The wide variety of national standards for closing borders or restricting flights due to COVID-19 is one of Qatar Airways’ main challenges in operating internationally, according to CEO Akbar Al Baker.
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Government is studying whether Leonardo’s AW609 commercial tiltrotor could be used to link the city with a remote island archipelago.
Starting Sept. 3, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will gradually allow international flights from Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Sweden and Thailand to land at Beijing as its first point of entry.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that passenger demand in July (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs), continued at critically low levels--79.8% below July 2019 levels with African airlines’ traffic dropping 94.6% in July.
South Africa’s Comair, which operates low cost airline Kulula, and as a British Airways franchise, has received a binding offer from preferred investors this week which is set to put the airline back in the skies later this year.
Even before the current Covid-19 crisis, which has seen airlines all over the world seriously affected, Egyptian airline, Nile Air, had paused its expansion. Managing director, Yossrey Abdel Wahab, explained why to Martin Rivers.
With backing from KLM and Airbus, the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands has tested its Flying-V concept for an ultra-efficient airliner by conducting the first flight of a subscale model.
Canadian carrier WestJet announced Sept. 1 that it will increase the surcharges it collects from domestic passengers to offset rate increases by air navigation service provider (ANSP) Nav Canada.
Spirit Airlines plans to raise $600 million backed by two upstart loyalty programs, part of an effort to boost cash reserves while daily losses continue to mount.
