AirlinesWhat United’s CEO Means When He Says It’s the End of the Beginning Winston Churchill said when the tide began to turn in World War II, it wasn’t the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning. United CEO Scott Kirby says the airline industry is at a similar inflection point. Is he right ?
LinkAvianca Will Furlough 30% Of Its Workforce By 2022 As Avianca is moving forward in its Chapter 11 reorganization, one of the main discussion topics is reducing its workforce. Now, the Colombian airline has shed more light on the subject. Avianca expects to furlough up to 30% of its employees before 2022. What else do we know? Let’s investigate further.
LinkPIA Looking To Operate Flights To London Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is planning to restart flights to London at the end of this month. The flag carrier of Pakistan is looking to hit the capital of the United Kingdom from October 31st.
LinkFormer Flybe Shareholder Considers Reviving The Airline Back in June, we had written about Cyrus Capital’s intention to revive collapsed regional airline Flybe. According to sources, it looks like the investment firm is following through with these intentions as it attempts to require Flybe’s assets from business administrators. All of these efforts are being undertaken with a plan to relaunch the airline next year.
LinkWhat Could The New Jet Airways Look Like ? Jet Airways officially found new owners yesterday, reviving the airline after 18 months on the ground. The sale comes during a difficult time for Indian aviation as passenger figures remain heavily down. So what will the new Jet Airways look like ?
LinkUnited Maintains Robust Order Book With No Major Retirements United Airlines has taken a different stance compared to its network competitors. The airline has not announced significant fleet retirements and has continued to maintain a robust order book. With over 800 aircraft in its fleet, United Airlines, once smaller than Delta, now beats the airline by over 40 jets.
LinkAir Transat Expects More Layoffs With Vancouver Base Closure The Air Transat Component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has learned that the airline plans to scale down its flight attendant numbers come November. According to the union branch, there will be only 160 flight attendants next month – a dramatic drop from pre-pandemic levels. This news is accompanied by the airline’s decision to close its Vancouver base until further notice completely.
LinkAir Belgium Delays Launch Of New Long-Haul Flights On Thursday, Air Belgium announced that it has had to delay the launch of its new long-haul flights to the French West Indies and Mauritius. The revision of the flight schedules is due to the authorities’ ever-changing travel restrictions in both Belgium and the destination countries.
LinkMalaysia's Firefly Eyes Boeing 737-800s As It Takes Jets In 2021 Currently, Firefly only operates ATR 72 turboprops. However, this week, the Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) announced that the carrier will commence jet operations in the first quarter of next year. The Malaysia Airlines subsidiary will add up to 10 narrowbody planes to its fleet in phases. Additions include the possibility of Boeing 737-800s.
LinkUnited Adds Eight New Caribbean And Central American Routes United Airlines is adding eight new routes and increasing flights to 19 destinations across the Caribbean and Central America this winter. The airline is specifically going after leisure travelers looking for a sunny getaway with new nonstop flights.
LinkZIPAIR Launches Inaugural Service With Just 2 Passengers The Japan Air Lines owned low-cost carrier ZIPAIR has finally operated its first passenger flight. Just two passengers participated in today’s inaugural service between Tokyo and Seoul onboard the airline’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
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