Sustainability was firmly establishing itself as the airline industry’s greatest long-term challenge before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Sustainability was firmly establishing itself as the airline industry’s greatest challenge before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Today, despite expectations that the sector’s recovery...
Nigerian investigators have disclosed that the crew of a Boeing 747-200 freighter did not receive critical information about reduced available landing distance at Abuja before the aircraft landed, veered off the runway and collided with construction equipment. The Armenian-registered Veteran...
Stobart Group has entered a tender to secure a long-term flying agreement with Aer Lingus beyond 2022 as part of its effort to dispose of regional carrier Stobart Air before the end of March 2021. Stobart Group has entered a...
United Arab Emirates operator Flydubai is to open services to Tel Aviv this month, following the normalisation pact signed between the Gulf state and Israel. Flydubai says it will carry out a twice-daily service between Dubai and Tel Aviv from...
Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways is confident that it remains a going concern, with sufficient resources, after turning in a KD5.6 million ($18.3 million) third-quarter net loss. The performance brings overall net losses, for the nine months to 30 September, to...
Qantas and low-cost unit Jetstar plan to operate “thousands of flights” following the decision by the New South Wales state to open its borders from 23 November. The border opening to Victoria state will see the two carriers operate over...
The pool of airlines that lenders are willing to accept as collateral has gone “really just down to a handful” amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the chief financial officer of Wings Capital Partners has said. At the beginning of the crisis,...
Canberra has published a discussion paper exploring the opportunities and challenges involved with the increased adoption of drones and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The 68-page report explores issues ranging from airspace integration to security, noise, and infrastructure....
Lessor Aircastle has posted a $5.8 million profit for the third quarter ended 30 September, a significant drop on the same quarter last year when the lessor made $43.3 million in profit. Total lease revenue for the three months was...
China Airlines has picked GA Telesis’ aircraft asset management unit to remarket and sell its four remaining Boeing 747-400 aircraft, with deliveries expected as early as the first quarter of 2021. The four 747s (MSNs 33734, 33735, 33736 and 33737)...