Malaysia will fully open its borders to vaccinated travelers starting April 1, becoming one of the first Southeast Asia nations to allow passengers to enter the country without quarantine.
Alaska Airlines lowered its capacity outlook for the first half of 2022, a warning that rising jet fuel prices may complicate the airline industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the world emerges slowly from the grips of a global pandemic, the challenges facing the aviation sector have shifted dramatically and quickly following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Transport & Environment (T&E), a lobbying association acting at EU level, is recommending curbing business travel as an effective way to slash aviation’s CO2 emissions this decade.
With production on track to reach 31 aircraft per month soon, Boeing must ramp up 737 MAX deliveries significantly to keep its inventory winding down and newly built aircraft flowing to customers.
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General is to audit the FAA’s certification of urban air mobility aircraft at the request of Congress.
The deadline for Kuwaiti ground handler National Aviation Services (NAS) to formalize its takeover plans for Scottish ground handler John Menzies has been extended to March 20, relieving the pressure of an original March 9 cut-off.
Two aircraft lessors are seizing the opportunity to grow their regional aircraft fleets, with Jetcraft Commercial acquiring 14 Bombardier CRJ1000s and Aergo Capital sealing a sale and leaseback on five De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s.
Southwest Airlines wants to add more gates to Houston Hobby Airport (HOU), from which it launched international flights in 2015 after building a new terminal.
A joint taskforce will assess challenges around green hydrogen regulations, infrastructure and global supply chains, including the production of green hydrogen and the infrastructure needed to support delivery to airports and fuel aircraft.
Spirit AeroSystems’ acquisition of the assets of Bombardier’s Short Brothers operation in Northern Ireland in 2020 has accelerated the company’s goal to diversify so it is less reliant on the commercial sector.
Boeing is no longer purchasing titanium from Russia, a move that will speed up the company’s push to diversify its supply of the raw material and could affect its partnership with major supplier VSMPO-AVISMA.
Icelandic LCC PLAY has appointed Icelandair and WOW Air veteran Guðni Ingólfsson as aviation operations MD, replacing company co-founder Arnar Már Magnússon, who will return to his work as cockpit crew.
Russian carrier Aeroflot is suspending all international flights starting March 8, while Eastern European ULCC Wizz Air has confirmed that four of its aircraft remain stranded in Ukraine.
Embraer has launched passenger-to-freighter conversions for the E190F and E195F, aiming to meet growing e-commerce demand and catering to the sector’s need for fast deliveries and decentralized operations, the manufacturer said March 7.
Eve Urban Air Mobility leads the advanced air mobility OEMs in orders, with 1,785, followed closely by Vertical Aerospace’s 1,350 orders and EHang’s 1,205 orders.
Federal air transport agency Rosaviatsiya has recommended that local carriers with aircraft leased from foreign lessors and registered abroad suspend all international passenger and cargo services.
United and Delta are both looking to acquire U.S.-South Africa frequencies, which are limited under the current air services agreement between the countries.
