Qatar opens up slots at Hamad to add capacity for FIFA World Cup
A dispute with Airbus that resulted in the grounding of Qatar’s A350 fleet, means the carrier will not have the capacity to soak up the additional demand for flights to…
Ryanair loses court challenge against Finnair state aid
Ryanair on Wednesday lost its challenge against EU approval for millions of euros in state aid granted to rival Finnair after Europe’s second-top court took the side of EU competition…
EXCLUSIVE | Inside the hangar at the centre of the $1 bln Airbus-Qatar jet dispute
Two high-tech Airbus A350 jets sit idle with their windows taped and engines covered in a floodlit hangar in the Gulf, hobbled by an international legal dispute between European industrial…
RwandAir CEO Yvonne Makolo to serve as the first female Chair of IATA Board
IATA has announced that RwandAir CEO, Yvonne Manzi Makolo, will serve as Chair of the association’s Board of Governors (BoG) from June 2023 – the first female ever appointed to…
Oman Air to join the oneworld airline alliance in 2024
Oman Air will join oneworld in 2024, becoming the latest Middle Eastern airline to enter the alliance and will be the third new member of the alliance in five years.…
Aeroflot to switch to Tu-214 as its ‘base jet’ – Russian Minister of Transport
The Tupolev Tu-214 will become the main type of aircraft operated by the Russian flag carrier Aeroflot. This news was announced by the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation…
Japan Airlines eyes replacement of 767s, regional jets – executive
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to make a decision in a year or two on the replacement of its ageing fleet of Boeing Co 767s and Embraer SA regional jets, a…
Lufthansa could cancel more flights; warns on ITA sale delay
The head of Germany airline group Lufthansa said infrastructure and staff problems that have been causing European travel delays are unlikely to ease during the summer and said he could…
UK union votes to accept Ryanair’s post-COVID pay restoration offer
British union BALPA said on Monday that its pilots have voted to accept airline Ryanair’s revised offer on post-COVID pay restoration after negotiations. “Following the intense negotiations Ryanair put forward…
Airbus exec sees tentative signs of wide-body jet recovery
Demand for medium-haul jets is recovering as air travel rebounds from the pandemic, and aviation sees tentative signs of an uptick in demand for bigger, wide-body sister models, Airbus Chief…