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.
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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.
Wizz Air has declared flights to Saudi Arabia. It comes a month after it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the country’s Ministry of Investment. The first of the ULCC’s Saudi plans is driven by the Middle East nation’s enormous ambition to increase travelers to 100 million by 2030.
The federal government declared Friday it will suspend the mandatory randomized arrival testing for incoming visitors at Canada’s airports, a move that arrives as the U.S. signals it will ease up on some testing requirements.
Travelers really need to steel themselves this summer. They just don’t know where the next issue is arriving from. Business travel is (allegedly) back, and Southwest Airlines has ultimately committed itself to give customers the basic technology they expect on a flight.
The move comes after aviation regulator DGCA granted a revalidated Air Operator Certificate, permitting the airline to continue commercial flight operations.
As Sri Lanka reels from an economic crisis, Air India has seen poor demand for flights in and out of the capital of Colombo.
As India is set to recommence scheduled international flight services from March 27, which remained suspended for the last two years, Gulf carrier Emirates on Friday declared it re-introduce its pre-pandemic service frequency across its destinations in the country from April 1.
Ukraine International Airlines has declared its intentions to start flying to the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Operating Embraer 190 aircraft, the carrier will link the Norwegian city with its Kyiv–Boryspil hub three times a week. Service on the latest route is set to start in June, with UIA being the first Ukrainian airline to have a presence on this passage.