Author: Shweta Shukla

Russia has today announced plans to invest over $14 billion in its aviation industry by the end of the decade to increase domestic aircraft production. The goal is that 81% of aircraft operated by Russian airlines will be domestically built by 2030, according to Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov’s comment in a televised meeting of government officials.

Following a summit with the Canadian Federal Transport Minister, Canadian airline Air Canada has released key steps in its Aviation Recovery Plan. Senior representatives at Air Canada met with the Canadian Transport Minister alongside other participants.

Yesterday, reported the harrowing experience of some passengers on a Go First flight due to the airplane’s malfunctioning air conditioning system. Now, another incident in India has come to light, this time with Alliance Air, where the faulty AC shot up the cabin temperature so much that passengers had to exit the aircraft.

In a signal that Chinese President XI Jinping could be prepared to loosen the country’s vice-like grip on controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining its ‘dynamic zero’ policy, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is set to become the first international airline to resume direct flights with Beijing since the beginning of the pandemic.

Boeing is currently lagging behind on several of its projects. Dreamliner deliveries have been halted on orders from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the 777X program is running years after schedule, and the 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10 aircraft are still awaiting recertification.

Europe’s spate of industrial action continued this week with a three-day strike by crew and pilots at Brussels Airlines. The strike, which ran from Thursday, June 23 to Saturday, June 25, forced the revocation of around 315 flights, disrupting the travel plans of about 40,0000 passengers.

Fuselage door warnings lit up on two separate Spicejet planes while taking off on Friday and Saturday, forcing the aircraft to abandon their journeys and return, informed officials of Indian aviation regulator DGCA, which ordered a probe into the incidents.

Aer Lingus has declared that it has signed a lease deal for two new Airbus A320neo aircraft. This new generation aircraft will support the airline’s sustainability program. Aer Lingus, as part of IAG, has pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and has committed to powering 10 percent of its flights operating sustainable aviation fuel by 2030.

Australia’s once-beloved national carrier has been savaged in a fake ad aimed at the airline’s treatment of employees and travelers. Qantas has been savaged in a satirical advertisement for the once-beloved national carrier.

Akasa, India’s newest airline, will conduct a proving flight with the country’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation as early as next week as it looks to begin commercial services by around the end of July, Chief Executive Officer Vinay Dube told Friday.