Air Transport

Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) reduced its losses in 2021 and now intends to increase its destinations to 60 from 35 during the next five years.

Turkey-based leisure and domestic carrier SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has resumed plans to build a five-bay hangar for its Boeing 737 fleet at Antalya Airport on Turkey’s southern coast.

The recent lifting of border and travel restrictions across Southeast Asia has helped air travel at the Singapore Changi Airport recover to 31% of pre-pandemic levels, making it the busiest airport in the Asia-Pacific region.

Safran is gaining experience in electric propulsion, testing prototypes and studying aircraft architectures as it positions itself as the supplier of a full range of motors for all-electric and hybrid propulsion systems, from light aircraft to narrowbodies.

Kenyan low-cost carrier Jambojet has selected Laminaar Aviation Infotech’s ARMS Flight Planning System for its flight operations.

Qatar Airways and IndiGo have reactivated their strategic cooperation following the lifting of the suspension on international scheduled flights by the Indian government.

Alpine Air Express, which claims to be one of the largest U.S. all-cargo, regional and on-demand contract airlines, has acquired Suburban Air Freight.

A Federal judge in Florida has declared the U.S. government’s mask mandate for air travel is unlawful.

The U.S. domestic airline market carried 926 million passengers, of which roughly 165 million—almost 20%—took flights shorter than 450 mi. (the “regional market”) in 2019.

Few would have been surprised to see Condor give up over the past three years. The German leisure carrier has endured more drama and upheavals than

Air Canada recently reached a pandemic milestone after it posted a record day for passengers carried.

The U.S. domestic airline recovery is mostly a good-news story.

Schedaero, a division of Avinode Group, has introduced new features to its platform that assists Part 135 charter operators with flight scheduling, aircraft management and crew monitoring.

Mitsubishi and Eneos, Japan’s largest oil company, will jointly study the establishment of a domestic supply chain for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), targeting deliveries beginning in 2027.

Citing protracted border closures and lukewarm domestic travel for its decreased financial estimates, Japan Airlines (JAL) is forecasting a deeper loss for the 2021/22 financial year of ¥777 billion ($1.4 billion) against ¥146 billion previously estimated last November.

Auckland Airport is seeing a strong rebound in traffic from Australia following New Zealand’s latest border reopening move, and airlines are preparing to add more routes when travel resumes from other overseas markets.

European air traffic continued to edge higher in the week ending April 17, Eurocontrol statistics showed, with a 1.4% increase compared to the previous week.

Dubai Air Navigation Services Corporation (dans) has been recognised as playing a crucial role in managing the Expo 2020 airspace during the six-month mega event.

Rolls-Royce is pinning its turbofan’s future on UltraFan technologies, a vision to be tested this year with its first demonstrator.