The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) has unveiled three zero-carbon airliner concepts developed under the UK government’s FlyZero project which aims to support the accelerated introduction of hydrogen-powered aircraft.
A group of lawmakers from the U.S. House and Senate are urging the Biden administration to block the proposed merger between Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines, warning the tie-up would “monopolize the ultra-low-cost segment of the industry.”
South Africa’s airlines are gearing up for a pack of new routes to be awarded, after the country’s government finally reconstituted two licensing bodies.
The drawdown of the omicron coronavirus variant was supposed to usher in a return to profitability for airlines in 2022, but the recent surge in global jet fuel prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine has dashed those hopes for the time being.
UK-based LCC easyJet has chosen air services provider dnata to manage its inflight retail services, including the delivery of a tailor-made onboard retail program that the airline hopes will grow ancillary income.
The zero-emission propulsion startup Hydrogen is to locate manufacturing and distribution of its modular hydrogen capsules and assembly of regional-aircraft powertrain retrofit kits at the New Mexico facility.
Air Europa is no longer for sale as international traffic is generating sufficient liquidity, the airline’s owner says, enabling the Spanish carrier to continue without a strategic investor.
Venezuelan flag-carrier Conviasa is set to become the first international airline to serve Felipe Ángeles International (NLU), the new airport in Mexico City being constructed on the site of the Santa Lucía Air Force Base.
The SkyTeam member said that even as the aviation industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, some of its routes make less economic sense and adjustments are necessary.
