IATA believes the situation for airlines will become worse before it becomes better, as international travel restrictions persist and vaccine roll-out is only just beginning.
Despite the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, China ended 2020 with 420 million passenger movements, making it the world’s second-largest aviation market for the fifteenth consecutive year.
Austrian Airlines is phasing out the first of three aging Boeing 767-300ERs and confirmed its last De Havilland Dash 8-400s will end operations by March 31.
Japan’s two major carriers are significantly cutting back their domestic schedule plans for January following a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the country.
Turkish Airlines’ CEO has said passengers must not wear valved or vented face masks on board, in line with national health regulations and World Health Organization (WHO) guidance.
The flight data recorder (FDR) of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 was recovered by Indonesian naval divers on the evening of Jan. 12, three days after the Boeing 737-500 carrying 62 people plunged into the sea.
Despite a general consensus that Latin America’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will occur at a slower pace than other areas of the world, there’s no shortage of ambition among the region’s low-cost operators.
Porter Airlines has once again pushed back its planned re-start date, but the dormant Canadian carrier is confident that the roll-out of vaccines means its long-awaited return from a self-imposed grounding is more certain than ever.
