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.
Germany’s second-largest airport Munich (MUC) is putting its entire Terminal 1 operation into hibernation over from Dec. 1 as demand continues to dwindle.
Emirates Airline will expand service to the UK over the coming weeks following the establishment of an air corridor between the UK and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
London remains JetBlue Airways’ number one priority but other markets in Europe are under consideration as the U.S. carrier pushes ahead with its transatlantic expansion strategy, according to CEO Robin Hayes.
A4E leader Thomas Raynaert talks about improved testing and that quarantine concerns, not the risk of catching the virus on an aircraft, are keeping passengers from flying.
Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, five hurricanes and some minor technical issues, the first core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is now scheduled for an 8-min. static test-fire during the week of Dec. 21.
Restoring air connectivity is critical to countries and their populations and therefore industry and governments must remove barriers such as border closures and slot regulations, focusing instead on collaboration, a leading airport executive has said.
