Former GE Aviation chief David Joyce is joining Boeing’s board of directors, while Navy Adm. (ret.) Ed Giambastiani Jr. will leave at the end of the year, the company announced Aug. 31.
Emirates is bringing forward the delivery of the final three Airbus A380s it has on order, with the last of the aircraft set to join the fleet in November.
The planned network additions come after Russia ended a ban on flights to Egyptian resorts which was imposed after Metrojet Flight 9268 from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg broke up over the Sinai Peninsula in October 2015, killing all 224 people on board.
Oneworld alliance partners Iberia and Alaska Airlines are seeking permission to codeshare on almost 80 routes operated by the Seattle-based carrier from Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO).
Emirates will receive three more A380 aircraft from Airbus this year with its last unit on order scheduled to join its fleet in November, bringing forward the original delivery timeline from June 2022.
Ethiopian Airlines Group today announced it has unveiled a new digital option dubbed My Sheba Space that enables economy class travellers to purchase one or more empty seats on board to get extra space.
The carrier, based in the French overseas department of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, has been hit hard by travel restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Netherlands aerospace center Royal NLR is conducting a series of flights with an electric aircraft under an initiative to help airports gain knowledge on the feasibility, potential and handling of electric-powered aircraft.
Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines announced plans to increase their employee hiring targets, part of an effort to address staffing shortages amid a strong U.S. domestic summer travel season.
TAP Air Portugal is making headway with its turnaround, phasing out five older aircraft and cutting its workforce by 16%, as it awaits a European Commission (EC) ruling on its restructuring plan.
Boeing booked $1 billion in online parts sales from Jan. 1 through June 15, the fastest it has reached the mark during a calendar year, as expanded offerings overcame a slump in commercial orders linked to the global airline downturn.
Porter Airlines has upgraded and upgauged the cabins in each of its 29 De Havilland Dash 8-400s ahead of its restart next week, installing new, slimmer seats that enabled the airline to add a row in each.
The EU’s suggestion to remove the U.S. from its safe list, as COVID-19 infections among Americans rise, is yet another blow to airlines that have been hoping for a long-haul recovery to match their summer short-haul boost.
