Milan Malpensa-based Aliscargo Airlines is launching with a pair of Boeing 777-200ERs, operating long-haul dedicated freighter flights to Asia Pacific and North American destinations.
Air France is expanding its schedule as the gradual reopening of French borders and the lifting of some travel restrictions allow it to offer more flights.
On June 14 European Union leaders attended an official signing ceremony for the rules, which include the introduction of the EU Digital COVID Certificate.
The airline cited improving vaccination and demand trends, in a sign that the emergency jobs program achieved its goal of sustaining industry employment through the COVID-19 crisis.
Airlines are hoping the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, and the U.S./EU summit in Brussels will lead to North Atlantic travel corridors being put in place.
The South African government has selected Takatso Consortium as the preferred strategic equity partner to take a majority 51% stake in South African Airways (SAA).
The timing of the move has drawn criticism from the CEO of Smartwings Group who also bemoaned that Eurowings’ parent Lufthansa had received state aid from Germany while his group had not received any from the Czech government.
United Airlines is creating a new corporate venture fund geared toward innovation and sustainability, the latest example of the carrier’s commitment to embrace new technologies in aviation.
European airline CEOs sounded an optimistic note for the summer season as they called on EU governments to proceed with a coordinated relaxing of travel restrictions to allow pent-up demand to translate into ticket sales.
The IATA Travel Pass will go live “within weeks,” as the airline representative body attempts to breathe life back into the international travel sector.
Aviation industry executives from some key Asian markets are seeing very little progress in rebuilding demand due to the latest coronavirus outbreaks, and momentum is likely to be slow to return in the near term.
An application to the U.S. government comes less than three months after Alaska Airlines joined oneworld and just days since the carrier confirmed that a partnership with the non-aligned Emirates would come to an end after almost a decade.
The CAAC's aim is to fulfill goods deliveries in China within one day, neighboring countries by two days, and to major international cities within three days—hence “123.”
GOL announced plans to acquire Brazil’s fifth-largest airline as it looks to expand its domestic footprint amid a rationalization driven by the coronavirus pandemic.
