Coronavirus

By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways plans to expand the functionality of the IATA Travel Pass mobile app by linking the vaccination status of personnel to the electronic document.
Airlines & Lessors

AIR CANADA plans in August to resume international service of 17 routes to 11 destinations from Toronto and Montreal.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
The Indian government has decided to raise its cap on airline domestic operations, allowing Indian carriers to add back more capacity as demand increases.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

EUROPEAN COMMISSION opened investigation into €190m in Romanian state aid to support restructuring of TAROM.
Air Transport

PORTER AIRLINES pushed back its return-to-service date to September 8 from previously announced target of August 3.
Air Transport

TSA

TSA screened 2,147,090 pax on July 1, up from 2,088,760 on July 1, 2019.
Air Transport

JET2.COM restarted operations from Leeds, Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester, Newcastle and London Stansted.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Spiraling coronavirus infection rates have led to a more than three-week suspension of flights for fledgling South African LCC Lift.
Airlines & Lessors

ETIHAD began Abu Dhabi-Phuket (787-9), Phuket's first international flight since closure due to pandemic.
Air Transport

PORTER AIRLINES reached agreement with Government of Canada for loans up to $270.5m, which include $20.5m for passenger refunds for flights cancelled
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
“It’s all about gauge, gauge, gauge”—that's how United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby described the company’s recently announced 270-aircraft narrowbody order on an investor call June 29.
Airlines & Lessors

LUFTHANSA announced plan to strengthen its premium services from Munich Airport and and is temporarily reactivating five A340-600s in summer 2022 to
Air Transport

KLM

KLM says (with 11 destinations) its Africa network is now restored to its 2019 levell; it plans to add Mombasa in winter 2021.
Air Transport

SWISS plans July 2 to begin three-times-weekly Zurich-Los Angeles (777-300ER).
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
European airlines and airports have sent a joint plea to the EU to come up with a single method of processing passengers’ COVID-19 documentation, fearing chaos at airports if even a truncated summer holiday season materializes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE unveiled Presidents' Perspectives video whereby its top regional sales leaders provide their insights into future of the
Aerospace

AAPA members flew 5b RPKs in May 2021, down 96% vs May 2019; capacity fell 87.5% to 17.7b ASKs. PLF was 28.4%.
Air Transport

LAX

LAX handled 4.1m pax in May, down 46% vs May 2019; cargo increased 31%.
Air Transport

ONTARIO INTL AIRPORT, Southern California says it expects its flight capacity in July will reach 90% of pre-pandemic levels, based on current
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has opened the refurbished and expanded Departure Hall 1 with the aim of increasing passenger flow.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Canada takes baby steps in lifting travel restrictions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European airlines are facing a further obstacle in the road to recovery as EU leaders step up calls for coordinated quarantine for arrivals from the UK, in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
As the gradual lifting of travel restrictions sets the stage for a swift traffic recovery this summer, Airbus and Boeing plan on sticking to strategies that can now be described as proven.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
WestJet is ramping up summer domestic flying by restarting nearly 40 routes and affirming it will start 11 new nonstop services across Canada, signaling growing confidence in the country’s travel-demand recovery, the airline said June 25.
Airlines & Lessors

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 391,501 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in April, the lowest since 2014.
Air Transport