IndiGo gets ready to sell its shares
An Indian low-cost airline IndiGo plans to sell its shares in order to raise as much as $409…
Air India stops crew vaccination, blames supply shortage
Air India’s plan to vaccinate its entire staff by the end of May 2021 seems to hang on…
Breeze Airways rolls out controversial cabin crew recruitment plan
The new American start-up airline Breeze Airways has rolled out a new cabin crew recruitment plan. The low-cost…
Alaska Airlines to replace regular plastic water bottles with carton boxes
Alaska Airlines prepares to provide First Class passengers with boxed water instead of regular plastic bottles. The move…
IAG bets on contactless technologies to speed up recovery
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of British Airways, continues to make losses, attributing them to the…
Norwegian Air Shuttle braces for air travel demand surge
Although in April 2021 Norwegian Air Shuttle traffic levels remained heavily affected by the governmental air travel restrictions,…
Blue Origin opens bids to the first passenger on its first space tourism flight
An American privately-funded aerospace company Blue Origin plans to conduct its first space tourism trip on its New…
Qantas Airways picks a city for Project Sunrise launch
The Australian air carrier Qantas Airways chose a city for the launch of its highly anticipated Project Sunrise.…
Lufthansa Embraer ERJ-190 suffers a lightning strike in Frankfurt
The German air carrier Lufthansa Embraer ERJ-190 aircraft suffered a lightning strike when landing at Frankfurt Airport (FRA),…
Qatar Airways CEO hints at stake acquisition in IndiGo
Akbar Al Baker, the Chief Executive Officer of the Doha-based airline Qatar Airways Group hinted that the company…
FAA warns of corrosion issue on stored Leap-1B engines
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) requiring air carriers to perform checks for…
Competition watchdog: ITA must be independent from troubled Alitalia
The EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager expressed support for the Italian government’s plans to replace the ever-struggling Alitalia…
Emirates forecasts busy winter 2021, hints A380 return
Having already recovered about 85% of its pre-pandemic passenger flights to 120 destinations, Emirates plans to recover 70%…
IAI to build Boeing 777 freighter conversion facility in South Korea
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the Lod-based aerospace and aviation manufacturer, announced its plan to establish a Boeing 777…
Lufthansa to replace A340 fleet by 10 new long-haul jets
Lufthansa Group, the parent company of German airline Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA), has eyes on along-haul fleet modernization amid…
Norwegian Air Shuttle plans to raise $725 million in cash
Norwegian Air Shuttle expects to raise around $725 million (NOK6 billion) in fresh capital as a part of…
India receives medical aid deliveries from Qatar and Germany
Three Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777 freighters, carrying a total of 300 tonnes of medical aid from around…
SIA gains $1.5 billion through jet sale-and-leaseback deals
Singapore Airlines (SIA1) (SINGY) (SIA) reported having raised more than $1.5 billion through sale-and-leaseback transactions for 11 aircraft.SIA…