A Booming Airline Business: Shipping Pigs to China in 747 Jumbo Jets
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on commercial aviation, but Alexey Isaykin’s cargo carrier has been fully loaded. Volga-Dnepr Group has… Read More »
American Airlines Set To Reactivate 140+ Narrowbody Aircraft
In the wake of its service uptick announcement, it has been revealed today that American Airlines will be bringing back… Read More »
Japan Airlines to boost international flights in July
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to increase its international operations in July, mainly by opening up some of its routes to… Read More »
Canadian low cost Swoop outlines domestic network changes
Canadian ULCC Swoop is increasing its domestic network from July but several planned seasonal services have been postponed. Swoop has… Read More »
Wizz’s new summer flights near 150
Thirteen more routes have been added to Wizz Air’s summer schedule, taking the total number of new services being launched… Read More »
IATA Says spirit of cooperation is needed
COVID-19 has thrown aviation into survival mode overnight but the industry should use this crisis to learn from the past… Read More »
France announces $16.9 billion in aid for aviation industry
France’s government is pumping 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in rescue money into the pandemic-battered aerospace industry, in hopes of… Read More »
Emirates Laying Off Flight Attendants & Pilots
A few weeks ago I wrote about the rumors that Emirates Airline would start laying off employees, and was considering… Read More »
Governments decide whether to aid Asia’s embattled airlines
Few sectors have been hit harder by the economic fallout of the pandemic than the airline industry. Asia is expected… Read More »
Russia’s space chief complains about American jokes
Americans should show more respect for Russia’s space program after relying on it for nine years as the only way… Read More »
Boeing jet deliveries sink to just four in May
Boeing deliveries slowed even further in May from April as the coronavirus pandemic’s crushing impact on airlines added to a… Read More »
US Air Force delays full-rate production decision for KC-46 aircraft
The U.S. Air Force will delay a full-rate production milestone for the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker to the end of… Read More »
Hong Kong government takes minority stake in Cathay Pacific
The Hong Kong government will take a minority stake in the airline. The Hong Kong government will gain a minority… Read More »
Russia’s S7 Airlines plans to resume all domestic fights in June
Russia’s S7 Airlines has unveiled bullish plans to resume fights across its entire domestic network in June, as well as… Read More »
ASL Airlines France to launch domestic service
ASL Airlines France, which specializes in flights between France and North Africa, will tomorrow open a new domestic scheduled passenger… Read More »
Air New Zealand CEO says no meaningful long-haul flying this year
Air New Zealand’s new CEO Greg Foran has warned that the airline does not expect a return to long-haul flying… Read More »
China’s daily passengers top 1 million as recovery continues
Chinese carriers have transported more than 1 million passengers in a day for the first time since late January as… Read More »
Wyndham Expands Trademark Collection Across North America, Germany
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts continues to expand the soft-branded Trademark Collection by Wyndham chain across the United States, Canada and Germany. Launched… Read More »
Starship Is Top Priority, Elon Musk Tells To SpaceX Employees
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX is urging employees to renew focus on Starship, a massive rocket that can take as… Read More »
Lack of social distancing rule makes American Airlines an outlier
American Airlines is looking to pack more passengers onto flights in the coming months and unlike many peers has not… Read More »
Africa’s aviation to suffer $8b in revenue loss
The report, released this week, shows the industry recorded a 90.3 percent year on year passenger traffic reduction for the… Read More »
NASA Taps Northrop Grumman to Build Lunar Gateway Hab Module
Northrop was always going to win this one, and now we know how much it won for phase one. In… Read More »
U.S. safety board wants to strengthen air transport rules for prototype lithium batteries
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Monday urged strengthening air cargo shipping requirements for prototype and low-production lithium-ion… Read More »
The EU Air Safety List updated
Following the opinion of the aviation safety experts from the Member States who met under the auspices of the EU… Read More »
American Airlines will operate 55% of its original domestic flights in July
American ‘more optimistic’ compared to previous schedule plans. American Airlines will operate 55% of its original domestic schedule in July,… Read More »
Qatar Airways has retained a robust network during coronavirus crisis
Qatar Airways has retained a robust network throughout the coronavirus crisis and more routes are scheduled to return over the… Read More »