Kemble – 15 June 2020 – Corsair, France’s largest long-haul leisure airline, today officially ended Boeing 747 operations after 29 years by flying its sole remaining 747-400 from Paris Orly International Airport, France to Kemble Cotswolds Airport in the United Kingdom. The aircraft in question, F-GTUI, was rolled off the production line in 1992 as…
Paris, 20 May 2020 – In the context of the current COVID-19 crisis and its impact on anticipated activity levels, the Air France-KLM Group announces today the definitive end of Air France Airbus A380 operations. Initially scheduled by the end of 2022, the phase-out of Airbus A380 fleet fits in the Air France-KLM Group fleet…
Atlanta, 14 May 2020 – A recent announcement from Delta Airlines tells us that the end of their Flagship Boeing 777 operations is near. The current fleet comprises of 10 Long Rangers (LR) powered by the General Electric GE90-110B1 engines and the Rolls Royce made RR Trent 895 powered Extended Range (ER) 777s. All 18…
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…