Nairobi drops plans to renationalise Kenya Airways
The Kenyan government has scrapped its plan to renationalise Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) but instead will protect its… Read More »
Indonesia’s TransNusa to be ARJ21’s int’l launch operator
TransNusa (8B, Kupang) is set to become the ARJ21-700’s international launch operator after B-099Y (msn 186) was tracked doing circuits… Read More »
Australia extends regional airline aid, outlines strategy
The Australian government has outlined its Aviation Recovery Framework strategy, which aims to help the country’s aviation sector recover from… Read More »
Japan’s Skymark Airlines borrows JP¥1bn
Skymark Airlines (BC, Tokyo Haneda) has borrowed JPY1 billion yen (USD8.7 million) as a subordinated equity loan from Shoko Chukin… Read More »
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge goes with ATR for fleet renewal
Oriental Air Bridge (OC, Nagasaki) has chosen Avions de Transport Régional to renew its current fleet of three DHC-8-Q200s which… Read More »
BOC Aviation delivers last of eight A320neos to Inidgo
BOC Aviation Limited (BOC Aviation) is pleased to announce that it has delivered the last of eight Airbus A320neos to… Read More »
Fauci says U.S. should consider vaccine mandate for domestic air travel
The federal government should consider requiring Covid-19 vaccines for domestic flights, the nation’s top infectious disease expert said Monday Dec…. Read More »
Dr. Fauci Thinks Vaccine Mandate for Air Travel Could Work
Removing the mandate on wearing face masks on airplanes? It’s out of the question says Dr. Anthony Fauci. In fact,… Read More »
Worldwide Flight Cancellations Now Number Nearly 8,000
The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is generally considered to be less severe than previous strains of the disease,… Read More »
Chinese gov’t halts all flights to Xi’an over COVID spike
The Chinese government has imposed a strict lockdown on the city of Xi’an due to a spike in the number… Read More »
Ethiopian Airlines plans to resume Boeing 737 MAX flights in February 2022
Ethiopian Airlines plans to resume flying Boeing 737 MAX planes on its fleet in February 2022, saying it was satisfied… Read More »
Cathay Pacific suffers pilot exodus amid Hong Kong’s ‘permanent quarantine’
Cathay has been operating with passenger capacity at 93% below pre-pandemic levels as a result of Hong Kong’s zero-Covid-19 policy… Read More »
Omicron hits airline crews and sparks hundreds of holiday flight cancellations
Airlines have canceled more than 2,000 flights since Christmas Eve as the rapid spread of the omicron variant of Covid-19… Read More »
Global Flight Cancellations Rise to More Than 6,000 in Disastrous Christmas Holiday
Several hundred more flights have already been canceled so far this morning, Sunday, December 26, as Christmas weekend has turned… Read More »
The Naughtiest Airline Passengers of 2021
The Year’s Worst Travelers The past year saw air travel return to pre-pandemic levels but with it, there was an… Read More »
U.S. airlines cancel holiday flights due to omicron impacts on crews
The transportation industry has been bracing for pre-pandemic-level crowds this holiday season, but now two major U.S. airlines have been… Read More »
Career flight attendant has seen the wildest in-flight bad behavior including urination, strip teases and more
With the holiday season upon us, airline employees are prepared to accommodate record travel numbers as many people brave the… Read More »
Biden administration to lift travel restrictions on 8 African nations
The Biden administration will lift the travel restrictions it had imposed on eight African nations to curb the spread of… Read More »
Airlines Forced to Delay or Cancel 4,000 Christmas Flights Worldwide
What the airlines were able to avoid over the Thanksgiving holiday is coming back to bite them – hard –… Read More »
Congress Wants Airlines to Have Self-Defense Training for Crew
Two key members of Congress have sent letters to the four major domestic airlines, telling them to consider backing self-defense… Read More »
Airline, Aerospace Groups Will Work with Telecom Companies to Solve 5G Dispute
Trade groups representing the airline and aerospace industries say they will work together with telecommunications companies such as AT&T and… Read More »
Air India paid $5.8mn “avoidable penalty” to Boeing – report
Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) made the “avoidable payment of a penalty” of INR438.5 million rupees (USD5.83 million) to Boeing… Read More »
Iceland’s PLAY to debut US routes in early 2Q22
PLAY (OG, Reykjavik Keflavik) has announced plans to start hub operations at Reykjavik Keflavik with the start of flights to… Read More »
South Africa’s Comair returns only 737 MAX
Comair (South Africa) (MN, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has withdrawn its only B737-8 after having been in storage since the type’s… Read More »
Alitalia begins handling, MRO unit tenders
Now in the process of being wound down after being succeeded by ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) in October, Alitalia… Read More »
Australia’s Jetstar resumes international, NZ domestic ops
Jetstar Airways (JQ, Melbourne Tullamarine) resumed scheduled international flights on December 15, 2021, more than 600 days after they were… Read More »