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Ethiopian Airlines is the preferred bidder for the future Nigerian airline Nigeria Air, Nigerian Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said last Friday. The Ethiopian national airline will own a 49% stake in the new Nigerian airline, while the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund will take 46% and the Nigerian federal government the remaining 5%. According to Sirika, Ethiopian […]

Eviation Alice – the first all-electric commuter plane – made its maiden flight on Wednesday from Grant County International Airport at Moses Lake, Wash. The airplane took off at 7:11 a.m. and landed 7:19 a.m. local time . Despite being only 8-minute long, this is a historic moment for electric aviation. Alice is the first […]

The Czech Republic is a relatively new country having been formed in 1993. Prior to this, the country was part of Czechoslovakia which was a communist state until 1989. Sanctions placed on the country by the West meant that Russian aircraft were operated throughout the country. During the Communist Rule, CSA was the primary carrier […]

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 […]

While the travel demand is on the rise in the U.K., Doncaster Sheffield Airport has announced it will begin winding down its operations due to lack of tangible proposals. The struggling airport will continue to work closely with the passengers to minimize the disruption. Doncaster Sheffield mainly provides flight operations to Europe from the U.K. […]

The Qantas Group appointed a new Chief Executive Officer for its budget subsidiary Jetstar, having made the announcement on Sept. 26. Selected to replace Jetstar’s current CEO, Garreth Evans, will be Stephanie Tully — the airline’s current Group Executive and Chief Customer Officer. The transition is expected to take place over the next month, with […]

It has been almost two and a half years since the Covid-19 pandemic devastated the air transport industry, forcing airlines to slash their schedules and inducing governments to introduce strict restrictions on passengers’ mobility. While some countries started to progressively relax restrictions months ago, some governments have decided to take a more prudent approach keeping […]

Skytrax, a British civil aviation research company founded in 1989, is responsible for compiling special rankings devoted to airlines and airports to help travelers choose the airline best suited to their needs. Each year since 1999, it has introduced the Skytrax World Airline Awards, conducting international surveys to identify the best airports, the most efficient […]

Last week Dallas-based carrier JSX announced it would begin new one-stop flights from Austin to Gunnison/Crested Butte by way of Dallas Love Field, now the carrier is announcing the addition of new flights from another city in Colorado, Denver. The airline will be expanding its current service at Denver Boulder Airport, the second airport in […]

United Airlines has requested an additional 30-day waiver from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) ahead of an Oct. 31 deadline to resume flights to Cuba. Reuters reports that the airline has been faced with challenges to relaunch the service that was suspended at the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the news organization […]