Nearly 70% of fixed base operators in the U.S. and Canada experienced a decline in fuel sales in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to an annual FBO fuel sales survey by the Aviation Business Strategies Group.
The European Commission (EC) has approved €24.7 million ($29 million) of Italian support for Alitalia, aimed at compensating the airline for COVID-19 losses on certain routes in November and December 2020.
Delta Air Lines is to offer flights from three U.S. destinations to Iceland this summer after the country became the first in Europe to allow entry for fully vaccinated Americans.
U.S. carriers report an uptick in bookings for spring and summer travel, spurred on by positive momentum in COVID-19 case counts, deaths and coronavirus vaccination rates.
Japan’s airlines are once again ramping up their domestic services after enduring a major setback in the first part of 2021 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren, who assumed his new role as Airlines for Europe (A4E) chairman on March 25, anticipates a challenging year ahead as Europe’s airlines attempt to revive their air links in the wake of COVID-19.
Eighty percent of Canadian air traffic controllers say public safety will be placed at risk if Nav Canada proceeds with planned area control center layoffs and tower closures, according to the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association (CATCA).