Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the holding company for Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB), has confirmed that its regional carrier Firefly will commence operations of up to 10 narrowbody passenger aircraft starting first quarter 2021.
The arrangement will also have no restrictions on the reason for traveling, meaning Hong Kong and Singapore could potentially be the first pair of cities available for international leisure travel in the region.
Nigeria has ratified four bilateral air service agreements (BASAs)—with India, Morocco, Rwanda and the U.S.—and is pressing ahead with plans for a new cargo airport in the south east of the country.
WestJet, citing a lack of demand exacerbated by a local travel bubble, will suspend flights to Charlottetown, Fredericton, Moncton, and Sydney, effective Nov. 2, wiping out 100 weekly flights and 80% of the airline’s capacity in Canada’s Atlantic region.
The approval of a European Commission plan aimed at rationalizing inconsistent travel restrictions through a color-coded COVID-19 risk map marks a small step in the right direction for Europe’s airlines—but unfortunately, the beleaguered industry says, it doesn’t go far enough.
Delta Air Lines will defer $5 billion in expected deliveries through 2022, after reaching an agreement with Airbus to delay the arrival of 77 new airliners.
AirAsia X envisages operating a much smaller fleet of Airbus A330s in the long term following its planned resumption of flights with just a handful of aircraft early in 2021.
Breeze Airways, the U.S. startup from airline entrepreneur David Neeleman, secured a sale-leaseback agreement with lessor Voyager Aviation for five Airbus A220-300s.
Over the winter months Lufthansa is set to deploy four of its currently parked Airbus A350-900s on routes from its Frankfurt hub that are normally served by the larger Boeing 747-8.
Southwest Airlines’ plans to add Chicago O’Hare (ORD) and Houston Intercontinental (IAH) airports to its route map continue its push into the few top metro-area airports it did not serve—while better positioning the carrier for a rebound in business traffic.
One of the world’s best-known airline names seems destined for the history books following the announcement that Italian flag-carrier Alitalia will be replaced by Italia Trasporti Aereo (ITA).
Hawaiian Airlines will suspend its ‘Ohana by Hawaiian interisland passenger and cargo services effective Nov. 1, citing the “economic challenges of low travel demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine restrictions.”
Chinese airlines carried 13.3 million passengers over the week-long holiday between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8, with the domestic market seeing double-digit growth.
British Airways CEO Alex Cruz is to cede his role to Aer Lingus CEO Sean Doyle, as part of a management reshuffle announced by parent company International Airlines Group (IAG).
