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Ewa Danecka Latka Head of Crew Resources at Wizz Air

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...

DGCA investigates IndiGo pilots for using 'guard’ frequency to criticize pay

Around seven IndiGo pilots are under investigation by the DGCA for allegedly using the 121.5 MHz emergency frequency to ...

Tata Sons begins process to merge AirAsia India with Air India

Tata Sons has started the process to merge Air India, the flag carrier airline of India, with low-cost carrier ...

Canada Jetlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A320

Canada Jetlines closes $3.35-million non-brokered private placement

Canada Jetlines, the new Canadian leisure airline, has closed its non-brokered private placement to raise a total of $3. ...

Emirates to add extra flights and seats across the GCC, Middle East during Eid

Emirates is adding 23 extra flights and more seats across the Middle East and Gulf Cooperation Council region during Eid ...

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Delta Air Lines to begin paying flight attendants during boarding

A first in US commercial aviation. Delta Air Lines to begin paying flight attendants during the time that passenge ...

Qatar Airways launches VR experience Qverse and world's first virtual cabin crew

Qatar Airways launches Qverse, a new virtual reality experience programme, including the industry’s first-ever &ls ...

United and Singapore Airlines expand codeshare agreement to new destinations

United Airlines and Singapore Airlines enter codeshare expansion to 19 destinations ...

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American Airlines expects Dreamliner deliveries only after the summer season

American Airlines says it doesn’t expect to receive any Boeing 787 Dreamliners until after the summer season ...

Drinks firm Bacardi sues American Airlines over missing cases of Cognac

Drinks giant Bacardi is suing American Airlines after hundreds of cases of Cognac went missing following a flight to LAX ...

PLAY launches its first transatlantic flight to the US

PLAY Airlines has launched its first flight to the United States, becoming the latest carrier to enter the transatlantic ...

Virgin Australia targets business travelers with new secret lounges

Virgin Australia opens new invitation-only lounges, with hidden doors and privacy pods ...

SIA Group operated at 51% of pre-COVID levels in March 2022

SIA Group operated at 51% of pre-pandemic levels in March 2022

Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group’s passenger traffic significantly increased in March 2022. ...

Emirates to venture into the realm of NFTs and branded metaverse experiences

Emirates unveils plans to venture into NFTs and metaverse experiences for its customers and employees ...

Emirates introduces special Easter menus

Emirates introduces special menu options dedicated to celebrating Easter. ...

Turkey and Belavia to stop flight sales to Minsk for Iraqi, Syria

US lists 7 Belavia Boeing 737s violating export control laws

The United States Department of Commerce identifies seven Belavia Boeing 737 aircraft in potential violation of U.S. exp ...

New startup airline Sentra Airways plans flights to Africa

A new airline in the UK, Sentra Airways, announced plans to launch long-haul flights to Africa. ...

Air New Zealand suspends 44 crew members over rolling strike action - reports

Air New Zealand has reportedly suspended 44 Boeing 787 and 777 cabin crew members over rolling a strike action for bette ...

Cathay Pacific March 2022 passenger traffic remains hampered

Cathay Pacific operated at under 2% of pre-COVID levels in March 2022

Cathay Pacific passenger traffic in March 2022 continued to be hampered by capacity reductions as a result of ...

Airlines

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

easyJet to cut A319 seat capacity to fly with fewer crew

Aeroflot resumes flights to India, Turkey

PL-12 Airtruk: how Australia created one of the strangest aircraft in the skies

ACCC grants interim approval for Virgin Australia - United codeshare pricing

The rise, fall, and rebirth of Virgin Australia

Rex Airlines signs LoI for additional Boeing 737-800NG

Harry Houdini’s little-known role in Australian aviation history