A setback for Tel Aviv Airport. Turkish airlines Pegasus and Turkish, as well as the British airline Virgin Atlantic, have informed Israeli authorities that they are giving up their slots and will not resume flights to Tel Aviv, suspended since Oct2023. aviationweek.com/air-transpor...

Both are ex-Hong Kong Air and flew to Tehran from China via Oman. Given their previous Chinese ownership, it is possible that China may have approved this sale in spite of the Western sanctions in place on Iran.
www.airdatanews.com/iran-air-rec...

Yesterday the FAA reinstated Thailand´'s category 1 safety rating opening the door once again for Thai Airways to fly to the US as well as allowing US carriers to enter into code sharing agreements with Thai airlines. thethaiger.com/news/nationa...

Bolivia's flag carrier is said to be starting "exploratory" (sic) flights to Chile this week. vortexxmag.com/2025/04/21/b...

BA flight attendant found dead at his San Francisco hotel room during a layover.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Delta adds more flights @ Buenos Aires with more service to Atlanta.
news.delta.com/buenos-aires...

First A220 to be parted out. Ex Egyptair, Delta will take the components to support its own A220 fleet.
www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/ex...

BA crew roster circa 1990. One sequence, 21 days away from base and 82.2 hours/duty. Wow. Might as well be from a different world. Unthinkable in today's aviation.

Well, the Bastian - Trump honeymoon did not last very long.

IAG's LEVEL has announced a record number of flights for the upcoming NW2025 season on the busy BCN-EZE route. During the months of DEC25-JAN26 the airline will offer 11 weekly flights, a 28% YoY increase in capacity.
www.sirchandler.com.ar/2025/04/leve...

Much has been said & written about the Azul-GOL merger but few data points are available. Glad to see OAG coming out today with some numbers that prove that absent such merger, these two airlines in all likelihood won't see 2025. www.oag.com/blog/gol-and...