Akbar Al Baker receives ‘2022 Joseph Murphy Award’
Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, has received the ‘2022 Joseph Murphy Award’ by Air Transport World (ATW). The award recognises Al Baker’s global influence and visionary approach…
U.S. complaints against airlines soar as on-time arrivals fall
U.S. consumers lodged more than quadruple the number of complaints against U.S. airlines in April compared with pre-pandemic levels as on-time arrivals fell, according to a report Thursday. The U.S.…
SpiceJet pilots suspended after landing turboprop on wrong runway
Two SpiceJet pilots have been temporarily suspended from active duty after landing the low-cost carrier’s de Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprop on the wrong runway at India’s Belgaum Airport (IXG). The…
BREAKING | Gomair Boeing 737 has been damaged at Kananga Airport
A Gomair Boeing 737 freighter sustained damage when its left main gear collapsed after landing at Kananga Airport, Democratic Republic of Congo. The Boeing 737-300F, with registration 9S-ABJ, was a…
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…