Air New Zealand and Malaysia Airlines are the latest carriers to sign up to trial the IATA Travel Pass, a new digital app that streamlines how passengers can access the COVID-19 tests required for their travel and securely convey results to airlines.
Thailand’s domestic capacity has bounced back strongly since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, with LCCs leading the recovery and increasing their dominance of the Thai market.
IATA is concerned that its December 2020 forecast for traffic recovery may have been too optimistic and the airline industry will burn a lot more cash for longer than anticipated.
Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways foresees significant demand for air transport starting to return from midway through 2021 and intends to continue with plans to revitalize its fleet.
Garuda Indonesia subsidiary Citilink is reportedly looking to add five ATR 72-600 turboprops to its fleet to increase its foothold in the domestic market, a booming sector especially while borders are closed.
The European Commission has launched a new partnership focusing on electric, hybrid and disruptive technologies which will build on Clean Sky 2 and contribute to a new breed of regional, short- and medium-haul aircraft that will fly by 2035.
Airlines are increasingly leaning on process automation to overcome the erratic demands of the COVID-19 crisis, making systems reliability even more essential, according to aviation information technology (IT) specialist SITA.
Wet-lease startup Heston Airlines, which is being created by Dublin-based lessor Genesis and narrowbody specialist Heston Aviation, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 ahead of a May launch.
Malaysia Airlines Group (MAG) has gained court approval of a deal to reduce lease liabilities, which clears the way for a broader restructuring and a further funding injection by the government.
Global regulators and operators moved quickly to minimize the risk of another incident involving a Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 777, banning them from airspac
Ever since it became obvious that the state loans and guarantees allocated to Air France-KLM to help it survive the COVID-19 crisis would not be enough, executives and ministers in the group’s home countries have been scrambling to come up with a new solution.
A group of major U.S. carriers announced plans to implement voluntary contract tracing for international arrivals, part of a Biden administration effort to better track and contain the spread of COVID-19 through commercial air travel.
British Airways (BA) has moved to further bolster its liquidity levels through the finalization or announcement of two financing agreements that will see the flag-carrier increase its available funds by £2.45 billion ($3.43 billion).
Transatlantic competition from Boston Logan (BOS) is set to intensify later in 2021 when United Airlines launches a new route to London Heathrow (LHR).
Finnair’s CEO says that the flag-carrier will emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as a leaner business and will focus on repaying debt before investing in new narrowbodies.
