Airbus SE won one of its biggest-ever orders for 292 airliners worth more than $37 billion from four Chinese airlines, a coup for the European manufacturer as it tussles with Boeing Co. for dominance in Asia’s biggest economy.
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Germany is all set to help further from Qatar Airways’ global network as the airline prepares to boost services to its capital city, Berlin. The airline has pretty much gotten back in form, posting a record profit and developing its network and flight frequencies lately.
The UK government has announced a new plan to address travel disruption in the aviation industry. The 22-point plan aims to avoid a repeat of the plane seen across UK airports over the past few months.
Proud to share that three new Flying Training Organisation (FTO) have commenced commercial operations in June 2022 Skynex at Jalgaon, Maharashtra; Asia Pacific and RedBird – both at Kalaburagi, Karnataka.
According to a statement released on Friday, Turkish Airlines and IndiGo have resumed their codeshare agreement, which allows one airline to sell seats on the other’s flights.
Air Canada will cut dozens of daily flights this summer as the airline grapples with a series of challenges amid the soaring need for travel. The changes would see Air Canada reduce its schedule by 77 round trips — or 154 flights — on average, each day during July and August.
Air New Zealand will soon permit economy passengers to lie down and take a nap in communal, bunk bed-style sleeping pods on its planes, as it attempts to entice passengers onto its more than 17-hour ultra-long-haul flights.
The two-year-long battle of the Project Affected Persons of the Navi Mumbai International Airport ultimately seems to have borne fruit as the State Cabinet decided to name the airport Loknete Swargiya DB Patil International Airport
As it prepares for the relaunch, Jet Airways is in talks with aircraft manufacturers and lessors to lease 6–8 aircraft, some of which were scheduled to be delivered to Russian carriers before the Ukraine War.
AirAsia has one A330-300, registered 9M-VVA. The 7.5-year-old aircraft has 377 seats, with 365 in the economy (mainly in a 3-3-3 layout) and 12 in premium (not completely flat). As you’d expect, it was previously operated by AirAsia X (registered 9M-XXW). After serving with X until the summer of 2020, it entered AirAsia’s employment in December 2021.