Air Transport

IATA is calling for the Japanese government to ease certain restrictions on inbound traffic imposed during the Tokyo Olympic Games.

"Whether the recovery will be sustainable will come down to a race between COVID variants and vaccine take-up,” Air Astana President and CEO Peter Foster said.

A feasibility study is to begin with Malaysia Airports as Volocopter and Skyports look to build out air taxi networks in the Asia-Pacific region.

After a multi-year attempt to gain traction in the global market, efforts to sell the Sukhoi Superjet 100 have switched to Russia.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported that based on its latest passenger survey conducted in May, most air travellers are confident about the safety of air travel and support mask-wearing in the near-term.

The technical collaboration with Deutsche Aircraft is the first to be announced to involve the use of Universal Hydrogen’s capsules in an aircraft with another company’s hydrogen propulsion system.

While the U.S. and Europe are recovering, the Asia-Pacific region remains in crisis.

Russia’s TsAGI Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute has unveiled a scaled-down mockup of a supersonic commercial aircraft demonstrator at the MAKS 2021 air show that kicked off near Moscow on July 20.

UK LCC easyJet is planning to operate up to 60% of its pre-pandemic capacity in its fiscal 2021 fourth quarter (Q4), with Airbus A320neo deliveries resuming this fall.

Breeze Airways head of planning Max Barrus shared insights into the startup's process for identifying new network opportunities.

Until the air transport sector normalizes again, LCC business models are seen as best-suited to the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.

EASYJET has £318.3m pretax loss for third quarter ended June 30 vs £346.8m loss a year ago; it expects in fourth quarter to fly up to 60% of 2019

Zhou Ningning (Clark) to Senior Vice President-Commercial of AerDragon Aviation Leasing, Beijing.

CYPRUS AIRWAYS plans September 10 to begin daily Lanarca-London Heathrow (A319).

AIR CANADA announced current summer transborder schedule of 55 routes/34 US destinations/220 daily flights following loosening of restrictions on non

Sam Mendenhall to Vice President-Operations of American Airlines Cargo.

One day after the UK’s “freedom day,” the U.S. State Department has issued a do not travel advisory to the country due to rising COVID-19 infections.

In a strategic shift under its new ownership, Cyprus Airways is moving away from the purely seasonal operation it previously ran.

India’s domestic airline traffic is beginning to rebound as the country’s second wave of COVID-19 infections recedes.

Lessors and a local cargo operator are bringing Garuda Indonesia to court over late payments, as the airline posts a record $2.5 billion loss for fiscal 2020.

Korean Air and Seoul National University have been commissioned by the Republic of Korea Air Force to explore using the Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft for an air launch system, similar to Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne.

It’s been a long time coming, but 2021 should be the year in which Saudi low-cost carrier, Flyadeal, finally begins international services. Alan Dron reports.

A Los Angeles-based commuter airline plans to purchase up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprops from Textron Aviation with plans to convert them into hybrid-electric aircraft for commercial air travel.

The Beijing to Anchorage service via Japan will double FedEx Express' international cargo flights in and out of the Chinese capital.

Mexico’s missteps after decades of growth are a reminder of the importance of political leadership and creative policy in times of crisis.