UK’s Virgin Atlantic keen to return to Gatwick
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) would be keen to return to London Gatwick as travel demand returns after having suspended… Read More »
ASL Aviation Holdings to explore hydrogen-powered ATRs
ASL Aviation Holdings has signed an agreement with start-up ZeroAvia (Hollister) to explore the conversion of ASL’s Avions de Transport… Read More »
Spain’s Canarian Airways resumes ops after name change
Lattitude Hub (OX, Tenerife Sur) has reinforced its connections between Tenerife Sur and both Madrid Barajas and Bilbao for the… Read More »
Malé, Maldives slot changes disrupt airline schedules
Malé Velana International Airport, the main international airport in the Maldives, has extended the minimum time between landings for international… Read More »
Emirates mulls IPO for itself or one of its units
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) or one of its subsidiaries could soon be listed on the Dubai Financial Market stock exchange,… Read More »
Tigerair Taiwan to resume operations in late 4Q21
Tigerair Taiwan (IT, Taipei Taoyuan) has announced the resumption of commercial in-house operations on December 25, 2021, with an initial… Read More »
Afrijet continues ATR fleet upgrade
ATR has finalised the sale of three ATR 72-600 aircraft to Central African airline Afrijet who will use the aircraft… Read More »
easyjet announces winners of future flight competition
The winners of easyJet’s ‘Aircraft of the Future’ competition have been announced. The airline launched the competition in October, challenging… Read More »
Boeing agreement to settle Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash claims is approved by U.S. judge
A U.S. judge approved on Nov. 15 Boeing’s agreement to acknowledge liability for compensatory damages in lawsuits filed by families… Read More »
Saudia selects Panasonic for 4K and Bluetooth IFE
Saudia has selected Panasonic for the provision of 4K and Bluetooth audio in-flight entertainment on its 35 new Airbus A321neo… Read More »
ABM receives in-flight supplier accreditation
ABM is now a regulated supplier of in-flight items, following in-flight supplier accreditation from The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)…. Read More »
Saudia selects Inmarsat’s GX Aviation
Saudia will outfit its upcoming fleet of 20 Airbus A321neo and 15 Airbus A321XLR aircraft with Inmarsat’s GX Aviation high-speed… Read More »
Why airlines struggle to stay profitable
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett once called himself an “air-o-holic” because of how tempted he is to invest in commercial airlines…. Read More »
Abu Dhabi International Airport to welcome Wizz Air Abu Dhabi service to Moscow Vnukovo
Abu Dhabi International Airport’s network offering continues to expand following the announcement that Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will launch a… Read More »
How US Airlines Rank for On-Time Flights
How Prompt Is Your Airline? This holiday travel season could prove more challenging compared to previous as surging demand for… Read More »
Man Yells ‘It’s a Free Country’ While Causing Wild, Vulgar Scene at MSP Airport
This time, one of the most outrageous aviation-related passenger incidents this year had nothing to do with face masks and… Read More »
Flight Attendants Union President Testifies Before Congress on Airplane Violence
Sara Nelson, the influential International President of the Association of Flight Attendants union, testified before Congress this afternoon on the… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Makes Accessing Inflight Entertainment Easier
Ahead of the popular winter holiday travel period, Alaska Airlines announced the addition of a quicker inflight entertainment portal that… Read More »
Gabon’s Afrijet orders three ATR72-600s
Afrijet Business Service (J7, Libreville) has finalised a purchase agreement with Avions de Transport Régional covering three ATR72-600s. A statement… Read More »
Japan’s Toki Air inks LOI for STOL-capable ATR42-600S
Toki Air (Niigata) has signed a letter of intent with Avions de Transport Régional over the possibility of acquiring the… Read More »
Singapore’s Scoot launches 5th-freedom London route
Scoot (TR, Singapore Changi) has announced it will begin operating a fifth-freedom route between Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and London Gatwick, initially… Read More »
easyJet Switzerland adds first A320neo
easyJet Switzerland (DS, Geneva) took delivery of its first A320-200N on November 9, 2021, and began its commercial operations on… Read More »
Canada’s Jetlines to launch in late 1Q22
Jetlines (CJL, Vancouver Int’l) has announced it will launch operations in March 2022, albeit initially as a virtual carrier chartering… Read More »
Singapore Airlines to debut 737 MAX 8 ops in 4Q21
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) plans to begin revenue operations of its six B737-8s, taken over from merged subsidiary SilkAir,… Read More »
India’s Akasa Air orders 72 Boeing 737 MAX
Akasa Air has placed an order with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for seventy-two B737 MAX jets during the ongoing 2021… Read More »
Nigeria’s Ibom Air orders ten A220s
Ibom Air (QI, Uyo) has placed an order for ten A220s with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) during the 2021 Dubai… Read More »