Oman Air to join oneworld
Oman Air will join the oneworld® Alliance, further strengthening the premier airline alliance’s leading position in the Middle East. Based in Muscat, Oman Air was elected as a oneworld member designate in Doha by the oneworld Governing Board, comprising the Chief Executives of all oneworld member airlines. oneworld member Qatar Airways will act as a sponsor for Oman Air’s entry into oneworld, providing […]
ICAO Assembly Must Adopt Long-Term Aspirational Goal to Decarbonize Aviation
Doha – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for governments to adopt a Long Term Aspirational Goal to decarbonize aviation at the 41st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) later this year. The call came at the 78th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS) where airlines are mapping […]
Air India intends to buy more than 200 planes in the coming years
New Delhi: Air India is planning to buy more than 200 new planes in the next 5 years to serve more and more passengers, with 70 per cent of them being narrow-bodied aircraft, aviation industry sources said on Sunday. Air India has decided to procure its maiden batch of wide-bodied A350 aircraft from Airbus and […]
Brussels Airport cancelled all outgoing flights for Monday due to the Strike
Brussels Airport on Sunday (Jun 19) announced to cancel all flights scheduled for Monday (Jun 20) for “security” reasons, on a day filled with national demonstrations. Cargo flights will still be operational. In regard to this, the airport issued a notification stating,” Due to the national manifestation and strike of a large part of the […]
IATA Launches IATA CO2 Connect in Support of Industry Sustainability Commitment
Qatar – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched IATA CO2 Connect, an online tool which provides the most accurate CO2 emission calculations for any given commercial passenger flight. IATA CO2 Connect responds to the growing demand for CO2 data transparency linked to airline-specific and actual fuel burn information and load factors. This sets it apart from […]
Travel Recovery Rebuilding Airline Profitability – Resilient Industry Cuts Losses to $9.7 billion
Doha – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced an upgrade to its outlook for the airline industry’s 2022 financial performance as the pace of recovery from the COVID-19 crisis quickens. Forecast highlights include: Industry losses are expected to reduce to -$9.7 billion (improved from the October 2021 forecast for an $11.6 billion loss) for a […]
Flights from Jaffna to India will resume in July, Sri Lankan Aviation Minister says
To boost tourism and help the country in the current dollar crisis, the Sri Lankan Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva on Saturday (Jun 18) said that the country will resume flights from the northern Jaffna peninsula to India from July. The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority plans to attract 800,000 tourists during the rest […]
Oman Air Boosts Flight Frequencies Between Muscat – Salalah
112 weekly flights 238,754 seats Wide-body service Salalah Holidays packages Numerous promotional activities Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has increased weekly flight frequencies on its Muscat-Salalah-Muscat sector to a total of 112 weekly flights, running between 23 June and 11 September 2022. The airline offers wide-body service between Muscat and […]
Congressional Democrats set to back more than $50 billion for the transportation sector
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats within the U.S. Congress are to release a sweeping plan on Monday to provide more than $50 billion in additional aid to U.S. airlines, transit systems, airports, and passenger railroad Amtrak and create a $3 billion program to help aviation manufacturers with payroll costs, according to documents seen by Reuters and sources […]
Delta airlines block middle seats through April to give passengers ‘complete confidence’
Several U.S. airlines blocked seats for a while within the identity of social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic; however, all but Delta have since abandoned the practice. Southwest, JetBlue, and Hawaiian ditched the practice in December, and Alaska’s seat-blocking policy expired for those in the main cabin in January. Delta extended its policy by one month to block middle seats and restrict […]
