Russia’s plans to upgrade the Ilyushin 96 have been cancelled. The project was to mass-produce the four-engine passenger plane, Il-96-400M, which has 400 seats. However, with the great decline in travel due to the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of orders for the aircraft, the project for mass production had to be abandoned. The Il-96-400M … Read more
Etihad’s Airbus A380 is no longer listed on the ‘Fleet’ page of its website. There are also no longer any mentions of Etihad’s special A380 cabins. Although there had previously been speculations about the A380 making a comeback to Etihad, these new changes seem to tell a different story. When other airlines had retired popular … Read more
Yesterday, LATAM Brazil announced that the 11 Airbus A350s in its fleet are to be retired this week and the next. This announcement comes just six years after the Brazilian group acquired its first A350XWB, and it comes as a result of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a statement by LATAM Brazil’s … Read more
Across the world, airlines are starting to team up with digital health passport services as part of the COVID-19 protocol. The Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways has decided to also work with one of such services. ANA will be conducting trials of CommonPass. With CommonPass, travellers will be able to document and share their COVID-19 … Read more