Articles by David Hopwood

Author: David Hopwood

  • saa-staggers-on

    June 21, 2020
    We’ve reported extensively in the past six months on the sorry saga of South African Airways. The carrier hasn’t made…
  • emirates-spools-up

    June 19, 2020
    Emirates is recommencing flights to an additional ten cities shortly as well as increasing frequencies to those destinations it currently…
  • the-global-aviation-market-recovery

    June 17, 2020
    Weekly global scheduled capacity is 32.2% compared to a year ago. The world’s busiest airport last week was Guangzhou in…
  • iberia-to-reduce-fleet

    June 16, 2020
    © Flickr Commons Yesterday we reported on the expectation that British Airways is expected to become a smaller operator in…
  • vietjet-a321-runway-excursion

    June 14, 2020
    An Airbus A321 of Vietnamese low-cost-carrier Vietjet has suffered a runway excursion at Ho Chi Minh International Airport (formerly Saigon).…
  • ‘once-upon-a-saga’:-stuck-in-hong-kong!

    June 12, 2020
    Torbjørn “Thor” Pedersen, describes himself as modern Viking, an extreme traveller, and Danish adventurer. Thor is on an epic journey…
  • making-a-comeback:-is-the-chinese-experience-useful?

    June 11, 2020
    We’re all aware of a few significant facts about commercial aviation. Aircraft don’t make money sitting on the ground. Aircraft…
  • british-airways-threatening-dismissal-of-pilots

    June 9, 2020
    Earlier we reported on the measures taken by British Airways via its parent IAG to block plans by the British…
  • uk-airlines-get-coronavirus-bailouts

    June 8, 2020
    We’ve previously reported on airlines that have received—or are receiving–many millions of state funds in bailouts, including KLM/Air France, Lufthansa,…
  • etihad-to-cuba-dont-get-excited-just-yet

    June 5, 2020
    Work that many airlines have been able to secure—and so improve the cashflow a little—has been occasional charters to repatriate…
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