Lufthansa Group is planning to further expand its long-haul tourist offer from Frankfurt (FRA) at the start of the winter 2021/22 season with the addition of flights to Montego Bay in Jamaica and Varadero in Cuba.
The European Commission (EC) has asked Austria to explain its plans for a minimum price floor on air fares of €40 ($48) which the country plans to introduce to curb the CO2 emissions of low cost short-haul flights
The air travel demand recovery that airlines, airports and tourism organizations were hoping to see emerge this year, albeit slowly, is so far proving elusive.
The head of the largest U.S. flight attendant union warned federal lawmakers that a proposed domestic pre-departure COVID-19 testing mandate would be “devastating” for airlines struggling to scrape by on anemic travel demand.
As more governments seek ways to resume safe and secure travel in the wake of COVID-19, the ability for passengers to share vital health information—such as PCR test results or vaccination history—with authorities has challenged technology companies to fast-track and collaborate on new digital health credentials.
Embattled Star Alliance carrier South African Airways (SAA) has received over 30 expressions of interest (EOIs) for various parts of its business, with a decision expected by March 31.
Air India’s regional subsidiary Alliance Air is set to welcome two Dornier 228s made by local airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to its all-turboprop fleet.
European airlines which hoped progress in rolling out vaccines would lead to some sort of recovery are instead having to face the reality that tighter travel restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus are going to keep demand down in the near term.
Lufthansa managed to access the capital market again Feb. 4 by placing an additional two-tranche bond generating €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) and now plans to begin paying back state aid received in 2020.
