US’s Avelo Airlines raises $42mn, to add nine more 737s
Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) has raised USD42 million in Series B funding after disposing of stock at what it termed,… Read More »
Pakistan resolves safety concerns – ICAO
Pakistan has reportedly resolved aviation safety concerns that arose from a scandal over fake pilot licenses in 2020 that tainted… Read More »
British Airways resumes Kangaroo Route from late 1Q22
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) is heading back to Sydney Kingsford Smith via Singapore Changi from March 27, 2022, following… Read More »
Delhi to challenge Canadian court order against Air India
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is taking legal recourse against a Canadian court order that allows the seizure of… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet challenges liquidation order
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is challenging a Madras High Court ruling last month to have the Indian low-cost carrier wound… Read More »
Bangkok extends $187mn in aid to five Thai carriers
The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) has extended THB6.2 billion bahts (USD187 million) in support to five airlines –… Read More »
Ais Astana resumes operations form Nur-Sultan Airport
Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, will resume services from Nur-Sultan airport later today, with international flights to Dubai… Read More »
Mid-Canada Mod Center (MC2) completes a ATR 72 flight deck upgrade
Mid-Canada Mod Center (MC2) has completed a flight deck upgrade on another of Thunder Bay, Canada-based, North Star Air’s (NSA)… Read More »
Hong Kong imposes flights bans on U.S. and seven other countries
Hong Kong authorities announced a two-week ban on flights from the United States and seven other countries and held 2,500… Read More »
U.S. Airlines reported 5,981 cases of unruly airline passengers in 2021
The FAA has launched 1,075 investigations into passenger behavior on flights this year. Airlines reported nearly 6,000 cases of unruly… Read More »
Opinion: Here we go again, “pilot error”, really?
It is with great interest that I read last week several reports regarding an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER flight from Dubai… Read More »
A global shortage of 34,000 commercial pilots might slow airline recovery
How soon the airline industry will suffer a pilot shortage is more crucial than whether it will happen at all…. Read More »
Motus and Shoreline partner on IFE offerings
Motus and Shoreline Entertainment have signed a long-term partnership for the transport industry. Through this collaboration a catalogue of more… Read More »
ICCR encourages greater use of Indian music onboard Indian airlines
The lndian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has proposed that Indian airlines play Indian music onboard to further promote Indian… Read More »
Etihad Airways to divest several entities as part of accelerated transformation
As part of its ongoing transformation, Etihad Airways is to divest several businesses providing airline support services to ADQ, a… Read More »
Delta Air Lines Implementing New CDC Isolation Guidance
Delta Air Lines announced plans to implement the new COVID-19 isolation guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control… Read More »
JetBlue announces new Sustainable Travel Partner Program
JetBlue announced the launch of its “JetBlue Sustainable Travel Partners” program. The airline’s new program is a suite of offerings… Read More »
Social Media Influencers Throw Wild Party on Flight to Cancun
Americans aren’t the only travelers throwing caution, reason and general good behavior to the wind on airplanes anymore: a recent… Read More »
Cathay Pacific may face legal action over Omicron outbreak
Hong Kong is investigating if Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) could be held legally accountable for the current outbreak… Read More »
French court charges ex-Flash Airlines boss over 2004 crash
A French magistrate has charged former Flash Airlines (FSH, Cairo Int’l) boss Mohamed Nour with involuntary manslaughter in connection with… Read More »
Austrian Airlines ends A319 operations
Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) ended A319-100 operations on January 1, 2022, with all seven of the type now set to… Read More »
Central Africa’s Simb Airlines takes first E145
Simb Airlines (Bangui) took delivery of the first of two E145s on January 4, 2022, as it seeks to expand… Read More »
India’s Ventura AirConnect re-attempts interstate services
Ventura AirConnect (Ahmedabad) has relaunched intra-state flights from Surat to four other cities under a Gujarat government subsidy scheme aimed… Read More »
US telecoms agree to delay 5G launch over airlines’ concerns
US telecom companies AT&T and Verizon have agreed to defer the roll out of new 5G wireless services for two… Read More »
930,000 passengers flew with Norwegian in December
Norwegian’s monthly traffic figures for December show that more than 930,000 passengers flew with Norwegian. This represents a significant increase… Read More »
Air Côte d’Ivoire boosts its passenger experience with Moment’s W-IFE solution
Moment has signed an agreement with Air Côte d’Ivoire to provide a premium cabin experience, relying on the deployment of… Read More »