Aviation.


Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway. His work has appeared in Words Without Borders, CatapultThe CommonThe RumpusElectric LiteratureJMWWRiver TeethLiteral Magazine, among others. He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. He has received fellowships from OMI writers (NY), Société des auteurs (Belgium), Jakob Sande (Norway), Can Serrat (Spain), and the Three Seas' Council (Rhodes). His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017, and his work has partially been translated into Dutch and French. Mauricio Ruiz can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.

14 December 2021

United resumes sale of hard liquor on its flights

United Airlines is selling hard liquor again to its passengers. In a statement, the company announced that the decision was made “in response to the feedback […]
14 December 2021

Berlin’s Brandenburg airport faces rough criticism as difficulties drag on one year after opening

Berlin’s new airport, Berlin-Brandenburg (BER) has had a rocky start during its first year of operation. Some of the challenges have included lengthy check-in and security […]
13 December 2021

19-year old Belgian aviator astonishes the world with historic flight

Belgian 19-year-old pilot Zara Rutherford landed in South Korea on one of her stopovers in her attempt to become the youngest woman to fly solo around […]
9 December 2021

Europe’s failure to make progress on the Single European Sky delays aviation’s decarbonisation

After more than a year of negotiations since the Single European Sky (SES) 2+ regulatory proposal was first published by the European Commission – and following […]
8 December 2021

European air passenger transport decreased by 73% in 2020

To prevent the spread of Covid-19, countries around the world have taken a variety of restrictive measures since the beginning of 2020. The air transport industry […]
7 December 2021

European airlines ranked from ‘social excellence’ to ‘social junk’

Over 120 airlines rated and ranked by European pilots in the most comprehensive effort so far to identify the best and worst European airlines to work […]
6 December 2021

United Airlines makes history with first passenger flight using 100% sustainable fuel

United Airlines has become the first commercial carrier to fly a full passenger flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel. On Wednesday December 1st, United operated a […]
3 December 2021

Would a 20-months EU Covid Certificate validity better protect the travel and tourism industry?

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for caution in response to a European Commission Recommendation that the EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) should only remain […]
2 December 2021

Luggage company Bounce names world’s best and worst airlines in 2021

The surge in Covid-19 cases this fall has put several European governments on their guard, with many tightening their health measures. And that was before the […]
1 December 2021

Brussels Airport handled 750 million vaccines over one year

Since the worldwide first vaccine flight that took off from Brussels Airport on 27 November 2020, more than 750 million vaccines have been shipped through the […]
1 December 2021

Airbus A340 lands in Antarctica for the first time in history

For the first time in history, an Airbus A340 has landed on a runway of Antarctic blue glacial ice. The company behind the landing of this […]
1 December 2021

Portugal to impose a 20,000€ fine for airlines carrying passengers without tests

Portuguese authorities have announced that as of December 1st, airlines that transport passengers without a valid Covid-19 test would incur a fine of up to 20,000 […]
30 November 2021

Brussels Airport launches ‘Stargate project’ for a greener aviation

Brussels Airport’s Stargate project for greener aviation has been launched officially.Over the next five years the Belgian hub will be working with a consortium of 21 […]
30 November 2021

This is Lufthansa’s new luxury airplane

Lufthansa has presented the Explorer, a new pioneering cabin design for long-haul aircraft. 383 million euros is the amount the company estimates it will need to […]
29 November 2021

97 airlines are banned from EU skies

The European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, which is the list of airlines that are subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within […]
26 November 2021

EasyJet is recuiting 1,500 cabin crew for summer 2022

easyJet has launched its annual recruitment drive for seasonal cabin crew to fly next summer, to serve the predicted ramp up in demand. easyJet is recruiting […]