JetBlue Racing To Hire Flight Attendants Before Busy Summer Season
JetBlue Airways is asking its flight attendants to accept any assignments they receive without refusal or trade until it is… Read More »
India’s Vistara mulls short-term leases due to 787 delays
Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) is evaluating its fleet options for its planned expansion to the United States in light of… Read More »
Alaska Air Cargo adds two Boeing 737-800 P2Fs to fleet
Alaska Air Cargo will add two Boeing 737-800P2F aircraft to its dedicated freighter fleet serving the state of Alaska. These… Read More »
U.S. FAA safety official Billy Nolen named acting administrator
The Biden administration on Saturday Mar. 26 named the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) safety chief as the acting leader of… Read More »
Nine Flight Attendants File Suit to End Federal Mask Mandate
Citing health concerns as well as their own physical safety, a group of nine flight attendants from six different airlines… Read More »
FAA Extends Slot-Use Waiver for Airlines
In a decision expected to be published next week in the Federal Register, the Federal Aviation Administration will extend pandemic… Read More »
Low-Budget Carriers Also Feel the Pinch of Higher Fuel Costs
If you think you’re going to get around the idea of increased airfares imposed by major airlines because of rising… Read More »
Budapest Airport continues to re-establish its strong route network
With its busiest summer season since 2019 just days away, Budapest Airport continues to strengthen and re-establish its strong route… Read More »
Boeing 737’s fatal crashes over the last decade
A Boeing 737-800 jet operated by China Eastern Airlines crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday Mar. 22…. Read More »
JetBlue and Qatar Airways plan to expand global partnership
JetBlue has revealed it intends to expand its existing partnership with Qatar Airways to offer customers even more benefits when… Read More »
Inmarsat and Orbit announce new business aviation in-flight broadband terminal
Inmarsat will be launching a new compact and lightweight terminal for its Jet ConneX (JX) in-flight broadband solution from early… Read More »
FAA says ‘zero tolerance’ policy toward unruly passengers
Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson said Friday Mar. 25 that the agency’s “zero tolerance” policy toward unruly passengers… Read More »
JetBlue races to hire 700 flight attendants by summer
JetBlue Airways on Friday Mar. 25 urged patience from its flight attendants as it races to hire hundreds of new… Read More »
Travelers can expect higher airfares this spring and summer
Travelers can expect higher airfares this spring and summer, even on discount airlines. Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle told CNBC’s… Read More »
Delta resumes Brussels-New York-JFK service on March 27
As travel demand rebounds, Delta is back in Brussels after two years, restarting nonstop service to New York-JFK, effective 27… Read More »
JSX is The World’s First Autism-Certified Air Carrier
JSX, the affordable hop-on jet service that’s been expanding across the country to new cities, continues to be the world’s… Read More »
JetBlue, Qatar Airways Expand Global Partnership
JetBlue Airways announced an expansion of the partnership with Qatar Airways that will offer customers more benefits when booking travel… Read More »
BOC Aviation sues Russia’s AirBridgeCargo over 747-8F
The fall-out from the Russian invasion of Ukraine has made its way to the US District Court in New York… Read More »
US’s KaiserAir to debut new Hawaii Shuttle service
KaiserAir (KAI, Oakland) launches a new members-only Hawaii Shuttle service on May 5 between its base at Oakland in California… Read More »
Royal Air Maroc to issue 737 renewal RFP in 2023
Royal Air Maroc (AT, Casablanca Int’l) is preparing a request for proposals for the replacement of its existing B737 fleet… Read More »
Qatar Airways denies owing $220mn to Airbus
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) has rejected Airbus’s claims that it owes the manufacturer USD220 million for the two… Read More »
Philippines Cebu Pacific Air holds course for all-neo fleet
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) still plans to transition to an all-neo Airbus fleet by 2027, the… Read More »
What owners and financers need to know about insurance and Putin’s aircraft seizure law
On March 14, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the seizure of foreign-owned aircraft in Russia. Many… Read More »
Emirates NBD and Etihad Guest launch new co-branded credit cards
Emirates NBD bank has expanded its long-standing partnership with Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways. The companies are… Read More »
Alaska Airlines will become an all-Boeing operator and retire Airbus A320 family aircraft early
Alaska Airlines said Thursday Mar. 24 that it was accelerating its plans to simplify its fleet, becoming an all-Boeing operator… Read More »
China Eastern 737’s black boxes recovered severely damaged
One of two black boxes belonging to the ill-fated China Eastern flight 5735, carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members,… Read More »