The company, which is also currently pursuing Part 23 type certification of the S4 eVTOL aircraft as well as production certification of the assembly line which will manufacture it, is targeting air carrier approval in 2022.
Airlines are struggling to get adequate supplies of jet fuel at small and mid-size airports across the western U.S., as a lack of available pipeline space and trucking capacity for fuel shipments coincides with a surge in domestic travel demand.
Virgin Atlantic has announced a unilateral codeshare agreement with Middle East Airlines (MEA) offering connections between the U.S. and Beirut via London Heathrow Airport
Fortunately for an aviation industry still seeing many obstacles in the way of a full recovery in passenger demand, the silver lining that is the boom in air cargo looks set to continue.
Indian LCC IndiGo is looking to fully restore its domestic capacity to pre-pandemic levels, but to achieve this goal it will need the government to ease capacity restrictions.
“In July and August 2021 we expect to operate around 90% and 100% of our 2019 capacity, respectively, making Wizz Air the first major European airline to fully recover capacity to pre-COVID-19 levels,” CEO József Váradi said.
Cathay Pacific has identified three new senior leadership positions as it turns to lifestyle products for revenue as flight restrictions in Hong Kong drag on.
Collins' TransAction solution acts as an “exchange,” taking in data from the IATA Travel Pass web interface before converting and distributing the inputs to various airline’s reservation protocols and departure control systems (DCS), and vice versa.
While Hawaiian Airlines continues to see a strong rebound in its domestic operations, it does not expect any recovery in its international operations until near the end of this year.
The inaugural flight will go ahead on Aug. 11 but frequencies from September are set to be lower than previously planned as a result of ongoing travel restrictions.
JetBlue Airways announced plans to delay retiring its Embraer E190 fleet, part of an effort to accommodate resurgent demand and new growth opportunities driven by its alliance with American Airlines in the northeastern U.S.
The restructuring of German leisure airline Condor and planned renewal of its aging fleet can move forward after the European Commission (EC) found that state support totaling €525.3 million ($617 million) was in line with EU State Aid rules.
Delta Air Lines plans to increase its capacity between Canada and the U.S. by 150% in September, responding to the Canadian Government’s decision to relax border restrictions on Aug. 9.
South African Airways’ (SAA) low-cost subsidiary Mango plans to enter business rescue, the South African equivalent of administration, just as SAA prepares to resume flights following its own business-rescue exit.
Less than eight months after Israel and Morocco agreed to normalize diplomatic relations, El Al Israel Airlines and Israir have launched their first commercial flights between the countries.
As Air Canada emerges from a government-induced hibernation, the airline believes it has sized its fleet to meet demand that is finally starting to move off the bottom.
