The venerable and popular Junkers JU-52 is getting a new lease on life with an updated version planned for entry into service in 2026. A model of the planned JU-52 NG that Junkers Flugzeugwerke ...

On this day in aviation history, March 7, 1932, the Junkers Ju 52/3M took to the skies for the first time. Designed in the 1920s by Ernst Zindel, this transport aircraft emerged during German ...

Following the fatal crash of a Junkers Ju-52 plane in the Swiss Alps in 2018, the Ju-Air plane company had dreamed of bringing back the vintage aircraft. But hopes of a revival are fading.

There is no realistic hope that the Auntie Ju, as the plane is known, will return to the Swiss skies, Christian Gartmann from the Ju-Air association told Swiss public radio, SRF, on Wednesday.

The Ju 52 did not have enough speed margin to restore the airflow. SUST found that, during the right turn, the difference between the pitch and the descending flightpath angle increased to about 15°.

Swiss regulators have banned Junkers Ju 52 operator Ju-Air from conducting commercial passenger flights with the fleet, although it will be permitted to offer private flights for club members.

Following the crash of a WWII vintage German Junkers Ju-52, JU-Air has suspended all flights until further notice. JU-Air “The JU-Air team is deeply saddened and thinks of the passengers ...