There’s more uncertainty for airlines flying across the Tasman Sea. The long-awaited two-way travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand is potentially under a cloud. The uncertainty is caused by a cocktail of internal border issues within Australia, a small COVID-19 outbreak (now contained) in Sydney over the New Year period, and a New Zealand …
After nearly a year, Russia has reopened its border to passengers flying from India, Qatar, Finland, and Vietnam. This allows travelers with a residence permit to fly to Russia from the four countries, but non-residents continue to be barred. Flights between the countries will also begin operating this week, with several airlines expected to start …
If you think filling your car is expensive, spare a thought for the airlines. Across the United States, airlines consumed 636,335 barrels of jet fuel in 2019, costing them a total of US$52,727 million. It’s a major expense for airlines and one of the few operating costs they’ve been able to reduce throughout the travel downturn. California the thirs …
Norwegian Air’s restructuring will see the airline slash its remaining narrowbody fleet by half, from 103 to just 53 aircraft. The fleet reduction comes weeks after the airline announced that it would stop flying long-haul routes and retire all of its 787s. With government funding now approved, Norwegian is hoping to return to its profitable, short …
Ryanair is hoping to pick up slots left by Alitalia at Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate Airports. The news comes as the Italian flag carrier undergoes an overhaul that will see its footprint shrink in the coming months. The Irish budget carrier has said it would be interested in bidding for the slots when they open up. Let’s find out more. Expanding A …
2021 will mark the beginning of several new connections between North America and India. From Air India’s Bangalore to San Francisco to United’s Delhi to Chicago service, carriers are jumping on the chance to start new routes. So what is driving this surge? And why are new routes cropping up at a time of low demand? Long coming Despite being one of t …
Hawaiian Airlines has released its 2020 annual financial results. The carrier posted a net loss for the year totaling $511 million against a fourth-quarter net loss of $163 million. With much of the year spent running a skeleton flight schedule due to travel restrictions impeding leisure travelers from visiting Hawaii, the carrier started to see an …
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has completed and released a report into an incident involving a Fokker 100 over Western Australia last year. The Fokker 100 was operated by Network Aviation on behalf of QantasLink and flying from Perth to Geraldton. An excessive cabin altitude warning caused the flight to descend 17,000 feet in a matt …
Alaska Airlines has its roots as an all-Boeing carrier. The airline used to operate a fleet of all-Boeing 737 jets and is keenly looking forward to retiring its Airbus jets. On the airline’s fourth-quarter earnings call, Chief Financial officer and Executive Vice President of Finance Shane Tackett quickly pointed out that Alaska has a history with …
As passenger traffic to Japan continues to sit at historical lows, All Nippon Airways is scrambling to cut costs and bunker down for a long period of pared-back flying. In the latest in a series of announcements, the airline said it would allow its employees to take up to two years of unpaid leave. According to the Kyodo News, approximately 15,000 A …
A Boeing 747-200 suffered an engine stall and shutdown while taking off yesterday, forcing it to return to Karachi International Airport. The aircraft belongs to a Kyrgyzstan-based charter operator Aerostan, which operates two 747s and one A300. The incident The incident occurred on a flight, numbered BSC 752, yesterday from Karachi International to …
China’s lunar new year is in mid-February. It is China’s most important holiday. Typically, hundreds of millions of travelers go on the move, heading home for the holiday. For China’s airlines, it’s usually the busiest time of the year. But not this year. On the back of another wave of COVID-19 in China, the 2021 lunar new year looks like being a b …
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