easyJet announces new Lyon – Calvi route
A new route to Calvi for this summer! easyJet, France’s second largest airline, is enriching its seasonal offer from Lyon-Saint… Read More »
Key traffic figures Zurich Airport February 2021
In February 2021, 192’558 passengers passed through Zurich Airport, corresponding to a decrease of 90.4% compared to last year. Local… Read More »
Canberra extends A$1.2bn lifeline to Australian carriers
Australian airlines have embraced the government’s AUD1.2 billion Australian dollar (USD930 million) stimulus package for the country’s aviation and tourism… Read More »
VietJetAir to sell all 17.77 million treasury shares
VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi) has approved a proposal to sell all 17.77 million of its treasury shares, equivalent to 3.28% of… Read More »
Icelandair merges Air Iceland Connect, to add B767-300(F)s
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) will convert two of its B767-300(ER)s into freighters and lease them back under a long-term deal… Read More »
South Korea unveils additional support to airlines
South Korea’s government has unveiled additional measures to help the country’s airlines as they wrestle with the continuing impact of… Read More »
IndiGo Airlines in talks about five A321P2Fs – report
India’s largest low-cost carrier IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) is planning to tap into the cargo market with the addition… Read More »
Air India denies plans to retire B747-400s
In response to a number of articles in the Indian media, Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has issued a statement… Read More »
Norwegian wins court nod to axe leases on 25 aircraft
Ireland’s High Court has given Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) approval to terminate lease contracts for 25 aircraft that had been… Read More »
Texas’s Envoy Air to add E170s
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced it is planning to add its first E170s with at least six units… Read More »
Rolls-Royce and Tecnam join forces with Widerøe to develop an all-electric aircraft
Rolls-Royce and airframer Tecnam are joining forces with Widerøe – the largest regional airline in Scandinavia, to deliver an all-electric… Read More »
American partners on sustainable aviation fuel agreement
American Airlines and Kuehne+Nagel have inked an agreement that will allocate part of the emissions reduction the airline generates from… Read More »
Southwest to resume operating 737 Max flights
Southwest Airlines becomes the latest airline to put the 737 Max back in its active fleet. Airlines have operated some… Read More »
Alaska Airlines to restart service to Hawaii’s Kauai
Alaska Airlines will resume service to Kauai April 5 as the island prepares to join Hawaii’s program allowing visitors presenting… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines CEO “cautiously optimistic”
Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO Peter Ingram said he is “cautiously optimistic” as the airline has reopened all its mainland… Read More »
Delta CEO: Vaccinations key to open international travel
“Tests and vaccinations are the answer, not quarantine,” Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said in an interview, adding: “Vaccination… Read More »
A4A urges standards for digital health certificates
Airlines for America continues to advocate for federal guidance around a standardized digital health pass that would track proof of… Read More »
What makes NUE optimistic
Returning demand and less travel restrictions realistic from June onwards! Although NUE sees barely any scheduled passenger aircrafts on the… Read More »
The Power of Connecting Passengers –
Later Guest Arrivals to Become The New Normal If you have ever sat on a plane wondering where the person… Read More »
FedEx, Sikorsky trial single-pilot ATR flights – report
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is working with Sikorsky Aircraft (Bridgeport) to trial single-pilot Avions de Transport Régional cargo operations,… Read More »
Tanzania’s Grumeti Air to start international ops in 2Q21
Tanzanian safari air transfer specialist Grumeti Air (Arusha), on June 2, 2021, launches scheduled cross-border flights between the Serengeti and… Read More »
Italy’s Neos plans scheduled US flights
Neos (NO, Milan Malpensa) has applied for exemption authority to amend its US Foreign Air Carrier permit to conduct foreign… Read More »
Mexico’s TUM Aerocarga expands internationally
Mexican cargo specialist TUM AeroCarga (MCS, México City Int’l) has applied for a US Foreign Air Carrier Permit and exemption… Read More »
Omani CAA ungrounds the B737 MAX
Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a safety circular permitting Oman Air (WY, Muscat) and all foreign carriers to… Read More »
Volga-Dnepr to build Leipzig humanitarian aid hub
Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the operator of Leipzig/Halle to set up… Read More »
Ukraine abrogates CIS airspace and civil aviation agreements
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed decree No. 70/2021 on the country’s “withdrawal from international treaties concluded within the framework… Read More »