Aviation Daily

The new tie-up can be considered an experiment to determine customer appetite for the melding of the ULCC and full-service carrier business models.

In tandem with JetBlue’s announcement, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will greenlight the airline’s plans to develop a Terminal 6 at JFK.

Media reports suggest that the UK government has abandoned a planned ‘amber-watch’ category after protests from the aviation industry and wider travel sector, which had warned that introducing the new category would lead to another slump in bookings.

Volaris is set to enter the Honduran market later this year after the signing of a MOU between the Mexican carrier and the government of Honduras.

Qantas plans to stand down 2,500 of its employees for at least two months.

Icelandic cargo operator Bluebird Nordic has embarked on a radical expansion program.

Japan Airlines is getting to grips with its cash burn which was caused by the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.

Optimistic of passenger demand increasing in the near future, China’s Juneyao Air is raising funds to procure five new aircraft.

Global logistics operator DHL Express has launched a cargo variant of Eviation’s Alice electric regional aircraft as part of pioneering plans to establish a sustainable electric express freight network from 2024 onwards.

German tour operator TUI Group is consolidating its five airlines into TUI Airline that will serve as an internal operational platform.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is betting that corporate and long-haul international traffic will fully recover over the next few years—and that United will be ready to meet it with its network of large coastal hubs and fleet of premium-heavy aircraft.

U.S. aerospace and defense supplier Parker-Hannifin has made a £7.1 billion ($9.9 billion) bid for UK competitor Meggitt.

Avelo, an all-Boeing 737 Next Generation-series operator, plans to tap its flight data and GE’s repository of algorithms to monitor and improve its operation across the board.

Long-haul, low-cost startup Norse Atlantic Airways is to acquire a second tranche of leased aircraft in preparation for its planned launch in late 2021.

Eurocontrol recorded a total of 167,294 flights during the week to Aug. 1, still a 77,472 reduction compared to the same week of 2019.

Indonesian LCC Lion Air Group plans to furlough a significant proportion of its staff as the airline responds to a drop in capacity caused by the latest wave of COVID-19 cases.

Despite Vietnam experiencing a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases, Vietjet Air remained in profit for the first half of 2021.

Aviation technology provider SITA is preparing to expand the deployment of new systems intended to streamline the validation and acceptance of the health certificates that will be vital for international travel to properly resume.

The Atlanta-based regional carrier plans to resume service before the end of September.

Estonian carrier Nordica has launched scheduled services under its own air operator’s certificate and IATA code for the first time.

Startup Air Premia is plotting flights from Seoul Incheon to LAX.

Airports all over China are taking sweeping measures to prevent the spread of a new COVID-19 outbreak, which has been traced back to cleaning staff working on an Air China flight that arrived at Nanjing Lukou Airport (NKG) from Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) on July 10.

A Yak-40LL testbed modified with a nose-mounted propeller driven by a 500 kW low-loss superconducting electric motor has been demonstrated in flight for the first time.

Brazilian airline Azul has signed a MOU for the acquisition of 220 Lilium Jets; the companies plan to partner on a regional high-speed transportation system in Brazil.

Utah-based SkyWest reported a Q2 net income of $62 million, topping most analyst estimates.