Air Transport

IATA announced that the recovery in air travel slowed for both domestic and international in January 2022 compared to December 2021.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways will resume its service to the Namibian capital, Windhoek from 25 June 2022 as part of its largest ever African schedule.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
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.
Airlines & Lessors

GAMA added UAV Turbines, FL and Zipline, CA as Associate Members EPIC.
Air Transport

AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL is adding six 757-200PCFs, including three ex-Icelandair (26245/26244/29311) and three ex-American (32386/32387/32400), to
Air Transport

SAS

SAS has SEK1b agreement with Apollo to operate charter flights in summer 2022 from around 20 locations in Sweden, Norway and Denmark to around 30
Air Transport

BOC AVIATION had US$561m net income on US$2.2b revenues in 2021 vs $510m on $2.1b in 2020; it ended year with owned/managed/committed fleet of 521
Air Transport

WIZZ AIR is offering 100k free seats on short-haul flights in Poland/Slovakia/Hungary/Romania for Ukrainian refugees.
Air Transport

AVMAX sold ex-Piedmont Dash 8-100 (318) to an undisclosed entity for expected lease to AIR CM GLOBAL, Malta.
Air Transport

US DOT reports US airlines carried 673.7m pax in 2021, down 27.3% vs 2019; intl enplanements fell 46.7% vs 2019.
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
Alaska Airlines and its regional subsidiary Horizon Air have launched a new flight academy in the Pacific Northwest, part of an effort to address a national shortage of commercial airline pilots.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Air Transat has reservations about its new codeshare partner WestJet pursuing an acquisition of Canadian tour operator Sunwing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
On the path to implementing pre-commercial services during the Paris 2024 Olympics, a European demonstration program has completed its first field tests of U-space airspace services to support urban and intercity operations with unmanned and manned aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lori Ranson
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has extended its mask mandate for U.S. aircraft and public transportation until April 18.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Embraer expects to expand output both in its commercial and executive jet businesses in 2022 in an effort to compensate revenue shortfalls in its struggling defense business, hit by a reduction of Brazil’s KC-390 military transport order.
Aerospace

By Alan Dron
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation is uncertain of the fate of its 18 aircraft in Russia following the global clampdown on Russian commercial and business aviation-related activities.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Airlines can look forward to gains in international operations as the government moves to lift flight restrictions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
Whisper Aero plans to test its quiet propulsor technology on a 55-lb. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance demonstrator drone as part of two Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer contracts.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The project will modify a Dornier 328 regional turboprop with a zero-emission hydrogen-electric powertrain; the demonstrator aircraft is planned to fly in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The aircraft will sport a dual SIA-DHL livery and be manned by SIA pilots while SIA Engineering Company will perform the maintenance.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The startup, which is backed by Air Arabia as a minority partner, is working toward obtaining its air operator’s certificate.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann, David Casey
In addition to expanding each airline’s networks with possible add-ons to Indonesian and regional points, both carriers will explore opportunities to cooperate on their respective frequent flyer programs.
Airlines & Lessors

Turkish Airlines will provide one-night stay in a 4-Star hotel for Economy Class and two nights stay in a 5-Star hotel for Business Class in Istanbul as a stopover service - through a hotel voucher that is issued after the ticket purchase.
Airports & Networks

Maqta Gateway, AD Ports Group’s digital arm has introduced Digital Airfreight Solutions as part of the Advanced Trade and Logistics Platform (ATLP).
Emerging Technologies

India will resume scheduled international flight services from March 27.
Airports & Networks