Senior executives at the Changi Aviation Summit in Singapore said lessons learned during the pandemic should be channeled into building up resilience in case of future disruptions.
Romanian carrier Tarom has received the go-ahead for a €1.9 million ($2 million) capital injection to compensate for losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
China’s busiest airport Guangzhou Baiyun has canceled more than 1,000 flights after three airport staff tested positive for COVID-19 on the evening of April 27.
UK carriers British Airways and easyJet faced further schedule disruption April 5 because of high staff sickness rates, driven by a national surge in COVID-19 cases.
Rising fuel costs and closed borders are keeping China’s national carriers—Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines—under pressure and, despite increases in passenger revenue, all three saw their losses widen in 2021.
Cebu Pacific is banking on the relaxation of travel restrictions within the Philippines and across the region more broadly as it hopes to bring back pre-COVID levels of domestic capacity during the second quarter of the year.
Cathay Pacific expects to be able to restore more of its flight schedule following the announcement of a partial easing of COVID-19 entry and quarantine rules by the Hong Kong government.
Jetstar Asia is resuming more regional routes after receiving approval to offer flights from four Southeast Asian destinations to its Singapore Changi base.
Over the past year Latin American carriers have worked diligently to rebuild their fleets into competitive forces as COVID-19 moves from pandemic to endemic.
New Zealand’s upcoming move to allow entry for Australian residents will mark the final step in reopening a cross-border market that is crucial to the major airlines in both countries.
One of the most interesting by-products of the COVID-19 pandemic is the establishment of new partnerships and potential mergers by airlines in the Americas to carve out competitive positions as the recovery continues.
Cathay Pacific managed a return to profit for the second half (H2) of 2021, although this hard-won progress is under threat in the early months of 2022 due to stricter COVID-19 regulations in Hong Kong.
Southeast Asian nations are taking bolder steps toward reopening their borders as the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) scheme expands to more countries and cities within the region, which has seen one of the slowest recoveries in international flying.
The Council of the European Union has recommended that member states should lift restrictions on fully vaccinated non-EU travelers starting March 1, as it shifts toward a more person-centered approach to COVID-19 prevention.
U.S. aviation industry stakeholders have spent the better part of a year collectively pushing the U.S. government, specifically the Justice Department (DOJ), to step up prosecution of unruly airline passengers.
