While engineers at airframers and engine manufacturers, particularly in Europe, are busy advancing hydrogen technology for use in commercial aircraft propulsion, airports have begun studying a transition from conventional fuel.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and India’s Vistara have signed a commercial cooperation framework agreement which will see coordinated moves in areas of capacity planning, sales, marketing, joint fare products, customer services and operations once flights restart between the two countries.
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has outlined a ten-year “Airport City” vision, with plans to improve cargo and passenger handling facilities, increase investment into nearby Zhuhai airport, and construction of lifestyle infrastructure.
Emirates Airline has taken delivery of one Airbus A380 from the Airbus facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder and plans to add a further two of the type before the end of the month.
Avianca’s decision to exit the domestic market in Peru and cut much of its international flying from Lima’s Jorge Chávez International (LIM) is opening up huge opportunities for LCCs, according to SKY Airline’s executive president Holger Paulmann.
The organizers of the Paris Air Show, the world’s largest, have canceled the 2021 edition because of continued uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
IATA has released October data for global air freight markets showing that air cargo demand continued to improve but at a slower pace than the previous month and remains below previous year levels, although African airlines saw an increase in demand.
Like all Libyan carriers, Afriqiyah Airways is in a seemingly endless fight for survival. But chairman, Mustafa Maatug, tells Martin Rivers he’s full of hope for the future.
The vaccines against COVID-19 are raising hopes and Wall Street is abuzz over a “light switch bull case” investment thesis where commercial air traffic surges back and business returns to normal sooner than 2023-25.
Boeing is seeing some positive signs in its commercial aftermarket activity but cautions that the future of its once-high-profile services push will be shaped by post-pandemic demand.
Boeing’s two key widebody programs are facing stronger headwinds from both internal and external sources, prompting the company to further trim its planned 787 output for 2021 and signal that 777X certification will continue to proceed slowly.
Under a new long-term master plan, London City Airport (LCY) is expecting to handle 11 million passengers by the mid-to-late 2030s–more than double the 5.1 million that it handled in 2019.
Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plan to launch COVID-tested flights between Atlanta and Amsterdam, as carriers look to speed up the restart of international travel.
Some business travelers, media staff and “elite sportspersons” will be exempted from COVID-19 quarantine on their return to England, under the latest guidance issued by the UK Department for Transport (DfT).
UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic is expecting to perform its final Boeing 747 flight on Dec. 16 and has announced plans to resume operations from Manchester, England, on Dec. 5 after a nine-month break.
