British Airways to debut BA Euroflyer ops from 2Q22
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has started selling seats for BA Euroflyer (BA, London Gatwick), its new London Gatwick-based short-haul… Read More »
IAG, Globalia confirm talks to halt Air Europa acquisition
IAG International Airlines Group is in advanced talks with Air Europa (UX, Palma de Mallorca) parent Globalia to halt the… Read More »
Switzerland’s Chair Airlines adds first A320
Chair Airlines (GM, Zurich) took delivery of its first A320-200, its largest type yet, on December 12, 2021, after HB-JOK… Read More »
Singapore Airlines inks LOI for 7+5 A350 freighters
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) has signed a Letter of Intent with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for the purchase of… Read More »
United Airlines moots hydrogen-powered CRJ550s
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has taken a USD35 million equity stake in hydrogen-electric engine developer ZeroAvia (Hollister) and has… Read More »
Air New Zealand receives another $338mn state loan
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has been given access to another NZD500 million New Zealand dollars (USD338 million) in… Read More »
American Airlines will equip its A321XLR, 787-9 jets with 4K in-flight entertainment displays
American Airlines will feature a new line of 4K in-flight entertainment (IFE) seat-back screens developed by Samsung and Thales on… Read More »
Four charts show what the travel industry looks like 2 years into the pandemic
After a year of heavy losses, the travel industry is finally showing some signs of bouncing back — even as… Read More »
United Airlines expects year-end travel to top Thanksgiving despite omicron variant
United Airlines said Tuesday it expects to fly more passengers each day during the year-end holidays than Thanksgiving, a sign… Read More »
American CEO Doug Parker Says Government Aid “Saved the Airline Industry”
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker is prepared to tell a United States Senate committee on Wednesday that the $54 billion… Read More »
Spirit Airlines To Debut Service From Memphis
Spirit Airlines has announced the addition of Memphis International Airport (MEM) to its ever-growing route map. Starting in April 2022,… Read More »
DOJ Asks Judge to Proceed with Suit Against American/JetBlue Alliance
The United States Department of Justice on Monday asked a federal judge to proceed with its lawsuit against the new… Read More »
Aer Lingus (UK) begins narrowbody transatlantic operations
Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) (Belfast City) took delivery of its first narrowbody aircraft, an A321-200NX(XLR), last month and inducted it… Read More »
Delta rejigs LATAM Airlines Group, Aeromexico ownership
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) is re-organising its shareholding in Grupo Aeroméxico and the LATAM Airlines Group along… Read More »
US’s Southern Airways Express orders 20 Regent Seagliders
Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int’l) has signed a USD250 million deal for twenty all-electric Regent Craft Seagliders, a new… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic receives $528mn boost from shareholders
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) is to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with a bolstered balance sheet following a fresh… Read More »
Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines set to end E190 operations
Mandarin Airlines (AE, Taichung Ching Chuan Kang) has accelerated the planned retirement of its E190 fleet and will conclude the… Read More »
St. Maarten’s Winair secures added $1.5mn Dutch gov’t loan
The Dutch government has decided to grant another USD1.5 million loan to help struggling Winair (WM, St. Maarten) survive but… Read More »
Ukraine Int’l Airlines to damp-lease a 767 for longhaul ops
Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kyiv Boryspil) has announced it will damp-lease a B767-300(ER) from Portugal’s euroAtlantic Airways (YU, Lisbon) to… Read More »
American Airlines trims 2022 network due to 787 delays
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced a series of network cuts owing to B787 production line issues at Boeing… Read More »
Cathay Pacific to move pilots to US to avoid quarantine
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) is trialling the temporary placement in Los Angeles Int’l, US of its B777 pilots… Read More »
American Airlines is looking to hire 18,000 new employees
American Airlines is looking to hire 18,000 new employees as the travel industry continues to rebound from the pandemic. CEO… Read More »
Russian airlines and Airbus establish sustainable fuel alliance
Russian carriers including Aeroflot, S7 Group and Volga-Dnepr Airlines are to co-operate with Airbus and energy firm Gazprom to create… Read More »
United Airlines invests $35 Million in ZeroAvia (Hydrogen-Electric Engines)
United Airlines is spending $35 million to acquire an equity stake in hydrogen-electric engine developer ZeroAvia. Hydrogen-electric engines use… Read More »
Lodz showed up on the cover of the Polish edition of National Geographic Traveller Magazine!
A new issue of ‘Traveller’ is now available on newsstands. It is entirely devoted to the places distinguished in the… Read More »
RIX Weekly Update
This week Riga Airport connects passengers to 82 destinations The Christmas time is coming and the number of exciting winter… Read More »