Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) secretary general Abdul Wahab Teffaha speaks to ATW Europe and Middle East correspondent Alan Dron about how his members are managing amid the pandemic as well as the prospects for the increasing number of LCCs in the region.
Canada’s largest airlines are preparing to relaunch service to Hawaii in December now that the U.S. state has opted to allow Canadians to bypass a mandatory 14-day quarantine if they test negative for COVID-19.
Tourism and pilots’ organizations have welcomed an easing of the strict quarantine measures imposed on air passengers arriving in England, but argue more has to be done.
Over 560 flights from Shanghai Pudong (PVG) were canceled as thousands of staff at the airport undergo COVID-19 tests after some cargo handlers contracted the virus.
JetBlue Airways flight attendants voted to reject their first ever contract with the airline, setting the stage for another round of negotiations expected sometime next year.
Chinese airlines generally expect the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to withdraw its grounding order on the Boeing 737 MAX no later than March 2021, industry sources said.
Scoot CEO Campbell Wilson tells ATW correspondent Chen Chuanren about his return to the LCC and how the Singapore-based airline can see the light at the end of the tunnel after a tough year.
The opening of a highly anticipated air travel bubble between Singapore (SIN) and Hong Kong (HKG) was deferred by two weeks, a day before the first ATB flight was set to depart on Nov. 22.
ERA (European Regions Airline Association) director general Montserrat Barriga tells ATW European bureau chief Victoria Moores about how her members have been coping with the COVID-19 crisis and what changes to watch out for in the regional airline sector.
Chris Zweigenthal, CEO of the Airlines Association of South Africa (AASA), talks to ATW's Victoria Moores about how COVID-19 has compounded the challenges faced by airlines in the region and what can be done to help carriers survive.
A team of credit analysts from Moody’s is downbeat about the airline industry’s prospects in 2021, predicting in a new report that carriers around the world will continue to face operating losses well into 2022.
The recent warnings by two major U.S. airlines that booking momentum for the upcoming holiday season is slowing gives credence to the industry’s conclusions that the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will be choppy, and highly unpredictable.
The air transport industry will need $70-80 billion in additional state aid to avoid further failures as it attempts to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, IATA director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said.
