UK LCC easyJet has selected former RSA Insurance Group CEO Stephen Hester as chairman designate, to succeed John Barton, who has held the role for nine years.
Latvian carrier airBaltic is still aiming to operate 50 Airbus A220s by early 2024, but it has yet to decide on purchase rights and options on a further 30 of the type.
The third CRAF call-up in 41 years will include three aircraft each from American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines and Omni Air; two from Hawaiian Airlines and four from United Airlines.
For most airlines, 2021 is about working a path back to profitability, or at least reducing losses so that they can enter next year on a firmer financial footing.
Taiwanese startup Starlux Airlines has turned to business travel and cargo demand as the basis for selecting its next destinations, postponing and suspending leisure routes the airline had promoted before the pandemic.
Lessor BOC Aviation believes commercial aviation’s global recovery will continue to be uneven, but the company remains confident in the outlook for airline passenger growth.
The airline’s expenses accelerated as it employed more staff and neared its first flight on June 30, having started the process toward becoming an operating carrier in October 2020.
Latvia’s airBaltic is set to receive a €90 million ($105 million) equity injection from the state to compensate for the losses incurred during the COVID-19 crisis and to support the carrier’s recovery.
The Hong Kong-based startup intends to operate a launch network of three routes across the Asia-Pacific region once it commences commercial operations.
Tourists were told to leave Martinique after a new wave of COVID cases, highlighting the fragile nature of the broader aviation sector recovery—when the virus reemerges in a given region, the situation for the airlines serving it can change dramatically in days.
Avelo Airlines will begin U.S. East Coast service with four routes from its Connecticut base to four leisure-heavy Florida destinations—Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Orlando and Tampa Bay—the recent start-up said Aug. 19.
Virgin Atlantic has become a customer of Storegga, a UK-based company that specializes in carbon removal, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce its environmental impact.
New Zealand regional airline Sounds Air has confirmed its launch orders with Swedish startup Heart Aerospace for an initial three ES-19 electric 19-passenger aircraft.
The country will establish vaccination travel lanes with Brunei and Germany, allowing inoculated passengers to travel into the country without the requirement to quarantine.
The U.S. Transportation Department will limit capacity on some flights to the U.S. operated by Chinese airlines in retaliation to a similar move by authorities in China.
