U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) vowed to introduce a bill blocking the sale of middle seats on domestic flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, following a viral selfie snapped by the lawmaker on a packed American Airlines flight.
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will start operations on July 14 with flights connecting the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with Alexandria and Sohag in Egypt.
The COVID-19 crisis has shaken up the whole of the air transport industry—and for some of the major domestic markets in Europe, the changes in landscape could be permanent.
With plans to operate as well as produce its electric air taxis, German startup Lilium has unveiled its thinking on modular vertiports that could start small, but scale up quickly as the market takes off.
AirAsia Group has posted a net loss of MYR953.3 million ($223 million) for Q1 of 2020, the largest loss the company has recorded since its listing in 2004.
EASA plans to mandate inspections of certain Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 low-pressure turbine (LPT) discs following word from the manufacturer that contact between the parts and nearby seals can lead to cracks.
Inmarsat is developing a “smart pipe” satellite communications (satcom) infrastructure for the Boeing 777X that independently allocates bandwidth for multiple, disparate applications.
JetBlue Airways and its pilots struck an agreement that will remove the possibility of involuntary furloughs through May 1, 2021, the first deal of its kind at any U.S. airline during the COVID-19 crisis.
Flights between Sydney (SYD) and Melbourne (MEL), the world’s second busiest route in 2019 by number of departures, are to be scaled back following a spike in the number of novel coronavirus cases.
The UK government has published a list of countries from which international arrivals to England will not have to self-isolate, including France, Greece, Italy, Spain and other popular tourist destinations.
Korean Air has been cleared to seek additional financing from a new government assistance fund that should help the carrier stay afloat through the COVID-19 crisis.
Air France plans to cut 6,560 jobs by the end of 2022, with a further 1,020 to go from its regional subsidiary HOP! through fleet simplification and restructuring.
Expansion of international freight facilities at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) in eastern China will begin this year, following approval from provincial authorities.
Portugal has become the latest European government to back its largest airline after increasing its existing stake in TAP Air Portugal from 50% to 72.5%.
Niel Golightly resigned on July 2 as Boeing’s chief communications officer after an employee complained about his 1987 article in the Naval Institute’s Proceedings journal that argued against allowing women to serve in combat.
