United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the air transport industry has “turned a corner” in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, although that newfound optimism was not reflected in the carrier’s latest quarterly results.
One of the first tangible effects of the Israel-UAE rapprochement could be in the offing, with a Dubai-based company planning to bid for ownership of Israeli airline Israir.
Eurocontrol may have to further revise its traffic forecasts downwards—after already cutting them once—as tightening COVID-19 restrictions and rising infection numbers in many European countries lead to a deteriorating situation for the region’s airlines.
The experimental aircraft would be one of a suite of demonstration projects to mature key technologies for a next-generation subsonic commercial transport by the mid-2020s.
Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the holding company for Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB), has confirmed that its regional carrier Firefly will commence operations of up to 10 narrowbody passenger aircraft starting first quarter 2021.
The arrangement will also have no restrictions on the reason for traveling, meaning Hong Kong and Singapore could potentially be the first pair of cities available for international leisure travel in the region.
AirAsia X envisages operating a much smaller fleet of Airbus A330s in the long term following its planned resumption of flights with just a handful of aircraft early in 2021.
