Ryanair wins legal challenge against Italian state aid to airlines during COVID
Ryanair has won its legal challenge against Italian state aid given to airlines during the COVID pandemic. On May…
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COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the aviation industry, including travel restrictions, health and safety measures, airline operations, vaccination efforts.
Boeing expects air cargo traffic to double by 2039
Global air cargo traffic will increase more than twice by 2039, while the world’s air cargo fleet is…
Russia to revoke Covid travel restrictions
The Russian government decided to revoke all international travel restrictions that were placed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
UK fines Romanian airline for breaching COVID-19 rules
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has prosecuted Blue Air Aviation, a low-cost airline based in Romania, for…
China to suspend more flights amid Omicron surge
China cuts more incoming flights, citing a rise in COVID-19 cases among passengers. The majority of suspended flights were…
What can we learn from the UK Government’s report on international travel?
Here it is! The long-awaited report from the UK government on restarting international travel was published this Friday,…
Losses narrow for Rex in FY2021, but forecasts challenging headwinds
Australia’s Regional Express Airlines, better known as Rex, reported an annual before-tax loss of AUD 18.4 million ($13.5…
Emirates set to reinstate employee salaries and benefits
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag carrier Emirates Airlines reportedly plans to reinstate employee salary promotions and benefits…
COVID surge wrecks havoc in Thai aviation sector
AirAsia’s Thai subsidiary has extended its domestic flight suspension for at least another week amid towering COVID-19 cases…
Air Antwerp ceases operations
Belgian commuter airline Air Antwerp confirmed that it is shutting down.The company announced the news via a Twitter…
Emirates, Etihad, Qatar: who does what in the Indian relief effort?
For several weeks now, India has been suffering from the largest public health crisis in its history. India’s…
Pilots’ mental health: a year of crisis
In mid-2020, as the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was steadily increasing, we caught a glimpse of another…
Airbus vs Boeing: making sense of the crisis | Data
In our mid-year overview of the situation Airbus and Boeing found themselves in, we made two conclusions: first…
Norwegian Air reports 94% traffic fall, blames travel restrictions
On January 7, 2020, Norwegian Air Shuttle announced its traffic figures for December 2020. The air carrier blamed…
Qantas aims to restart international flights from July 2021
Australian air carrier Qantas is aiming to restart international flight services from July 2021. However, Qantas’ aim has…
New wave of international flight suspensions in Asia
With the surge of coronavirus cases and the new mutation discovered in the United Kingdom, countries are closing…
How crisis reshuffled biggest airlines in the world?
At the end of 2020 airlines conducted 40% less weekly flights than at the beginning of the year.…
EVA Air fires staff for breaking COVID-19 rules
On December 29, 2020, EVA Air admitted having fired eight employees due to the violation of Taiwan’s pandemic…