Weak international travel demand continued to weigh heavily on the airline industry’s performance in September, according to the latest data from IATA. Weak international travel demand continued to weigh heavily on the airline industry’s performance in September, according to the latest...
Qatar Airways has begun operating its Boeing 787-9 fleet, putting four of the long-haul twinjets into service. Qatar Airways has begun operating its Boeing 787-9 fleet, putting four of the long-haul twinjets into service. Cirium fleets data shows that the Oneworld member’s...
Slovakian developer has begun 50h flight-test programme in bid to certificate road-to-air design. The decades-long dream of certificating the first flying car could be moving closer to reality with the first airborne sorties of Slovakian developer Klein Vision’s AirCar. The...
Sundair has launched a restructuring process under a ‘protective shield’ procedure that enables the German leisure airline to continue operations. It tells Cirium that the process, enshrined in German legislation, is not an insolvency procedure, but rather applies to companies that...
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...