Several industry players have voiced disappointment with the UK’s air travel reopening, labeling it as over-cautious, with just 12 countries being given “green list” status.
European air traffic has risen in recent days, Eurocontrol is reporting, as some countries in the region have begun easing their travel restrictions in time for the crucial summer tourist season.
Spanish transatlantic leisure carrier World2Fly has secured its air operator’s certificate (AOC) and will launch Airbus A330-300 and A350-900 operations this summer.
Bamboo Airways’ ambitions of serving the U.S. market have moved a step closer after the Vietnamese airline was granted takeoff and landing slots at two airports in California.
Taiwan’s health ministry said on May 10 that it will quarantine all China Airlines pilots as a stop-gap solution to curb the spread of new COVID-19 clusters on the island.
Although Air Canada’s major priority remains lobbying to reopen Canadian borders and restore passenger demand, the airline is taking its time to evaluate longer-term fleet composition, which could include adding the Airbus A321LR.
International Airlines Group (IAG) is confident that it can restore its operating margin over the next three years as it gets ready to cautiously ramp up flying.
Japan Airlines has revealed more detail on how it plans to prepare for the post-pandemic environment by strengthening its LCC portfolio while scaling back its widebody mainline fleet.
Swiss International Airlines is confronting the greatest challenge in its corporate history as management concluded that a significant restructuring of its business is unavoidable.
Most Europeans are willing to travel by the end of August, demonstrating the “significant amount of pent-up demand which has accumulated following months of travel restrictions,” a new report has found.
Copa plans to return to a six-bank operating structure at its Panama City Tocumen hub in June to drive greater efficiency as it continues to face an uneven recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Recent start-up Avelo Airlines plans to use Connecticut’s Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) as its first East Coast base and has committed $1.2 million toward an ambitious, $100 million capital-improvement plan unveiled by the airport and its manager, Avports.
After battling headwinds during the first quarter from a second wave of COVID-19 infections in Brazil, Azul is seeing positive signs for a rebound in demand as its home country’s vaccination rates increase.
The ULCC is rightfully boasting that it could be the first U.S. operator to fully recover and its market capitalization has already surpassed pre-pandemic levels.
Turkish Airlines said deferrals and cancellations for aircraft ordered before the pandemic and due to be delivered in 2020-21 have now been signed with OEMs.
Ireland-based ULCC Ryanair will open a base at Stockholm Arlanda during the 2021 winter season and launch domestic services in Sweden for the first time.
Australian regulators have issued a draft rejection of an application by Qantas and Japan Airlines to cooperate more closely, although Qantas says it will argue to have the decision reversed in the final ruling.
An absence of passenger-aircraft belly capacity and growing needs of shippers to move goods is translating into more long-term charter contracts for Atlas Air Worldwide—a trend the company sees continuing well into the future.
