Due to the high demand for air travel during the Hajj, Emirates is adding more flights to provide better connection for the large number of pilgrims travelling to Makkah. During the approaching Hajj season, Emirates will run special flights to Jeddah and Medina to transport pilgrims during this auspicious time. From 23 June to 20 July, Emirates will operate 31 extra flights to Jeddah and twice daily flights to Medina... Read More
United Airlines aims to commence daily flights from Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco in the fourth quarter of 2022. According to a statement provided by the airport as part of an update on foreign flight operations, Qantas, Australia's national carrier, will restart four weekly flights to Sydney on September 14. According to the corporation, Air India is planning two weekly flights to Tel Aviv, and American Airlines is... Read More
Airlines in the United States have cancelled almost 1,500 flights as the peak summer vacation season approaches, making it one of the worst days for travel ever. More than one-third of all flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York were cancelled, while more than one-fourth of planes were diverted to nearby Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey, according to flight tracking firm FlightAware. The cancellations come just over three weeks... Read More
Srilankan Airlines applauded its pilots on Wednesday for safely commandeering a flight from London to Colombo on Monday, following claims that a national carrier plane narrowly avoided colliding with a British Airways flight over Turkey. "Vigilance of the pilots and the state-of-the-art communication and surveillance system onboard the aircraft enabled safe passage for UL 504 on June 13. Further, SriLankan Airlines commends the timely action of the pilots operating UL 504, which... Read More
Domestic and international air travel will become more expensive as the price of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), often known as jet fuel, keeps rising. ATF accounts for 40% of an airline's operating costs. After a 16.3% increase, the price of ATF reached an all-time high of Rs 1.41 lakh per kilolitre in New Delhi on Thursday. ATF prices have risen by 91% in the first half of 2022. Airlines claim... Read More
On Tuesday, the government and the aviation authority sent letters to airlines advising them to make sure their summer schedules were "deliverable." They went on to say that cancelling flights in advance was "better" than cancelling flights at the last minute. It comes after tens of thousands of travellers were inconvenienced by airport cancellations and delays. The problem was particularly bad during Easter and last month's half-term school holiday, and... Read More
The aviation industry in Europe is quickly recovering from the effects of the Coronavirus, but, it is experiencing staff shortages, forcing airlines to postpone hundreds of flights ahead of the high summer season. Other airlines, including Deutsche Lufthansa, Air France-KLM, and Ryanair, have indicated that they are experiencing the same issues. Airlines have suffered significant financial losses as a result of job layoffs and government-managed bailouts for certain companies. “We... Read More
Airlines have been pleading for months to lift a pandemic-era ban on international arrivals. The business may rue having its common request granted just ahead of the busiest time of year for travel now that the White House has eliminated mandated Covid testing for inbound travellers. Travelers via air, like those at land ports of entry, will no longer be required to provide negative Covid test results as on June... Read More
On Thursday, an industry group representing the majority of major airlines slammed the European Union's Parliament for attempting to expand the union's emissions trading scheme to include all flights departing the bloc. Existing rules for airlines to acquire credits for the greenhouse gas emissions that their flights cause should be extended to all airlines that leave the EU, Norway, and Iceland, EU legislators voted Wednesday. Only flights inside that area... Read More
According to a statement released on Thursday, American Airlines and IndiGo have entered into a codeshare arrangement that will allow the former to sell seats on the latter's flights operating on the Delhi-Bengaluru and Delhi-Mumbai routes. Only the New York-Delhi route is now served by American Airlines. “American and IndiGo plan to expand the codeshare in the near future to include more than a dozen additional destinations in India (in... Read More
On June 5, Malaysia Airlines honored World Environment Day by flying its first passenger flight using sustainable aviation fuel. The flight, MH603, was serviced by a Boeing 737-800, registration 9M-MXX, and flew from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN). It left Kuala Lumpur at 12:32 a.m., landed in Singapore at 13:22 a.m., and returned at 14:58 a.m. The B737 was powered by a mix of conventional... Read More
Following the incident at Ranchi Airport, where low-cost airline IndiGo refused boarding to a specially-abled passenger, the country's aviation safety regulator, the DGCA, has amended its rules to state that airlines cannot deny boarding to specially-abled passengers without first seeking medical advice on their fitness to fly. IndiGo denied a specially-abled boy access to a Hyderabad-bound flight at Ranchi Airport last month, citing a potential threat to air safety. Following... Read More
The world’s largest airline by fleet size – American Airlines has its eyes set on an expansion of operations from Dublin in the coming summer season. The carrier is planning to bring back three seasonal services to Charlotte, Chicago O'Hare, and Dallas Fort Worth. The airline currently has a year-round daily service from Philadelphia and the three new additions will complement it daily until October 29. Notably, the US has... Read More
In late October, American Airlines plans to return to Australia. American Carriers will begin sending planes back to Sydney on October 26 to coincide with the start of the 2022/23 winter flying season, bringing all three major US airlines back to the Los Angeles-Sydney route. There's also a postscript: it appears that American Airlines will replace their Dreamliners with Boeing 777s on the Sydney route in December. The first flight... Read More
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