Aviation

Ukraine's new low cost carrier SkyUp Airlines launched regular flights from Kharkiv to Sharjah, UAE.

India's government has called for an emergency meeting as the crisis at India's Jet Airways deepened.

Oman Air, the national airline of the Sultanate of Oman, has been recognized as the cleanest and quietest carrier in contributing to the reduction of the noise footprint at UK’s Heathrow Airport, as per the Fly Quiet and Green chart published by LHR airport authorities.

JetBlue announced its newest cabin experience that has entered into service, bringing to the skies the widest seats available for this aircraft, custom-designed seatback inflight entertainment (IFE) with 100+ channels of DIRECTV and hundreds of free movies and shows, ability to pair your mobile device to the screen, easy-to-reach power sources at every seat, and expanded coverage of free Wi-Fi connectivity almost everywhere JetBlue flies.

Singapore Airlines is contributing more to greener skies by further reducing food wastage on board, cutting back on the use of plastics for in-flight items and increasing the use of sustainable ingredients in in-flight meals.

During this year´s summer timetable Lufthansa launches seven new destinations in Germany and Europe.

Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, urged Congress to reject the proposed tax hikes on travel that are included in the President’s FY2020 Budget which was publicly released recently.

Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, have signed a codeshare partnership, for travel commencing with the summer schedule.

Air Canada has adjusted its schedule through to April 30 to cover 98 per cent of its planned flying following Transport Canada's closure of Canadian airspace to Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operations. 

Emirates will increase the frequency of flights between Dubai and Cairo, adding four additional flights a week to its existing thrice-daily service.

British Airways has unveiled its highly-anticipated new business class seat - 'Club Suite' - and confirmed it will arrive on the first of its A350 aircraft in July.

TUI Group continues transformation at becoming a “pure play tourism” company with the sale of the French scheduled carrier Corsair.

From 2 April, Aeroflot Group will introduce hand-baggage-only fares on a number of medium-haul routes operated by Rossiya Airlines and Aeroflot where there is an increased demand for this service.

The debut edition of the Saudi International Airshow took place 12-14 March in Riyadh as hundreds of exhibitors and corporate executives and aviation and aerospace experts flocked to the Saudi capital to attend the first aviation & aerospace exhibition of its kind held in the Kingdom.