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News from March 2025
On March 4, 2025, a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 operating a flight from Doha to Chicago diverted to Oslo due to an onboard emergency.
On March 3, two major carriers announced three new one-stop routes, enhancing connectivity in Southeast Asia.
Bombardier has reached a significant milestone by delivering its 1,000th super-midsize business jet.
Air China is set to reinstate its Boeing 747-8 service to Washington Dulles, marking a significant development in the dwindling network of this iconic aircraft.
Lufthansa has announced the expansion of its intermodal partnership with Deutsche Bahn (DB), Germany’s national railway company, enabling passengers to conveniently utilize public transportation.
On March 3, Lockheed Martin and RTX’s Pratt & Whitney announced that the F-35 Fighter Jet and the F135 afterburning jet engine have reached a landmark 1,000,000 flight hours.
Delta Air Lines operates one of the largest and most significant fleets in the aviation industry, with a total of 990 mainline aircraft, making it the second-largest worldwide.
On Sunday, a United Airlines flight from Springfield, Missouri, to Houston, Texas, was diverted to Waco Regional Airport due to severe turbulence.
Major North American and Asia-Pacific airlines are operating some of the longest and most frequent transpacific routes this summer, between May and September 2025.
The Airbus A330-200 is a shortened, longer-range variant of the Airbus A330 family of widebody aircraft.
UNI Global Union, along with its affiliate, the Journalists’ Union of Türkiye (TGS), is urging Turkish authorities to immediately release four journalists detained following early morning police raids on their homes on February 18.
UNI Global Union stands in solidarity with IKEA workers in the Netherlands as they struggle to assemble an agreement with the company for a fair pay rise and measures to address an increasing workload.
A Europe-wide survey commissioned by UNI Europa and released today finds that a large majority of EU citizens (72%) support public procurement practices aimed at strengthening workers’ livelihoods through collective bargaining.
Simple Flying’s latest podcast is live, hosted by Managing Editor Tom Boon and Senior Editor Channing Reid.
On February 20th, 2025, Airbus released its 4th quarter and full-year 2024 earnings report.
Boeing has made a significant leadership change as part of an operational restructuring aimed at addressing production and safety challenges in its commercial aircraft division.
Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said: “Aviation is and remains an industry of the future with sustained strong demand.
Embraer has announced a further four-year pause in the development of its E175- E2 jet, citing unresolved scope clause issues in the United States.
The current administration, headed by President Trump, continues to shrink the federal workforce across various departments.
London Heathrow Airport has announced that 2024 was a record-breaking year for passenger traffic, with the facility welcoming its highest-ever number of passengers in a single calendar year.