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The Indian government has decided to raise its cap on airline domestic operations, allowing Indian carriers to add back more capacity as demand increases.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION opened investigation into €190m in Romanian state aid to support restructuring of TAROM.

PORTER AIRLINES pushed back its return-to-service date to September 8 from previously announced target of August 3.

TSA screened 2,147,090 pax on July 1, up from 2,088,760 on July 1, 2019.

JET2.COM restarted operations from Leeds, Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester, Newcastle and London Stansted.

Spiraling coronavirus infection rates have led to a more than three-week suspension of flights for fledgling South African LCC Lift.

ETIHAD began Abu Dhabi-Phuket (787-9), Phuket's first international flight since closure due to pandemic.

PORTER AIRLINES reached agreement with Government of Canada for loans up to $270.5m, which include $20.5m for passenger refunds for flights cancelled

“It’s all about gauge, gauge, gauge”—that's how United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby described the company’s recently announced 270-aircraft narrowbody order on an investor call June 29.

LUFTHANSA announced plan to strengthen its premium services from Munich Airport and and is temporarily reactivating five A340-600s in summer 2022 to

KLM says (with 11 destinations) its Africa network is now restored to its 2019 levell; it plans to add Mombasa in winter 2021.

SWISS plans July 2 to begin three-times-weekly Zurich-Los Angeles (777-300ER).

European airlines and airports have sent a joint plea to the EU to come up with a single method of processing passengers’ COVID-19 documentation, fearing chaos at airports if even a truncated summer holiday season materializes.

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE unveiled Presidents' Perspectives video whereby its top regional sales leaders provide their insights into future of the

AAPA members flew 5b RPKs in May 2021, down 96% vs May 2019; capacity fell 87.5% to 17.7b ASKs. PLF was 28.4%.

LAX handled 4.1m pax in May, down 46% vs May 2019; cargo increased 31%.

ONTARIO INTL AIRPORT, Southern California says it expects its flight capacity in July will reach 90% of pre-pandemic levels, based on current

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has opened the refurbished and expanded Departure Hall 1 with the aim of increasing passenger flow.

Canada takes baby steps in lifting travel restrictions.

European airlines are facing a further obstacle in the road to recovery as EU leaders step up calls for coordinated quarantine for arrivals from the UK, in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant.

As the gradual lifting of travel restrictions sets the stage for a swift traffic recovery this summer, Airbus and Boeing plan on sticking to strategies that can now be described as proven.

WestJet is ramping up summer domestic flying by restarting nearly 40 routes and affirming it will start 11 new nonstop services across Canada, signaling growing confidence in the country’s travel-demand recovery, the airline said June 25.

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 391,501 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in April, the lowest since 2014.

WESTJET is re-establishing majority of domestic services throughout Canada.

Airports Council International–North America EVP Matthew Cornelius says the lack of connectivity is “the biggest hole in our business” and “a huge problem that remains unsolved.”