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In a bipartisan effort to create more opportunities for women in the aviation industry, Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), are cosponsoring a bill called the Promoting Women in the Aviation Workforce Act. The bill, which was put into committee Dec. 18, aims to enlarge the footprint of women in the generally male-dominated industry. […]

A whole year has passed since the National Aviation Authority public hearing where Flybondi requested the routes which it plans to operate, and today the airline is still completing steps to begin flying in the near future. From the original request of 99 routes, ANAC (Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil, Argentina’s Aviation Authority) extended a […]

The GOP tax bill has been making headlines recently and Southwest Airlines just announced a $1,000 bonus to all of its employees as a result of this tax reform. As a way for the airline to celebrate the recent passage of the tax reform legislation, the board of directors at the Dallas-based carrier authorized the […]

British Airways has submitted yet another application to wet lease six Qatar Airways Airbus A320s. The application is for aircraft to be used from February to April, with British Airways citing “exceptional needs to enable British Airways to support passenger operations due to late delivery of aircraft.” The six Qatari aircraft, registered A7-LAA through LAF, […]

As Air India Chairman Pradeep Singh Kharola continues on his quest to turn around India’s flag carrier, he recently issued a message to employees stating that it is pivotal for employees to play their part in improving the productivity of the airline. The Economic Times reported that Kharola stated: “We have to adopt a professional and […]

39 percent of American Airlines’ fleet was repainted into the carrier’s new livery by February 2015 and the carrier was planning to have 96 percent of the fleet done by December 2017 and the entire fleet by next December according to a newsletter sent to employees. But American was able to complete its repainting project […]

According to two sources familiar with Alaska Airlines’ acquisition of Virgin America, the airlines will fly under one single operating certificate as early as  Jan. 11, 2018. This move will officially close out the Virgin America callsign, “Redwood,” and the carrier will be seen as Alaska Airlines in the eyes of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). […]

Japanese airline All Nippon Airways, or ANA, made headlines Wednesday when flight 175, their scheduled 11-hour flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo’s Narita Airport, turned back to LAX mid-flight when the crew reported an “unauthorized passenger” onboard the aircraft after 4 hours flight time. CNN reported that the flight had departed LAX at […]

The burgeoning Indian aviation industry is forecast to grow significantly over the next ten years, with Indian airlines expected to add over 900 aircraft to their fleets, according to Indian media outlet Firstpost. The growth is expected to be driven by high demand in the Middle East and Asian-Pacific regions, with airlines such as IndiGo, […]

Airline alliance Star Alliance is partnering with the world’s largest start-up accelerator and innovation center. Plug and Play, a based in the iconic Silicon Valley, and the global airline alliances have agreed to a cooperative relationship. A start-up accelerator is the equivalent of a venture capitalist fund in which the company invests in new start-up […]