Qatar Airways and Malaysia Airlines have unveiled the roadmap outlining the next phase of their strategic partnership, following Malaysia Airlines’ announcement it is launching a non-stop service from Kuala Lumpur to Doha from May 25. The two partners will significantly expand their codeshare cooperation, allowing passengers to travel the world and enjoy seamless connectivity via
With multiple airlines facing crew staffing shortages to the point where the likes of easyJet and British Airways were forced last month to cut hundreds of flights, easyJet has chosen the ingenious option of removing the back row of seating from its A319 fleet of aircraft, thus enabling each aircraft to fly with fewer crew.
Dohop partner Air Transat has announced the arrival of three new partner airlines to connectair by Air Transat. By connecting Air Transat to Azores Airlines, Loganair, and SKY express, passengers can now book and travel to more than 240 additional destinations. Launched in November 2021, connectair by Air Transat is Dohop’s latest airline-owned virtual interline
Air Canada has flown more than 100,000 customers in a single day for the first time since early in the pandemic as passenger loads continue to rebound with customers returning to travel. The last time Air Canada carried more than 100,000 customers in one day was March 13, 2020. During the pandemic passenger loads fell
Air New Zealand resumes its non-stop service to San Francisco and will resuming services to Honolulu on July 4, and to Houston on July 7. This follows the airline’s recently announcement to commence its new service between Auckland and New York, JFK, from September 17, 2022, and the airline carrying passengers daily between Auckland and
Wizz Air has successfully acquired an additional two daily slot pairs from Vueling at London Luton Airport. The deal means Wizz Air will increase frequencies on six existing routes from the airport – to Bacau, Craiova, Iasi, Sibiu and Timisoara in Romania, as well as to Wroclaw in Poland starting in May 2022. This expansion will see the airline increase its
While multiple Russian airlines have been banned form operating in the 27-nation bloc as a consequence of sanctions relating to the conflict in Ukraine, the EU commission has added 21 Russian carriers to a list of those banned from operating in the bloc as they no longer meet international safety standards. “The Russian Federal Air
After receiving its second newly approved Air Operator Certificate (AOC) in Indonesia on March 28, which is its third airline AOC in the region, the Asia Cargo Network group launched RGA-Black Stone Airlines with its inaugural flight departing last week on March 30, 2022. Setting out of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK) in Jakarta, the flight
Norwegian has released that the temporary requirement to wear face masks on board all flights will be lifted as of April 4. For the first time since June 17, 2020, the mandatory requirement of wearing a face mask will be lifted on every flight across the Norwegian network as a result of revised guidance across
Hans Airways, the new British long-haul airline, has achieved some significant milestones, taking it closer to realising its plan to start commercial operations in early summer. CEO and founder Satnam Saini is extremely encouraged that India re-opened to international scheduled flights on March 26. The company formally confirmed its January 2022 Letter of Intent for
