Ariana Afghan Airlines issues widebody ACMI RFP
Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) has issued a request for proposals to ACMI operators for the wet-lease of a single… Read More »
Canada’s Jetlines takes delivery of maiden A320
Jetlines (CJL, Vancouver Int’l) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, an A320-200, as part of previously reported plans to… Read More »
Russia’s iFly undergoes shareholder change, eyes US charters
JSC Yunoks Company, one of several shareholders in Moscow Vnukovo operator Vnukovo International Airport JSC, has taken a minority stake… Read More »
New offer for Aeroméxico pending
A third party – Alinfra S.C. – is to make a voluntary public offer for 49% of Grupo Aeroméxico before… Read More »
Biman Bangladesh issues Summer 2022 widebody ACMI RFP
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG, Dhaka) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the wet-lease of up to two widebody… Read More »
GA Telesis expands its tooling and GSE distribution business through new agreement with Makro Aero
GA Telesis, LLC (GAT) has announced the expansion of the Flight Solutions Group (FSG) tooling and ground support equipment business… Read More »
Ethiopian Airlines to return MAX to service in February 2022
Ethiopian Airlines is due to reactivate its Boeing 737 MAX fleet in February. According to the chief executive officer of… Read More »
U.S. Telecoms reject another 5G Delay and offer to modify airport deployment
Verizon and AT&T say they’ll turn down the power of 5G broadband signals near major airports of their choosing for… Read More »
United and Spirit Airlines offer higher pay to flight staff during January
United Airlines and Spirit Airlines Inc are bumping up pay for on board staff as they scramble to keep schedules… Read More »
Kenya Airways and South African Airways to form new Pan-African airline in 2023
A potential partnership between Kenya Airways and South African Airways appears to be a done deal. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta… Read More »
Amid another Covid surge U.S. travelers are disrupted once again
A Covid-19 outbreak on a cruise in Lisbon. Thousands of flights canceled. Colleges going remote again. It’s a new year… Read More »
Flight Attendants Union Chief Sara Nelson Questions CDC Credibility
Sara Nelson, the influential union President of the Association of Flight Attendants, heavily criticized the credibility of the Centers for… Read More »
Thousands More Flight Delays, Cancellations Kick Off the 2022 New Year
More than 3,800 worldwide flights have been canceled today, over 2,200 of them that were scheduled to fly within, out… Read More »
Drunk Passenger Reportedly Punches Cop After Being Denied Boarding
After nearly 6,000 reported incidents of verbal and physical abuse of flight crews in U.S. planes by passengers in 2021… Read More »
Indonesia Air Transport to start commercial flight ops
Indonesia Air Transport – IAT (IDA, Jakarta Halim) is set to venture into the commercial flight operations niche after being… Read More »
Cathay Pacific cancels longhaul cargo flights for seven days
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has confirmed it has suspended all long-haul cargo flights for seven days until January… Read More »
What Are Your Options If Your Flight Is Canceled?
It’s no secret that the last week and a half have been chaotic for air travel – nearly 10,000 cancellations… Read More »
Airlines Again Offering Extra Pay for Crew to Work Through January
U.S. airlines, stung by the week-long disaster of cancellations and delays that shows no signs of abating, are once again… Read More »
Travelers Still Flying Despite Omicron, Short Staffs and Weather
The numbers are staggering. Almost 10,000 flights in the U.S. alone have been canceled in the last nine days between… Read More »
Top overseas vacation destinations Americans want
Just as countries have started to lift pandemic travel bans and Americans begin to at least think about booking vacations… Read More »
United Airlines offers pilots triple pay to ease omicron flight disruptions
United Airlines is offering its pilots triple pay to pick up trips for most of January to help ease a… Read More »
Airline Lobby Group Asks for Delay in New 5G Wireless Service
The airline industry’s chief lobby group, Airlines for America (A4A), is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to delay next… Read More »
FAA To Holiday Travelers: Flight Delays, Cancellations Will Continue
Holiday travel pandemonium persists today for the eighth day in a row, with nearly 1,300 U.S. flight cancellations recorded as… Read More »
Woman Tests COVID-Positive Mid-Flight, Quarantines in Airplane Lavatory
A Chicago resident who recently traveled to Iceland and self-tested COVID-19 positive in mid-air, voluntarily isolated herself inside the airplane… Read More »
Pilot shortage forces United to suspend 15 regional routes
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) is temporarily dropping 15 regional routes and shifting some services to New York Newark from… Read More »
Norse Atlantic Airways secures its Norwegian AOC
Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) secured its Norwegian Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) – NO.AOC.093 – on December 29, 2021, bringing… Read More »