Saudi Arabia clears B737 MAX to resume operations
Saudi Arabia became the second country in the Gulf region to permit B737 MAX operations after the General Authority of… Read More »
Jet Airways denied old slots, new owner eyes Uzbek start-up
A revived Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) will not have recourse to airport slots it had held before its April… Read More »
New Caledonian CAA briefly attaches Air Vanuatu B737
Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) has reached an agreement with the New Caledonian civil aviation authority (Direction de l’Aviation Civile… Read More »
Hungary’s Wizz Air to open Palermo base in 2Q21
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has announced the opening on June 1 of a new base in Palermo, Sicily, where it… Read More »
Delta Air Lines to cut more than half its focus cities
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) will reduce the number of its focus cities from five to just two,… Read More »
Bulgaria’s GullivAir gets the go-ahead for US plans
Bulgarian start-up GullivAir (G2, Sofia) has been awarded a Foreign Air Carrier Permit and Exemption Authority for a two-year period… Read More »
Vietnam Airlines to invest $433mn in Long Thanh airport
Cash-strapped Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) proposes to inject nearly VND10 trillion dong (USD433 million) in infrastructure development at Long Thanh… Read More »
India’s GoAir takes $110mn bank credit line – report
GoAir (G8, Mumbai Int’l) has received an INR8 billion rupee (USD110 million) credit line from banks, designed to help it… Read More »
Flexible ACMI can help the airlines this summer – says ACC Aviation
Airlines holding worldwide AOCs with ‘go now’ capacity have the opportunity to diversify into flexible, short-term Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and… Read More »
Hawaiian names exec chefs to oversee in-flight menus
Hawaiian Airlines has appointed the owners of Honolulu’s MW Restaurant and Artizen as executive chefs, in charge of in-flight menus…. Read More »
Concourse work underway at Salt Lake City airport
Stabilizing stone columns are being installed in the latest stage of an expanded concourse at the new Salt Lake City… Read More »
Navigating Alaska’s Pre-Clear program
Alaska Airlines’ highlighted the steps in its Pre-Clear program for traveling to Hawaii, including scheduling COVID-19 tests and filling out… Read More »
UPS: Vaccine distribution process highlights communications
Delivering vaccines required process adjustments and precise collaboration with partner companies, while the pandemic also placed a premium on improved… Read More »
United, American to vaccinate employees at O’Hare sites
American and United Airlines will begin offering COVID-19 vaccination to employees today at clinics inside Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, with… Read More »
Study finds low particulate levels onboard aircraft
Commercial aircraft cabins at altitude had the lowest levels of aerosol particulates in the air compared to restaurants, stores, homes,… Read More »
MLA wins ‘Best Airport’ for 3rd consecutive year!
Over 340 airports worldwide rated in 2020 Malta International Airport is among the winners of Airports Council International’s Airport Service… Read More »
Spotlight on Milan: One city, endless opportunities
Internationally known as the world capital for fashion and design and Italy’s financial capital, Milan offers a huge number of… Read More »
American Airlines Celebrates 50 Years of Service to Aruba
As American resets its international network for future growth, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) will be the airline’s major… Read More »
South Sudan Supreme Airlines grounded after fatal crash
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has ordered the grounding of South Sudan Supreme Airlines (Juba) after the fatal crash… Read More »
US’ Via Airlines gets tentative nod of approval
The US Department of Transportation has found Via Airlines Inc. t/a Sterling Airways (Jacksonville Craig, FL) to be “fit, willing,… Read More »
Icelandair to resume B737 MAX ops in late 1Q21
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has announced it will resume B737-8 operations on March 8, 2021, becoming the third European airline… Read More »
Korean Air sends B747-8 for VIP conversion
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has ferried one of its ten B747-8s to Hamburg Helmut Schmidt for conversion into a… Read More »
State aid plan for Air Malta sent back to drawing board
The Maltese government has sent its state aid plan for Air Malta (KM, Malta Int’l) back to the drawing board… Read More »
Thailand’s Nok Air eyes acquisitions, fleet growth
Although it first has to finalise negotiations with its creditors, Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) is evaluating options to… Read More »
Uganda Airlines readies for intercontinental debut
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) has secured landing slots at London Heathrow and Dubai Int’l and plans to start intercontinental flights… Read More »
Southwest donates 7,500 tickets for medical travel
Southwest Airlines donated 7,500 roundtrip tickets to more than 75 non-profit hospitals and medical transportation organizations in the US, providing… Read More »