News about major commercial passenger airlines

Brazilian airline GOL announces new chief executive

Celso Ferrer is taking over as chief executive of Brazil’s GOL from July 1, replacing Paulo Kakinoff ...

JetBlue steps up efforts to win Spirit in Frontier merger battle

JetBlue is calling on Spirit shareholders to vote against the carrier’s plans to merge with Frontier, saying its o ...

Norwegian Air posts $102 million loss in Q1, cites ‘seasonally weak’ quarter

Norwegian low-cost carrier Norwegian Air has posted a $102 million (NOK 1,031 million) loss for the first quarter of 202 ...

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Lufthansa apologizes after Orthodox Jewish travelers are banned from flight

German flag carrier Lufthansa has issued an apology after Orthodox Jewish travelers were banned from boarding a connecti...

Scoot chief Campbell Wilson named as new CEO of Air India

Air India announces the appointment of Campbell Wilson, currently head of SIA low-cost carrier Scoot, as new CEO ...

PLAY launches inaugural flight to Boston Logan Airport

Icelandic low-cost carrier PLAY has launched its inaugural flight between Reykjavik and Boston, the United States. ...

Tibet Airlines A319 catches fire after an aborted takeoff in China

A Tibet Airlines Airbus passenger jet suffered major fuselage damage and caught on fire after an aborted takeoff and run ...

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Emirates extends partnership with Huawei; signs MoU with South African tourism

Emirates renews its partnership with tech giant Huawei at the Arabian Travel Market and signs a MoU with the South Afric ...

ANA to resume A380 ‘Flying Honu’ service to Hawaii

All Nippon Airways (ANA) will resume operations of its Airbus A380 ‘Flying Honu’ for services between Japan ...

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Colombia’s Avianca, Brazil’s GOL team up in Latin America consolidation drive

Colombia’s Avianca and Brazil’s GOL’s set out plans to create a new Latin American aviation group ...

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Cathay eyes more flights, lower cash burn thanks to easing restrictions

Cathay Pacific is planning to expand operations thanks to easing travel restrictions, which is also good news for cash b ...

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Emirates partners with Royal Air Maroc; signs MoC with Malaysia tourism board

Emirates enters into a codeshare partnership with Royal Air Maroc and signs a memorandum of collaboration with Malaysia...

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Emirates wins 'Best Airline Worldwide' award; launches new hospitality strategy

Emirates bags the ‘Best Airline Worldwide’ title from Business Traveller Middle East as it launches a new ho...

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New owners soon for Italy’s ITA? Government hopes to agree sale by end of June

Italy is aiming to sell ITA Airways by the end of June 2022, with three bidders currently in the running ...

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Alaska Airlines pilots to vote on strike authorization amid flight cancellations

Alaska Airlines pilots are given two weeks to vote on authorizing a strike after 3 years of failure to come to a contrac ...

Wizz Air eyes expansion in Saudi Arabia

Wizz Air and the government of Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding over potential airline investment ...

IATA chief expects passenger traffic recovery sooner than expected

Passenger traffic levels could return to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, sooner than expected, IATA’s Willie Walsh te ...

Emirates premium economy to be available on flights from August 1, 2022

Emirates provides more details of its new premium economy cabin, with tickets to go on sale from June for flights from A ...

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Wizz Air plans to hire 20,000 new employees, including 6,600 pilots by 2030

Wizz Air aims to hire a total of 20,000 new employees, including flight and cabin crew members, by the end of 2030. ...

easyJet to cut A319 seat capacity to fly with fewer crew

easyJet will reduce its Airbus A319 aircraft capacity in order to fly with fewer cabin crew members. ...

Aeroflot resumes flights to India, Turkey

Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has resumed international flights to India and Turkey. ...

Jet Airways carries out test flight ahead of relaunch

Jet Airways takes another step towards returning to the skies by carrying out a test flight in HYD ...

Emirates to unveil custom Museum of the Future livery on 10 of its A380 aircraft

Emirates to unveil custom livery dedicated to Dubai’s Museum of the Future on 10 of the airline’s A380 ...

Qantas reaches deal to acquire Alliance Aviation for $443 million

Qantas to purchase Alliance Aviation in a deal valued at around $443 million ...

Former Virgin Australia executive appointed new COO of Bonza

Bonza appoints a former Virgin Australia executive as its new COO to guide negotiations with the Civil Aviation Safety A ...

Delta Air Lines partners with Australian regional carrier Rex Airlines

Delta Air Lines and Australian regional carrier Rex Airlines announce a new partnership ...

Avianca to merge with Colombian budget airline Viva

Avianca to merge with Colombian low-cost airline Viva

The low-cost carrier Viva will become a part of Colombia’s Avianca Group. ...

IndiGo conducts in-flight test of Indian air navigation system GAGAN

IndiGo becomes the first Indian airline to land its aircraft using the space-based air navigation system GAGAN. ...

Cathay Pacific to resume Hong Kong - India flights from May 4, 2022

Cathay Pacific to resume direct Hong Kong - India flights to Delhi and Mumbai from May 4, 2022 ...

More than 300,000 candidates compete for cabin crew roles at Emirates

Emirates has received more than 300,000 applicants since the carrier launched its first post-pandemic recruitment drive ...

Capital A passenger traffic soars as travel restrictions ease

Capital A passenger numbers soar as travel restrictions ease across Asia-Pacific

Capital A has released its operating results for the first quarter of 2022, revealing that passenger traffic has signifi ...

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Brazilian airline GOL announces new chief executive

JetBlue steps up efforts to win Spirit in Frontier merger battle

Norwegian Air posts $102 million loss in Q1, cites ‘seasonally weak’ quarter

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