Since Nov. 1, Cathay Pacific Airways flight CX841 service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hong Kong returned to Russian airspace due to a strong high altitude headwind in the temperate zone. Previously, such weather has caused the flight to divert to Taipei to fuel up. Cathay Pacific had previously avoided Russian […]
Air travel was dead in late-2020. Airlines had slashed their schedules to fractions of 2019 levels, potential travelers had hunkered down to protect themselves from Covid-19 and airports had little to do but sit idly by. But where travel had disappeared, hope still shined that the end of the pandemic would be just around the […]
Finnair will introduce a new corporate strategy aimed at restoring profitability, the Finnish airline said in a statement today. According to the text, “the weight of the different markets in the business is changing,” requiring a major structural overhaul to maintain competitiveness. “Our operating environment has changed dramatically this year in the wake of the war […]
Confirming what had been announced a couple of weeks ago, Aeroflot and United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) signed a letter of intent on Wednesday for the delivery of 339 Russian-made aircraft by 2030. This was done at the Easter Economic Forum in Vladivostok and reported by the official TASS news agency. The order comprises 210 Irkut […]
The future of ITA Airways, the airline created by the Italian state to succeed Alitalia, will finally be in the hands of the consortium formed by private capital firm Certares, Delta Air Lines and Air France-KLM, after it was announced on Aug. 31 that it was chosen by the government to continue with an exclusive […]
The shortage of aircraft of the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX families, competing models in the short- and medium-range single-aisle market, is driving up the lease price of the airplanes. In this context, many operators are opting to extend existing contracts rather than seek new aircraft in the market. According to aviation intelligence, information […]
Delta Air Lines will increase the frequency of its nonstop service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Seoul-Incheon International Airport with the addition of three-times-per-week service effective Dec. 13. The new service will complement Delta’s existing daily operations and Joint Venture partner Korean Air’s five-times-weekly service, bringing the total frequency to 15 flights a week. Delta’s […]
The second quarter of 2022 brought with it all the murkiness and uncertainty that have become standard in the airline industry since March 2020. The three-month period from April to June was headlined by JetBlue Airways and Frontier Airlines staging a public battle to purchase Miramar, Fla.-based Spirit Airlines, which after months of higher bids and […]
In a statement issued the morning of May 11, the main shareholders of Colombian airline Avianca and the controlling shareholder of Brazilian airline GOL announced the signing of an agreement to create an air transport group under a holding company structure called Abra Group Limited, which will bear the trade name Grupo Abra. The agreement, […]
The aviation industry has been plagued by several massive schedule disruptions in the past year, as airlines have been caught unprepared for a resurgence in travel demand across the world. After scaling back following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, airlines have said staffing shortages — not having enough pilots and flight attendants ready to […]
