Airlines

Dutch consultancy To70 warns of safety complacency as airlines increase operations in 2021.

Eleven more Boeing 767-300 freighters will join Amazon’s transportation network starting this year.

Ryanair remained the region’s largest operator last year while Eurowings and Norwegian dropped out of the top 10 of airlines performing the most flights.

The joint venture between Hungary’s Wizz Air and Abu Dhabi-based holding company ADQ has scheduled its first service to Athens for January 15.

The first 737 Max revenue flight in the U.S. since March 2019 took American Airlines passengers from Miami to New York.

The UK’s CAA will become responsible for aircraft certification and regulation in the country when it leaves EASA on January 1.

Several governments have suspended direct air traffic rights to their country for all passenger flights from any UK airports.

Scheduled service between Mexico City and Cancun marks the start of Aeromexico’s return of six 737 Max 8s to service.

Further recommendations on dry ice handling from EASA follows a more general FAA safety alert.

Planning to launch 737-800NG service between Sydney and Melbourne in March, Regional Express charges Qantas with an effort to flood regional markets.

British Airways, Bill Gates, the UK government and an assortment of venture capitalists are among those supporting ZeroAvia's hydrogen propulsion plans.

Covid effects have led to talks between AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes and the Tata Group over the Malaysian group’s stake in AirAsia India.

U.S. express transportation company FedEx will take delivery of 30 ATR 72-600Fs over the next five years and deploy them in Europe and the Americas.

Airline groups expressed encouragement over language in the UN aviation body’s manual for testing and cross-border risk management.

Airbus completed the first flight of JetBlue’s inaugural A220 on Wednesday evening at the Mobile Aeroplex in Alabama.

While calling on the FAA to approve Covid shots for pilots, ALPA also urges legislators to ensure flight crews get priority access to the vaccines.

While fighting for fair business practices in Myanmar, the CEO of Myanmar Airways overcomes competitive disadvantages.

Brazil’s largest domestic carrier Gol plans to launch Max service from Sao Paulo on December 9.

International Air Transport Association director general Alexandre de Juniac called governments’ moves toward rapid testing “cautious and slow moving.”

Now owned by Bain Capital of the U.S., Virgin Australia sets its sights on domestic and short-haul international flying with Max 10s.

Passengers flying on Cathay Pacific starting Monday will automatically get Covid insurance covering testing and treatment outside their home countries.

Passengers flying from Atlanta to Amsterdam can avoid a 10-day quarantine in the Netherlands by submitting to three Covid tests.

Ryanair placed a follow-on order for 75 Boeing 737-8-200s, giving a major boost to the Max program.

An MOU between Gulf Air and El Al calls for the start of negotiations over code-share arrangements, maintenance cooperation, and other ties.

Brazilian airframer Embraer bases new market demand conclusions on a muted projection for air travel growth through 2029.

New recommendations from European aviation and health authorities against quarantine requirements also cited the ineffectiveness of systematic testing.

A rapidly deteriorating Covid situation in Hong Kong prompted authorities to delay implementation of a travel bubble for the second time.

The Worldwide Slot Board says air transport cannot recover from the Covid-19 pandemic without changes to "use-them-or-loose-them" slot allocation rules.

JetBlue Airways is the first carrier to purchase carbon offset credits through IATA's new trading platform.

The association says the tests must replace quarantines and that slot allocation waivers must be extended to allow for a slow air transport recovery.