Air Transport World

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new united front: a call for everyone to work together in a common quest for a global set of travel and health standards so that international borders can reopen.

The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) is the trade association representing more than 55 airlines and over 130 associate members, to promote and advocate for the European regional airline market.

The recovery of the air transport and travel industry is either well underway—even surging—or a long way off, depending on where and when you look.

There’s a lot of talk about how the COVID-19 coronavirus adapts, and understandable concern about the infection rates of new mutations. What’s often overlooked, however, is how significantly humans have adapted, individually and as collectives, and how much has been learned over the past 18 months.

The US is once more experiencing busy airports and full flights as domestic leisure travel numbers surge close to 2019 levels. In their pandemic isolation, however, some Americans appear to have forgotten how to behave in public.

Chengdu opened Tianfu International Airport (TFU) June 27, becoming the third Chinese city to operate two major airports after Beijing and Shanghai.

The European Commission (EC) is looking to crack down on airlines with regard to consumer rights as they relate to cancellations and refunds.

Prague-based Smartwings is part of the Smartwings Group and the largest carrier in the Czech Republic.

The 2021 northern summer season opened with many in the industry and would-be travelers hopeful of a recovery in international air travel, at least in the leisure and tourist sectors.

New European commercial flight crew mental fitness rules took effect in February as a safety response to the 2015 Germanwings crash caused by a pilot suicide.

The UK government has said throughout the pandemic that it was working in partnership with the air transport industry on when and how to re-open international travel. But airlines and airports appear to have reached the end of their patience with talks that are leading nowhere, and some are looking to a legal remedy.

If presidents and prime ministers cannot conduct their business via Zoom, they should lift the travel rules they impose on their citizens but cannot comply with themselves.

There was a time when airline executives believed supersonic flight would become ubiquitous on long-haul routes.

The UK government’s abrupt reversal on allowing its citizens to travel to Portugal for vacation has severe immediate and long-term repercussions for airlines and the travel industry.

In a major first-of-its-kind industry initiative, United Airlines has launched an alliance it calls Eco-Skies that brings together nearly a dozen

Counterintuitive as it may seem with airlines downsizing and furloughing crews, a pilot shortage problem may re-emerge sooner than most think

Florida-based ultra-LCC Spirit Airlines has resumed its growth track and expects to be one of the first US carriers to return to profitability if

Frequent flyer programs are no longer about flying frequently.

Some US carriers have seen their loyalty programs in a new light—as collateral to raise billions in loans. United Airlines started it off in June 2020

Airlines are looking to fly more point-to-point long-haul routes with smaller, more efficient aircraft.

Africa’s opportunity lies with aviation liberalization.

The hijacking of a commercial airliner in any circumstances is a disturbing and criminal act. For such action to be organized and authorized by a state government is truly shocking.

There’s new thinking about aviation carbon reduction.

It’s a sign that the air transport industry is returning to some kind of normal when US lawmakers and union leaders are once again joining hands to

Korean Air is charting a path to a bigger, stronger, more international future.