Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev reaffirmed his forecast that the country’s airline industry was likely to carry 101.2 million passengers in 2023.
A decline from the big numbers of the COVID-19 pandemic is attributable to geopolitical tensions and other disruptions to global trade and supply chains.
Before the announcement, Asiana Pilots Union members had been engaging in a work-to-rule campaign, and had recently announced an indefinite strike from July 24.
Air Premia, Aero K and Fly Gangwon were all granted business licenses in March 2019, but nobody could have predicted the crisis that would follow soon after.
As it continues to try to rebuild, Korean Air is restarting one of its pre-pandemic mainland China routes this month, with another two following in September.
United is working on a comprehensive plan to better combat operational disruption in Newark, but is not going to cut back from its international network.
