News from FlightGlobal – Page 456
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NewsIndiGo’s parent settles case with securities regulator
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo’s parent Interglobe Aviation has agreed to pay Rs21 million ($288,000) to India’s securities regulator to settle a case involving compliance violations.
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NewsChinese airlines saw 60% plunge in January passenger traffic
Airlines in China carried fewer passengers in January, amid a resurgence of local coronavirus cases that threaten to upend recovery momentum.
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NewsIndiGo appoints new CFO
India low-cost carrier IndiGo has appointed Jiten Chopra as its new chief financial officer, following the resignation of Aditya Pande.
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NewsAAPA sees vaccine egalitarianism as the key to reviving tourism
It will be difficult to reopen borders for tourism until most of the world’s population has been vaccinated, and the disparity between developed and emerging economies could potentially hamper progress, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has warned.
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NewsAllegiant announces 34 new routes
Allegiant Air will launch 34 new nonstop routes to domestic leisure destinations as the airline continues to plan for customers to return in larger numbers during the summer travel season.
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NewsAir Canada suspends flights to USA, Latin America, Europe and Asia
Air Canada is temporarily cutting 17 more routes as it struggles to operate amid government travel restrictions designed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
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NewsUK mandates hotel quarantines for returning red-list passengers
The UK is to launch mandatory hotel quarantines for UK and Irish residents returning from “red list” states where transmission rates of Covid-19 are high. “In short, this means that any returning residents from these countries will have to quarantine in an assigned hotel room for 10 days from the ...
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NewsSwissport names former EasyJet executive as new chief
Restructuring ground handler Swissport International has appointed Warwick Brady, currently head of the recently rebranded Stobart Group, as its new chief executive, enabling Christoph Mueller to take up the chairman role with the Swiss firm.
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NewsBA eyes UK alcohol-to-fuel plant after sustainability tie-up with LanzaJet
British Airways is the latest carrier to tie up with a sustainable alcohol-to-fuel initiative established last year by carbon recycling and biotechnology firm LanzaTech. Its agreement involves not only the supply of fuel but initial exploration into a possible biorefinery for the airline in the UK. UK long-haul carrier Virgin ...
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NewsSIA swaps 787s for more 777-9s in S$4 billion capex deferral
Singapore Airlines Group has made significant changes to its order book — by swapping Boeing 787-10s for more 777-9s — in a move that sees it defer more than S$4 billion ($3.01 billion) in capital spending by about three years.
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NewsTUI sees vaccine roll-out key to sparking summer travel
Travel firm TUI Group is taking encouragement that a rapid roll-out of vaccines will help fuel a return to travel even as its latest quarterly results showed the company continuing to be hammered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsIcelandair focuses on cash preservation as pandemic resurgence bites
Icelandair transported just 14,000 passengers during December 2020, but even this figure was more than the October and November totals combined. Fourth-quarter revenues for Icelandair Group amounted to just $60 million to 31 December, down by more than 80%, while pre-tax losses for the period reached $97 million. It attributes ...
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NewsMalaysia can do more to help its aviation industry: Panel
While the Malaysian government has gone some way in helping its airline industry tide through the coronavirus crisis, more can done to give the ailing sector a fillip — especially because recovery is hard to predict.
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NewsSun Country Airlines files for IPO
US leisure travel specialist Sun Country Airlines has applied to go public, according to a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
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NewsUPS receives first cockpit-updated A300, aims for fleet-wide updates by end-2022
Express air shipment company UPS has received its first Airbus A300 Freighter with Honeywell avionics updates and is now working to have its entire fleet upgraded before the end of 2022.
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NewsAmerican expands international schedule from Miami
American Airlines is expanding international service from its Miami hub, with new direct flights to Tel Aviv and Paramaribo, Suriname, set to launch in June and July, respectively.
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NewsOptimistic Icelandair sees spring return for 737 Max
Icelandair Group is optimistic that it will be able to start ramping-up its network in the second quarter of this year, and intends to return its Boeing 737 Max fleet to service in spring. The company has six 737 Max jets which have been grounded for nearly two years. But ...
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NewsFleet cuts prompt dispute with pilot union at Swiss
Swiss has walked away from labour talks with pilot union Aeropers and terminated a collective agreement with the body amid a dispute over planned restructuring in response to the pandemic.
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NewsDelta to block middle seats through April
Delta Air Lines has extended through the end of April its ban on selling middle seats on its flights to give customers the additional “peace of mind” that comes with fewer passengers and the perceived lower risk of getting infected with the coronavirus.
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NewsKLM carries out first flight part-powered with sustainable synthetic fuel
KLM last month carried out a commercial passenger flight partly flown from sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, in the latest push by the Dutch sector develop alternative fuels for aviation.