Mideast carrier Emirates on Thursday refused a demand by London’s Heathrow Airport for airlines to cut the number of travelers on summer flights in a bid to ease journey disruptions, calling it a completely unreasonable and unacceptable move that shows blatant disregard for customers.
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In its 2022 Global Market Forecast, Airbus forecasts the demand for 39,490 new passenger and freighter aircraft over the next 20 years. The 2022 forecast is 470 aircraft over last year’s, which Airbus attributes to boosted demand for the new technology and fuel-efficient aircraft to replace older planes. The forecast is also positively impacted by 2021, an especially weak year for aviation, falling out of the 20-year forecast time.
Air India passengers travelling from Delhi to Vancouver in Canada experienced a nearly 11-hour delay due to technical issues
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.
Over 1.5 million domestic passengers and roughly.27 million international travellers passed through the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport last month, which is 93% and 86% more than pre-COVID-19 domestic and international passenger levels.
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.
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.
The airlines in the US blame bad weather and the Federal Aviation Administration, an arm of the Transportation Department that manages the nation’s airspace for cancellations, information AP.
The aviation safety regulator told that the matter is “of serious concern and unacceptable”. “After going through Air India submissions, as part of enforcement action, the competent authority has levied a fine of Rs 10 Lakh. In addition, the airline has been advised to directly put the systems in place to resolve the issue failing which further action shall be taken by DGCA,” the aviation watchdog told in a report.
Chennai airport could be developed across the Adyar River to manage 50 to 60 million passengers per annum (MPPA) and a master plan will be prepared for this within six months, told airport director, Dr. Sharad Kumar.