Airlines offer more direct routes as demand returns
Destination Analysts finds that almost 70% of Americans want to travel in the near future, and airlines have responded by… Read More »
Southwest charts path toward carbon neutrality
Southwest Airlines plans to drop emissions 20% for each available seat mile over the next decade as the carrier pursues… Read More »
Delta eyes summer 2022 to revive transatlantic routes
Delta Air Lines is reactivating routes from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York to Copenhagen and Prague and… Read More »
US destinations prepare for international travelers
Tourist destinations such as Las Vegas, Orlando and New York are looking forward to the resumption of international air travel… Read More »
Alaska Airlines invests in carbon reduction tech
Alaska Airlines, working with investor UP.Partners, has launched Alaska Star Ventures to help the aviation industry and the airline reach… Read More »
Air Canada adds winter route to Dominican Republic
Air Canada will fly to the Dominican Republic city of Santo Domingo twice weekly from Toronto stating on Dec. 16,… Read More »
Mint Suite from JetBlue impresses
JetBlue’s updated Mint Suite seats are available on the carrier’s flights from New York to London. “The Mint experience is… Read More »
Delta expands cargo strategy amid supply chain crunch
Delta Air Lines is helping its business customers address supply chain challenges by transporting material that normally travels by ship,… Read More »
FedEx Express adds long-haul Asian routes
FedEx Express is adding air capacity before activity intensifies over the holidays with a new route connecting Taipei, Taiwan, and… Read More »
RIX Weekly Update!
This week Riga Airport connects passengers to 84 destinations This week Riga Airport connects passengers to 84 destinations. airBaltic resumes… Read More »
Jordan’s Fly Aqaba lands Saudi investor
The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) has at last found a taker for its Fly Aqaba (Aqaba) project after… Read More »
Guernsey to recapitalise Aurigny to tune of $86.3mn
The island parliament of Guernsey has voted to write off the debts of its flag carrier Aurigny Air Services (GR,… Read More »
Israel’s El Al explores buyout of rival Arkia
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has launched negotiations to explore the possibility of buying Arkia Israeli… Read More »
Russia’s NordStar to add two B737 freighters
NordStar (Y7, Norilsk) will enter the dedicated freighter market by the end of the year with the delivery of its… Read More »
Air New Zealand receives $120mn for International Cargo
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has been awarded NZD170 million New Zealand Dollars (USD120 million) in subsidies for international… Read More »
Malaysia’s AirAsia X suggests paying 0.5% of $8.1bn debt
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has asked its creditors to convene on November 12 to consider a restructuring proposal… Read More »
Air France-KLM threatens lawsuit over Schiphol fee hike
Air France-KLM has written to Amsterdam Schiphol threatening legal action because the airport signalled its intention to raise its charges… Read More »
French Polynesia’s Motu Link Airline granted an OL
French Polynesia’s Council of Ministers has approved a draft decree granting an air carrier license to low-cost startup, Motu Link… Read More »
LATAM postpones rescue plan reveal to mid-4Q21
The LATAM Airlines Group has requested an extension until November 26, 2021, to present its restructuring plan to the US… Read More »
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. confirms no plans to restart MRJ
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAJ, Nagoya Chubu) has no plans to restart the SpaceJet/MRJ programme certification “for now” and has asked… Read More »
Qantas sells $595mn worth of land to recover debt
In an AUD803 million Australian dollar (USD595 million) deal aimed at reducing its debt as it recovers from the effects… Read More »
Air Austral entrusts AFI KLM E&M with the support of its Airbus A220 components
While Air France has received the first of its 60 Airbus A220 aircraft at the end of September, Air Austral,… Read More »
Vallair introduces comprehensive widebody maintenance capabilities to new Châteauroux hangar from 2022
Vallair, the multi-faceted aviation business dedicated to the support of both aircraft operators and lessors, will be extending its full… Read More »
AEROSTAR – keeps on track
The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic hit the entire commercial aviation industry very hard, in some cases producing an overnight halt to… Read More »
Surprise Soyuz thruster firing tilted and turned the ISS by 57 degrees
The astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station had to initiate emergency protocols after the spacecraft tilted and turned… Read More »
Three Chinese astronauts have arrived at the space station
Three Chinese astronauts have arrived at the space station China is building. They will stay for six months to help… Read More »