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The Crystal Cabin Award (CCA) is THE international prize for innovation in the aircraft cabin. A panel of renowned industry experts judges innovative cabin concepts and products each year at the Aircraft Interior Expo since 2007.  There are eight categories in the award; “Cabin Concepts”; “Cabin Systems”; “Health and Safety”; “Passenger Comfort”; “IFEC & Digital […]

The Domincan Republic and Guatemale have entered into an Open Skies Agreement. The new agreement will allow airlines to combine different flight numbers in aircraft operations, as well as Sixth Freedom traffic rights for passengers on routes operated by designated airlines for both countries and beyond. Finally, up to seven freedom air traffic rights will […]

Spanish airline Iberia announced on Monday that it will recruit the first batch of pilots since the beginning of the pandemic. In July, it will add 20 first officers who will also become the first pilots coming from the Iberia Cadetes program, which the company launched in 2019. The increase in personnel is aimed at […]

Airline passengers this summer can continue to expect record flight cancellations as the aviation industry wages its battle against one of the largest pilot shortages to date.  Where the crisis has stemmed from Airlines in the United States have struggled to meet demand that is considered high by pre-pandemic standards for a variety of reasons […]

Potential buyers for Italian flag carrier ITA Airways want more information about the carrier’s business plan and have sent the company more than 200 questions about the airline’s future as it continues to look toward a future away from government ownership. However, the airline’s president, Alfredo Altavilla, remains confident that the sale will take place […]

On May 30, Air China released a statement that the company is seeking to acquire additional shares of Shandong Airlines and gain controlling interest over the company. Shandong Airlines is a mid-sized carrier headquartered in Jinan, China. Air China currently owns 43% of Shandong Airlines by direct and indirect ownership, which makes the flag carrier […]

Dubai, the United Arab Emirates-based Emirates will convert six more of its Boeing 777s into freighters which will serve to provide capacity growth, according to Cargo Facts. The Gulf carrier will decide which units to send for conversion based on “a number of factors” but declined to identify specific airframes according to Cargo Facts. Emirates SkyCargo […]

Skykraft — the Australian space services company — has officially commenced a new collaboration with Fiji Airports, as part of Skykraft’s commercial Air Traffic Management (ATM) space constellation development, having made the announcement last week. Skykraft Chairman, Air Vice Marshall (retired) Mark Skidmore, along with Fiji Airports General Manager Air Traffic Management & Operations, Amit […]

In what was yet another scheduling blunder for airlines in the United States, Delta Air Lines, the Atlanta-based carrier was forced to cancel hundreds of flights over Memorial Day weekend.  Flight tracking website Flight Aware reported that Delta canceled more than 250 flights or 9% of the airline’s scheduled services on Saturday. The troubles continued […]

On Wednesday, German leisure airline Condor revealed its plans for newly designed cabin interiors on its Airbus A330neo aircraft. The preview comes just months after the airline announced plans for colorful new liveries which feature vertical stripes along the entire fuselage, a design inspired by parasols, bath towels, and beach chairs, an attempt to distinguish […]