Sochi International Airport served its 11 millionth passenger
Sochi International Airport named after V.I. Sevastyanov served its 11 millionth passenger, which flew away on the board of Nordwind… Read More »
JetBlue Canceling 1,280 Flights Through Mid-January
JetBlue is scrapping approximately 1,280 flights or nearly 10 percent of its flight schedule from Thursday through January 13 as… Read More »
World’s last A320ceo Family jet delivered – to Delta
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) took delivery of the world’s last new-build A321-200 – its 127th of the… Read More »
Colombo must privatise SriLankan Airlines
Sri Lanka’s State-owned Enterprise Restructuring Board has advised the government to suspend state assistance and restructure SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo… Read More »
Tigerair Taiwan applies for stock exchange listing
Tigerair Taiwan (IT, Taipei Taoyuan) has applied to the Taiwan Stock Exchange to list its shares on the main board… Read More »
Pakistan’s AirSial secures int’l traffic rights
AirSial (PF, Karachi Int’l) launched its first international charter passenger flight from Lahore Int’l, Pakistan to Dubai Int’l in the… Read More »
US carriers in uproar over Icelandair US-Cuba charter plans
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to operate 170 round-trip charter… Read More »
Air Serbia plots turboprop fleet renewal in 2022
Air Serbia (JU, Belgrade) is planning to resume its turboprop fleet renewal programme in 2022 but remains ready to adapt… Read More »
Argentina to bring back fare bands for domestic flights
The Argentine government has declared that within 180 days it will set maximum fare prices and a system of fare… Read More »
India’s SpiceXpress eyes electric fleet by 2024
SpiceXpress – the cargo division currently being spun off by parent SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) – has confirmed it is… Read More »
AirAsia India pays all debts to airport operator
AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) has paid its debts for air navigation, landing and parking fees, and other tariffs to… Read More »
Qantas returns A380 to service ahead of schedule
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) will fast-track the return of its A380-800 service from January 11 to relieve B787-9 pilots… Read More »
Why isn’t vaccination proof required for domestic flights?
To go into restaurants, visit gyms, go on a cruise or see the new “Spider-Man” movie in theaters, you need… Read More »
Seven out of 10 international flights in or out of the UK were cancelled in 2021
Busiest route was London Heathrow to New York JFK, despite the US travel ban that ended only in November Seven… Read More »
UAE regulator probes Emirates 777-300ER flight ‘incident’ in Dubai
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are probing what Emirates described as “technical incident” shortly after one of its aircraft… Read More »
Japan narrows definition of ‘close contacts’ with infected persons on flights
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has narrowed its definition of people who were in close contact with infected persons… Read More »
U.S. and China holding talks on new new aircraft-cleaning requirements
Talks are underway between the U.S. and China on possible changes to apparent new aircraft-cleaning requirements that prompted a Delta… Read More »
Singapore Airlines will suspend operations from Los Angeles to Taipei in Feb. 2022
Singapore Airlines will be suspending operations from Los Angeles to Taipei, Taiwan beginning mid-February — the end of the airline’s… Read More »
Flight Delays, Cancellations To Last Through the New Year
It was almost a week ago when a couple of airlines started reporting a handful of flight delays and cancellations… Read More »
Regulator gives tentative nod to Asiana-Korean Air deal
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has tentatively given its conditional approval to the proposed merger between Asiana Airlines (OZ,… Read More »
US’s National Airlines considers options for fleet growth
National Airlines (N8, Orlando Sanford) is planning to significantly increase its fleet in the coming years, mainly targeting dedicated freighters,… Read More »
Party proposes Air Europa become Balearics’ “public airline”
Més per Mallorca, part of the ruling coalition in the Balearic Islands, would like to see the Spanish government in… Read More »
TUI to base an A320 in Friedrichshafen in 2022
German tour operator TUI has announced it will base an A320-200, chartered from European Air Charter (H6, Sofia) (formerly Bulgarian… Read More »
Norse Atlantic Airways takes first 787-9
Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) took delivery of its first B787-9 ahead of its revised April 2022 debut, three months… Read More »
Etihad Airways eyes Zhengzhou cargo hub
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) is to extend its cargo footprint in China with plans for regular freighter operations… Read More »
Indonesian transport ministry allows Boeing’s 737 MAX to fly again after deadly crash
Indonesia has lifted a ban on the Boeing 737 MAX, its transport ministry said on Tuesday Dec. 28, three years… Read More »