Air Corsica contributes to Brussels South Charleroi Airport’s recovery:
The airline will be offering 72,840 seats in 2021 This year, the Corsican airline, Air Corsica, will be offering 72,840… Read More »
Salam Air launched from Muscat Airport seasonal direct flights to Istanbul, Trabzon, and Sarajevo during July
5th July update: On its efforts to support direct air traffic between Oman and all around the world, Oman Airports… Read More »
Air France will start direct flights to Muscat
1st July update: Oman Airports are pleased to announce further new services to be operated from Muscat Airport. In October… Read More »
Aer Lingus (UK) adds first A330-300
Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) (Belfast City) added its first A330-300 transferred from parent company Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) on… Read More »
UK’s TUI Airways to close Edinburgh base after Summer 2021
TUI Airways (BY, London Luton) has confirmed to local news website Edinburgh Live that it will close its base at… Read More »
Chathams Island, New Zealand upgrades for jet operations
The New Zealand government has approved funding for the lengthening and strengthening of the runway at Chatham Island Tuuta Airport… Read More »
Canada’s Porter Airlines revises financial plans
Canada’s Porter Airlines (PD, Toronto City Centre) is officially returning to the skies on September 8, 2021, nearly 18 months… Read More »
British Airways settles with victims of cyber hack
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has paid an undisclosed sum to settle a claim brought by passengers and staff who… Read More »
Lufthansa CityLine to add two A321 freighters in 2022
Lufthansa Group will enter the narrowbody dedicated freighter segment with Lufthansa CityLine (CL, Munich) set to add its first two… Read More »
Hong Kong Airlines defers bond interest payouts of $149mn
Hong Kong Airlines (HX, Hong Kong Int’l) has defaulted for the third time on consecutive semi-annual instalments of interest payments… Read More »
FCC certification for SmartSky
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has certified SmartSky’s ground-based remote radiohead for its next-generation air-to-ground network. “Deployment of the… Read More »
Singapore Airlines is first airline to offer direct online shopping inflight
Singapore Airlines has become the first airline to offer direct online shopping on KrisShop on board its planes. The online… Read More »
American Airlines says it flew three times as many passengers over July 4 weekend compared with 2020
American Airlines said it flew 2.7 million people over the July Fourth holiday weekend, almost three times as many as last… Read More »
U.S. finalizes Belarus air travel restrictions after aircraft diversion
The U.S. Transportation Department finalized an order banning ticket sales for air travel between the United States and Belarus, acting… Read More »
IATA airlines head sees transatlantic re-opening in weeks
The head of global airline body IATA said he was cautiously optimistic about demand for travel in the second half… Read More »
IATA reports global air travel demand 63% lower in May vs pre-pandemic
Global airline industry body IATA said that passenger air travel demand remained subdued compared to pre-pandemic levels, with figures showing… Read More »
Frontier Airlines celebrates 27 Years of operations
The American ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) Frontier Airlines has turned 27 years old, and is putting on a celebration to commemorate… Read More »
Airline association IATA to open Saudi office but denies it will be regional HQ
Saudi Arabia said that global airlines industry body IATA had agreed to open a regional headquarters in Riyadh but the… Read More »
Why Are Airlines Offering Flights to Nowhere?
Keeping the Brand Alive Sometimes called ‘boomerang flights’, a number of well known airlines have marketed flights over the past… Read More »
Blue Air expands service from Bucharest to Milan Linate to double daily effective August 2021
Blue Air expands service to Milan Linate to two daily from Bucharest Otopeni, effective August 16th, 2021. Ticket prices start… Read More »
OAG Webinar | How to manage supply as air travel demand picks up
Join us on Wednesday 14th July 2021 – two sessions available. Join our resident experts, John Grant, OAG Chief Analyst and Becca Rowland, Midas Aviation and… Read More »
France’s HOP! retires last E145
Nearly 18 months after retiring the type from revenue service, HOP! (A5, Paris Orly) formally returned its last E145 on… Read More »