam operating on behalf of Surinam Airways By jere_aviation #surinamairways #airbus #avgeek
Apollo and Castlelake now have until August 7 to make firm offers for easyJet or withdraw. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/eas...
easyJet Extends Deadline for Apollo, Castlelake Takeover Bids
Apollo and Castlelake now have until August 7 to make firm offers for easyJet or withdraw.
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Aeroflot's Moscow-based low-cost subsidiary Dobrolet ceased operations in 2014. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/rus...
8/04/2014: Russian LCC Dobrolet Ceases Operations
Aeroflot's Moscow-based low-cost subsidiary Dobrolet ceased operations in 2014.
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Boeing 737-7👉Certified 🔃 Boeing 737-10 Pending Approval 👈 📸: Alex Crail / Airways #unitedairlines #boeing #avgeek
Double Boeing delivery day! A Jet 737-8 TC-VFO off to OSL as TK6832 and Turkish Airlines 737-8 off to OSL as TK6830. 📸: Alex Crail / Airways #turkishairlines #boeing #avgeek
FAA approval clears Boeing's smallest 737 MAX variant for delivery, with Southwest preparing to receive the first aircraft. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/faa...
FAA Certifies Boeing 737-7, Clearing Smallest MAX Variant for Delivery
FAA approval clears Boeing's smallest 737 MAX variant for delivery, with Southwest preparing to receive the first aircraft.
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🔴 #BREAKING | The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certified Boeing's 737-7, granting an amended type certificate and clearing the smallest 737 MAX variant for commercial service.
Willie Walsh has taken over as IndiGo CEO, ending Rahul Bhatia's interim management period after Pieter Elbers' exit. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/wil...
Willie Walsh Takes Over as IndiGo CEO
Willie Walsh has taken over as IndiGo CEO, ending Rahul Bhatia's interim management period after Pieter Elbers' exit.
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King Hussein's aircraft flew across Israeli airspace in 1994, the first time a Jordanian jet did so. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/fir...
8/03/1994: First Jordanian Jet Enters Israeli Airspace
King Hussein's aircraft flew across Israeli airspace in 1994, the first time a Jordanian jet did so.
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🔴 Somon Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-8, the first 737 MAX operated in Tajikistan, leased from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. The aircraft is the first of two leased from DAE, following the airline's 2025 commitment to acquire up to 14 Boeing 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
🔴 #CONFIRMED | WestJet and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing the airline's cabin crew, reached a tentative agreement on August 3, ending strike and lockout notices.
Lufthansa's 100th anniversary special Dreamliner stealing the show in Montreal by mirabel_intl #lufthansa #boeing #avgeek
🔴 WestJet has disclosed its final contract proposal to cabin crew, including a 13% wage increase from October 1, 2026, 12% duty-pay premium, retroactive pay to January 1, 2026, annual 2.5% raises through 2029, higher per diems, maternity leave top-up, and expanded vacation provisions. #Airways #News
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🟢 #DidYouKnow | On this day 21 years ago, Air France Flight 358, an Airbus A340-300 (F-GLZQ), overran Toronto Pearson International Airport’s 2,744-meter Runway 24L after landing nearly halfway down the rain-soaked runway during severe thunderstorms.
🔴 Aerodiana's Cessna Grand Caravan C208 (OB-2001-P) crashed near Peru's Nazca Lines on August 1 while operating a scheduled sightseeing flight from Pisco, killing all 13 occupants, including 11 passengers and two crew. Authorities have opened an investigation.
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🔴 WestJet flight attendants began strike action on August 2 after contract negotiations with Canada's second-largest airline failed to produce an agreement.
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Brazil Restricts Flybondi Ticket Sales After 79% Cancellation Rate
ANAC blocked sales for three planned Flybondi markets and may halt Galeão sales after widespread July cancellations.
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IndiGo ends its wide-body damp lease operations with Norse Atlantic Airways on October 31, 2026. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/ind...
Indigo Ends Norse Atlantic Lease And Widebody Operations
IndiGo ends its wide-body damp lease operations with Norse Atlantic Airways on October 31, 2026.
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