Airline Industry News

Etihad has announced a new organisational structure that the airline says will position the business to “deliver on its mandate in the wake of COVID-19 and meet the challenges of the global downturn i...

Air Astana has announced that it will reduce the number of flights it operates to Istanbul from the Kazakhstan cities of Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Atyrau, in response to government guidelines. From next ...

The government of Norway has announced that Norwegian will not receive any further financial support. Iselin Nybo, Norway’s minister for trade and industry, said that the government considers further ...

The breaking news that Pfizer and BioNTech have produced an effective coronavirus vaccine that can prevent more than 90% of people from contracting COVID-19, has positively impacting airline shares. T...

Mexican airline Interjet has resumed flights after having suspended all fights for three days due to cash flow and maintenance issues. The airline has pledged to pay wages owed its employees “as soon ...

flydubai, the Dubai-based carrier, has announced the start of flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv from November 26, 2020.  The carrier will operate 14 flights a week offering a double daily service bet...

Virgin Atlantic will be launching the first flight from Europe to St Vincent in June 2021 with new services from London Heathrow. The twice-weekly service will operate with the airline’s A330-300 airc...

Norwegian’s traffic figures for October are heavily influenced by lower demand caused by continued travel restrictions across Europe, with several new red zones. In October, 319,477 customers flew wit...

Lufthansa Group, which owns Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, has reported a €1.967bn loss for the three months to end September 2020, as revenues plummet by 74% comp...

Stobart Group, which owns Stobart Air and London Southend airport, has reiterated its intention to sell Stobart Air, remarking that the trading outlook for the airline has deteriorated significantly s...

Finnair has postponed the delivery of the remaining three committed A350-900 aircraft. The agreement is a part of Finnair’s comprehensive measures to ensure that the company can emerge from the COVID-...

Chengdu Airlines received its 23rd ARJ21 aircraft in Shanghai on October 29, 2020, under a finance lease from AVIC International Leasing Co., Ltd. (AVIC Leasing). Zhou Xinmin, Member of Standing Commi...