Air Transport

IATA reports global domestic RPKs continued to recover in June with mixed regional performance. China and Australia weakened; Russia, Brazil and US

ULTRA AIR, Colombia plans startup out of Medillín by end 2021 with A320s; it hopes to have 40 aircraft within next five years.

The U.S. Defense Department’s (DOD) activation of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) taps a rarely used but carefully constructed resource for augmenting military airlift capabilities during emergencies.

UK-based European Cargo has been granted an air operator’s certificate (AOC) by the UK Civil Aviation Agency and plans to start freight services shortly.

Porter Airlines is the latest North American carrier to mandate vaccines or testing for its employees, joining United Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines, which have already issued vaccine requirements.

AIR ASTANA plans Sept 18 to resume twice-weekly Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan-London Heathrow (A321LR).

UK pilot-support group PilotsTogether has launched a mental-health crisis service for cockpit crews, in partnership with free 24/7 text-messaging service Shout 85258.

UK LCC easyJet has selected former RSA Insurance Group CEO Stephen Hester as chairman designate, to succeed John Barton, who has held the role for nine years.

Uganda Airlines has received its country’s approval to begin operating Airbus A330-800s, one of the final steps before starting long-haul services.

Boeing has appointed former diplomat and trade leader Alexander Feldman as its new president for Boeing Southeast Asia.

Latvian carrier airBaltic is still aiming to operate 50 Airbus A220s by early 2024, but it has yet to decide on purchase rights and options on a further 30 of the type.

Il-112 manufacturer United Aircraft Corporation has announced the suspension of flight trials of the Ilyushin Il-114 prototype after the crash of an Il-112 which has similar engines.

Emirates has signed an interline agreement with Cemair that opens up connections to six more destinations in South Africa through the airline's gateways of Johannesburg and Cape Town. The partnership also includes a couple of leisure points exclusively served by Cemair.

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the airline industry forever. The pandemic will, too.

The third CRAF call-up in 41 years will include three aircraft each from American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines and Omni Air; two from Hawaiian Airlines and four from United Airlines.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has set up a joint research framework with domestic manufacturers and Boeing with the objective of commercializing noise reduction technology demonstrated under its Fquroh research program.

For most airlines, 2021 is about working a path back to profitability, or at least reducing losses so that they can enter next year on a firmer financial footing.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed an agreement with Ethiopian Airlines to create a new Boeing 767 passenger-to-cargo conversion center in Addis Ababa, with three Ethiopian Airlines 767-300s set to launch the new venture.