Frontier Airlines Giving All People Named Orlando Free Flights to Orlando, Florida
Is your first or last name Orlando? If so, you’re in luck! Frontier Airlines announced September 29 it will reward… Read More »
Singapore Airlines Opening Eatery Inside a SuperJumbo Jet
Well this is most definitely a new experience in the airline industry. Singapore Airlines, perhaps buoyed by the success of the… Read More »
FAA Approves Largest Commercial Jet Engine Ever
The Federal Aviation Administration announced it has certified the largest commercial jet engine ever built on Monday, General Electric’s GE9x. According to FOX… Read More »
Flight Attendant Shares Emotional Message on Last Flight Before Being Furloughed
An American Airlines flight attendant delivered a heartfelt message to passengers on her final flight before being furloughed. Breaunna Ross… Read More »
House Leaders Push for Reform in Airplane Certification
Prompted by the fatal crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX planes almost two years ago – and the subsequent long… Read More »
PIA offers $78mn voluntary separation scheme to 3,200 staff
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) will introduce a voluntary separation scheme to cut down its excessive… Read More »
El Al pleads to ministers not to cede control to non-Israeli
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) is pushing back against the acquisition of a controlling 43% stake… Read More »
Avianca resumes int’l flights from three hub countries
Avianca Airlines (AV, Bogotá) resumed international flights from San Salvador Int’l, in El Salvador, and Managua, in Nicaragua, on September 19, 2020, and from Medellín… Read More »
Aer Lingus launches tender for Regional ops
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) has launched a tender for the operation of its Aer Lingus Regional brand ahead of… Read More »
SAA lands partial funding for restructuring plan
The administrators of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will decide on the future of the airline next week… Read More »
Oman poised to resume international flights
Oman Air (WY, Muscat), the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, resumes scheduled services on October 1, 2020 with… Read More »
Traffic demand low despite Jordan’s reopening
Travel demand at Jordan’s Amman Queen Alia Airport has remained low since it reopened to international commercial traffic earlier this… Read More »
Royal Brunei lays off expat pilots to save costs
Royal Brunei Airlines (BI, Bandar Seri Begawan) has started laying off expat pilots and is seeking more ways to cut… Read More »
Estonia told Brussels that Nordica faced bankruptcy by YE20
Nordica (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) may face bankruptcy by December, according to a summary of the request for state aid… Read More »
Greece’s Sky Express to add A320s
Sky Express (Greece) (GQ, Heraklion) is planning to add an undisclosed number of A320-200s, according to job advertisements for captains… Read More »
Cathay Pacific open to employee ideas as it works on restructuring plan
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd 0293.HK said on Wednesday it welcomed all employee ideas to get it through the pandemic after… Read More »
IATA reduces air traffic outlook as crisis drags on
Global airlines reduced their 2020 traffic forecast on Tuesday, after a small summer rebound evaporated amid renewed coronavirus outbreaks and… Read More »
American’s CEO Confident Airlines Will Receive Aid Package
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said he remains optimistic that Congress will reach an agreement on an extension of the… Read More »
Frontier Airlines Offering 75 Percent Savings on Lowest Fares
Frontier Airlines is offering travelers 75 percent savings on its exclusive Discount Den fares through Monday night. Eligible tickets must be purchased… Read More »
Cayman Islands remain closed to commercial flights
Airports on the Cayman Islands remain closed to all but essential travel until October 1, 2020, the government announced. In… Read More »
American moves trans-Pacific hub to Dallas/Fort Worth
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) is moving much of its Asian traffic from Los Angeles Int’l to its home base… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s Spark Air to lease A330s
Spark Air (Hambantota) has applied to the Sri Lankan government for an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and an Operator’s Licence (OL)… Read More »
Mexico’s Volaris wins support for $160mn capital increase
Volaris (Y4, Toluca) has secured shareholder approval to raise up to MXN3.5 billion pesos (USD160 million) in capital, it outlined… Read More »
Ryanair to launch Paris Beauvais base in late 4Q20
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has announced it will open its fourth French base, at Paris Beauvais, on December 3, 2020,… Read More »
Australia’s Rex targets mid-market niche
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) is planning to position itself as a “mid-tier” airline with a hybrid type… Read More »
United Pilots Approve a Deal to Avoid Almost 3,000 Furloughs
United Airlines pilots have collectively approved a plan that will allow 3,000 of their ranks to retain their jobs through at… Read More »