Airlines Set To Go On Pilot Hiring Spree
First they started bringing back their flight attendants, luring them with increased pay and overtime incentives. Now U.S. airlines are… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Launches Winter Flight Sale With Fares From $39 One-Way
Southwest Airlines has launched a three-day sale on winter flights featuring fares from as low as $39 one-way. The discounted… Read More »
Ljubljana solicits, rejects offers for new Slovene carrier
Slovenia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Technology received proposals from six airlines to establish a new flag carrier – or… Read More »
Norway’s Flyr to raise $29mn more funding after 3Q21 loss
Flyr (FS, Oslo Gardermoen) earned “significantly lower than expected” revenue during the third quarter and now intends to conduct an… Read More »
Canada’s Pivot Airlines outlines scheduled ops in 1Q22
Pivot Airlines (GGN, Toronto Pearson) will launch scheduled services from Kitchener to Ottawa Int’l and Montréal Trudeau early next year,… Read More »
Malaysia’s SKS Airways to launch in 4Q21
SKS Airways (SJB, Johor Bahru) has said it will launch scheduled operations “sometime in December 2021”, two years later than… Read More »
Viet Nam set to phase in international travel
Viet Nam is to implement a phased resumption of international commercial flights with ten countries greenlighted in the current quarter… Read More »
Boeing delivered 27 planes in October, airlines still waiting on new Dreamliners
Boeing said Tuesday that it delivered 27 planes to customers last month, but deliveries of its 787 Dreamliners remain suspended,… Read More »
HiSky to start flying at Milan BGY
The Romanian carrier HiSky chooses Milan BGY as its first Italian destination. Starting Dec. 20th the carrier will link Milan… Read More »
Alaska Airlines’ New Partnership Highlights Volunteer Experiences in Hawaii
Alaska Airlines announced it is working with travel2change to connect guests with fun and enriching activities aimed at creating a… Read More »
Bahrain’s MENA Cargo Airlines eyes 737-800 freighters
MENA Cargo Airlines (Bahrain Int’l) plans to add at least three B737-800 freighters over the coming months with the first… Read More »
Nigerian MPs sue Azman Air for $12mn over delayed flight
Azman Air (AZM, Kano) is reportedly in trouble with authorities again after lawmakers filed a NGN5 billion naira (USD12.1 million)… Read More »
British Airways secures union nod for Gatwick subsidiary
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) will go ahead with plans to set up a London Gatwick-based subsidiary to operate short-haul… Read More »
AirAsia charters 737-800(BCF), eyes A321neo freighters
AirAsia Group has chartered in its first dedicated freighter, a B737-800(BCF) operated by Thailand’s K-Mile Asia (8K, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi), for… Read More »
easyJet to resume German domestic ops in late 4Q21
easyJet Europe (EC, Vienna) is set to re-enter the German domestic market on December 1, 2021, when it will launch… Read More »
Australia’s Pacific Air Express retires only aircraft
Pacific Air Express (Australia) (PE, Brisbane Int’l) has retired its only active aircraft, B757-200(PCF) VH-PQA (msn 22611), and effectively suspended… Read More »
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited resumes completion of aircraft under production
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited has announced that the company is completing the aircraft currently under production. The announcement… Read More »
U.S. ends international travel ban, opening the door to vaccinated tourists
The United States on Monday ended a pandemic travel ban that was in place for more than a year and… Read More »
U.S. judge rules that United’s employee vaccine mandate can continue
A federal judge in Texas on Monday ruled that United Airlines’ employee vaccine policy can proceed. The Chicago-based airline has… Read More »
Viasat to acquire Inmarsat
Viasat is to acquire Inmarsat in transaction valued at US$7.3 billion subject to regulatory approval. The definitive agreement, which Rick… Read More »
Spanish police is searching for 12 missing passengers who fled a flight in Morocco
Spanish police are looking for 12 passengers who fled a flight from Morocco to Turkey after their plane made an… Read More »
Emirates invites aspiring pilots to train at its academy
Emirates airline has begun inviting UAE Nationals and residents as well as international candidates to join its cadet training programme…. Read More »
American Airlines is offering flight attendants triple pay during peak holiday periods
American Airlines is offering flight attendants triple pay to work during peak holiday periods. The airline said staff would need… Read More »
Winter Deals From United Airlines Start at $39
United is celebrating the coming of winter with special savings on flights. November 7 through November 8, 2021, United will… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines To Welcome International Travelers With New Business Class
With international travel to the United States resuming on Monday, November 8, Hawaiian Airlines has readied for the expected onslaught… Read More »
Fed-up FAA Sending Some Passenger Violence Cases to the FBI
The Federal Aviation Administration, frustrated by the increasing amount of passenger violence on commercial airline flights, is upping the consequences… Read More »