Air India has been at loggerheads with employees residing in company accommodations in Mumbai and Delhi for months now. With just a month left for the eviction deadline, the worker unions are now taking the legal route.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
British Airways staff at Heathrow who are members of Unite and the GMB union have voted to go on strike this summer over failed pay negotiations. The dates of the walkout have yet to be approved but are to take place during the peak period of school summer holidays and will affect mostly customer-facing roles, such as check-in.
Turkish Airlines is considering non-stop services to Australia. Speaking at the IATA annual general meeting, the carrier’s CEO, Ahmet Bolat, outlined the carrier’s ambition to start operating flights from Istanbul to both Sydney and Melbourne in 2026 or 2027
Jet airways 2.0 is Hiring Aviation Professionals for various positions and various locations in India to resume there flight Operations.