2019 has been a rough a year for aviation. With more than 20 airlines closing up shop, financing comes to the forefront in most cases.

El Al says good bye to the Boeing 747. To celebrate, they "drew" a picture of a 747, which could be seen on sites like FlightAware and FlightRadar24.

Passengers traveling into and out of Germany will soon see a slight bump in their ticket prices thanks to an upcoming increase in German climate tax.

Thomas Cook Group has ceased trading on the London Stock Exchange, resulting in the all flight and vacation bookings being cancelled with immediate effect.

Trinidad and Tobago's Finance Minister has announced that Caribbean Airlines will be extending the leases on its present 737-800s.

Caribbean Airlines is planning to develop a fully fledged regional hub out of Kingston, Jamaica, with the long term goal of serving the entire region.

Reports have confirmed than an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, claiming the lives of all 157 on board.

Boeing has unveiled its new autonomous combat jet dubbed the Boeing Airpower Teaming System.

A British Airways flight attempting to land in Gilbraltar was violently rocked from side to side due to gale force winds.

Caribbean Airlines has entered into lease agreements with Air Lease Corporation for four new Boeing 737 MAX 8s with the first to be delivered in 2019.

A Vietnam Airlines A321neo was forced to divert to Lahore after experiencing engine problems during its delivery flight to Hanoi.

As 777X, A350, 787 and A330neo orders continue to stack up, the 747 passenger jet is now seeing the first of its last days.