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On Sunday, Pragusa.One — a Coration charger airline whose name includes inspiration from the city of Prague and the Croatian term for the country’s capital Dubrovnik, which is Ragusa — confirmed the start of its inaugural flights. The startup, which had been preparing to launch flights out of Dubrovnik, Croatia, announced its plan to commence […]

All Nippon Airways reported the largest annual loss in its history on April 30, but the airline foresees a rebound back to profitability this financial year, with its vice president seeing “light at the end of the tunnel” after the Covid-19 pandemic. From April 2020-March 2021, ANA Holdings reported a record net loss of 404.6 billion […]

Airbus flew back into profit from January to March of the current year, as cost-cutting and restructuring measures began to take their intended effect, but the company has warned that the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over. The European aircraft manufacturing giant said in a statement that it booked bottom-line net […]

With the next stage of the U.K. government’s expected easing of restrictions due to come into effect on 17 May, the commercial airline industry is anticipating the recommencement of international travel for U.K. citizens and residents. A recently announced ‘traffic light (signal)’ system of various levels of requirements upon return for travelers there is still […]

The COVID-19 pandemic will be claiming another airline with South Africa’s Mango Airlines, beset by financial woes, on the brink of collapse effective May 1, until such a time the airline receives funding from the government. The airline’s CEO, William Ndlovu, informed his staff in an internal memo dated April 22 that the government had […]

In many industries, it is common for testing to occur before implementing something in market. Think of the very well-documented three-phase testing regime that the COVID-19 vaccines went through in 2020 or video game firms, which have a “public testing region” in which they will implement character balancing changes and expansions before allowing the masses […]

A year after the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic and the quarantines that stopped air travel worldwide, generating millions in losses for the entire industry, several Colombian airlines have launched new routes in order to get up from what has widely beocme considered to be the worst crisis the commercial aviation has faced in its […]

The Alaska Air Group has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2021, and like many other U.S. airlines, is eyeing a return to profitability later in 2021. The Seattle-based carrier reported a net loss of $131 million following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP. While the airline’s losses seem relatively small, when […]

Based in the United Kingdom as a charity for the disabled, the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) has partnered with their expertise with Ethos Farm to develop ASK FIRST, a deck of disability awareness online training courses designed to help all staff feel more confident in providing the best possible customer service and […]

American Airlines has announced an expansion of its Strategic Partnership with JetBlue, which was first announced last summer. Most notably, American is launching new service from New York to New Delhi, and through its connection with JetBlue is bolstering its domestic network, especially out of Boston and on other Northeastern routes. “American Airlines and JetBlue […]