US’s AirBahn defers launch due to COVID-19
AirBahn (ARB, Ontario) has petitioned the US Department of Transportation to extend the validity of its certificate of public convenience… Read More »
Philippines AirAsia reopens Clark hub, ups frequencies
Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) reopened its Clark hub on January 2 with thrice-weekly flights to Caticlan, the… Read More »
Philippine Airlines exits Chapter 11
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has emerged from voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings with a strengthened balance sheet,… Read More »
Alaska Airlines starts initiative to train more African-American pilots
Alaska Airlines is starting an initiative to train more African-American pilots, a program that will hopefully lead to eventual employment… Read More »
U.S. airlines cancel another 1,400 flights as winter storms and Covid omicron variant hits
Airlines canceled hundreds of additional U.S. flights on Tuesday Jan. 4 in the wake of winter storms and as the… Read More »
SpiceJet brings Dolby to SpiceScreen
Low-cost airline SpiceJet has become the Indian airline to partner with to bring a cinema-like experience to passengers via its… Read More »
Airline and aviation trends show optimistic but challenging conditions for 2022
Needless to say 2020 and 2021 have been very challenging years for the travel industry, especially for airlines, airports, aircraft… Read More »
2021 was the safest year to fly since 2017
2021 was one of the safest year to fly, 81 people lost their lives in four fatal air accidents worldwide… Read More »
Philippine Airlines exits US bankruptcy and slashes up to $2 billion in debt
Philippine Airlines has said it has emerged from bankruptcy after a US court approved its plan to slash up to… Read More »
Don’t Miss These Cheap Flight Deals to Puerto rico
Scott’s Cheap Flights (SCF)—an email subscription service that constantly monitors airfares and sends the best flight deals directly to its… Read More »
U.S. airline stocks surge as investors shrug off 3000 flight cancellations
Airline investors shrugged off thousands of U.S. flight cancellations over the holidays even as airlines’ rough start to 2022 got… Read More »
Airline cancellations continue to rise so do passengers and stock prices
Sunday, January 2, was set to be a critical day for the airlines, a litmus test of sorts to gauge… Read More »
German Airways repossesses E190 from EGO Airways
German Airways (ZQ, Cologne/Bonn) has decided to terminate the sub-dry-lease of its E190 to Italy’s EGO Airways (E3, Milan Malpensa)… Read More »
Omicron temporarily downs Canada’s Pacific Coastal Airlines
Pacific Coastal Airlines (8P, Vancouver Int’l) has suspended all scheduled flights for two days until January 4, 2022, amid an… Read More »
Ariana Afghan Airlines issues widebody ACMI RFP
Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) has issued a request for proposals to ACMI operators for the wet-lease of a single… Read More »
Canada’s Jetlines takes delivery of maiden A320
Jetlines (CJL, Vancouver Int’l) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, an A320-200, as part of previously reported plans to… Read More »
Russia’s iFly undergoes shareholder change, eyes US charters
JSC Yunoks Company, one of several shareholders in Moscow Vnukovo operator Vnukovo International Airport JSC, has taken a minority stake… Read More »
New offer for Aeroméxico pending
A third party – Alinfra S.C. – is to make a voluntary public offer for 49% of Grupo Aeroméxico before… Read More »
Biman Bangladesh issues Summer 2022 widebody ACMI RFP
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG, Dhaka) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the wet-lease of up to two widebody… Read More »
GA Telesis expands its tooling and GSE distribution business through new agreement with Makro Aero
GA Telesis, LLC (GAT) has announced the expansion of the Flight Solutions Group (FSG) tooling and ground support equipment business… Read More »
Ethiopian Airlines to return MAX to service in February 2022
Ethiopian Airlines is due to reactivate its Boeing 737 MAX fleet in February. According to the chief executive officer of… Read More »
U.S. Telecoms reject another 5G Delay and offer to modify airport deployment
Verizon and AT&T say they’ll turn down the power of 5G broadband signals near major airports of their choosing for… Read More »
United and Spirit Airlines offer higher pay to flight staff during January
United Airlines and Spirit Airlines Inc are bumping up pay for on board staff as they scramble to keep schedules… Read More »
Kenya Airways and South African Airways to form new Pan-African airline in 2023
A potential partnership between Kenya Airways and South African Airways appears to be a done deal. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta… Read More »
Amid another Covid surge U.S. travelers are disrupted once again
A Covid-19 outbreak on a cruise in Lisbon. Thousands of flights canceled. Colleges going remote again. It’s a new year… Read More »
Flight Attendants Union Chief Sara Nelson Questions CDC Credibility
Sara Nelson, the influential union President of the Association of Flight Attendants, heavily criticized the credibility of the Centers for… Read More »