Intra-African growth is expected to be the strongest category for African airlines, at around 6.5% per year, considerably above the global growth rate in air transport of 4%.
Although the recovery in Latin America from the COVID-19 pandemic may lag other areas of the world, there’s no shortage of ambition among the region’s startup airlines.
United Airlines said it plans to operate more international capacity next year than in 2019, driven by expectations of a strong business travel recovery and relaxed entry restrictions across the Atlantic and Pacific.
The initiative is part of a wider A$530 million investment plan the New South Wales state government is offering to “supercharge” its tourism and travel economy.
The parent company of Thai AirAsia, Asia Aviation (AAV), is planning to raise THB17.9 billion ($536 million) as it hopes to position itself for Thailand’s border reopening Nov. 1.
Lufthansa says Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) will be the first destination for its new Boeing 787-9s when the aircraft commence operations in 2022.
Some of Europe’s major airlines are planning to expand their winter schedules on transatlantic routes as the U.S. plans to relax restrictions on vaccinated international air travelers starting Nov. 8.
In the run up to COP26, which the UK is hosting later this month in Glasgow, the government has set out a new sustainability strategy, with aviation and—in particular—sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) playing an important role in the broader aim to become a net-zero society by 2050.
International Airlines Group (IAG) is expecting its fuel deliveries and aircraft-manufacturer processes to be net-zero within the next five to 10 years, as part of its crackdown on Scope 3 indirect emissions.
More than four years after Alitalia filed for bankruptcy, its successor ITA Airways has finally taken to the skies, making its first flight Oct. 15 under a new blue livery.
