Russian airlines’ traffic up 0.7% y/y in February
Russian airlines’ carried 0.7% more passengers in February than in the same month last year, the Rosstat state statistics service said on Wednesday. A total of 6.5 million passengers flew…
Air India’s First Airbus A321neo Is Unveiled
Air India got its first Airbus A321neo, the first of several of the type that would be added to the airline’s fleet in the coming years. The aircraft, registered as…
Protests ground flights at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport
Following the declaration of a countrywide strike by Israel’s national trade union center, the Histadrut, Tel Aviv Ben Gurin International Airport (TLV) has suspended all outbound flights from the airport.…
EU says Alitalia must pay back 400 million euros in illicit state aid.
In order to comply with EU state assistance regulations, Alitalia, the forerunner of Italian state-owned airline ITA Airlines, will be required to repay the Italian government a loan of 400…
USAF retaliates after Iran kamikaze drone strikes base in Syria
The United States has conducted airstrikes on Iran-backed groups in Syria after being targeted by an Iranian kamikaze drone strike. On March 23, 2023, a coalition base in Hasakah, northeast…
Etihad picks up more airline partners and resumes other interline agreements
In addition to reestablishing interline ties with Biman Bangladesh, Air Seychelles (HM), and ITA Airways, Etihad Airways has started reciprocal interline partnerships with three new airline partners: Philippine Airlines (PAL),…
INCIDENT | Nepal’s aviation body suspends two controllers after flights avert mid-air collision -PTI
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has suspended two employees of the air traffic controller department for “carelessness”, the aviation body’s spokesperson Jagannath Niroula told India’s Press Trust of…
US Air Force wants money to speed E-7 purchases in FY24 wish list
The U.S. Air Force wants to speed up its procurement of Boeing E-7A battlefield management and command-and-control aircraft, as part of the service’s so-called wish list for the fiscal 2024…
American Airlines is putting flight attendants on notice to comply with its uniform crackdown.
In a fresh crackdown on crew members who disobey some of the Dallas Fort Worth-based airline’s strict appearance requirements, American Airlines has warned its own flight attendants to polish up…
Saudi’s Riyadh Air looking to order more aircraft ‘soon’
Tony Douglas, chief executive of Saudi’s new airline Riyadh Air, told Bloomberg that the airline is aiming to order more aircraft. This is after its initial commitment for thirty-nine B787-9s…