Aviation

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will resume direct passenger flights between Abu Dhabi and Beijing from 29 June 2022.

Emirates touched down in Tel Aviv on June 23 on its first-ever service into Israel, operated with its latest Boeing 777 ‘game-changer’ aircraft.

Breeze Airways, a new U.S. low-fare airline founded by aviation entrepreneur David Neeleman, has debuted in Orlando with daily nonstop service to Charleston, SC.

Ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: ULCC) begins new daily nonstop service this week from Tampa International Airport (TPA) to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) and twice weekly service to Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ).

French bee airline continues its rapid U.S. expansion and opens ticket sales to its first Southeast route from Miami to Paris Orly beginning December 2022.

American Airlines customers with TSA PreCheck® can now breeze through the airport with just their phone and their face, thanks to a collaboration with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and American to test mobile identification.

Jazeera Airways is operating direct flights between Kuwait and Vienna for the very first time. The airline will take off from its home base at Kuwait Airport twice per week and head to Vienna.

Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, has been selected to host the 17th annual Routes Europe in 2024.

LATAM, the largest airline group in South America, and Silicon Valley-based credit cards startup Cardless, have partnered to offer two new co-branded rewards credit cards - the no-fee LATAM Airlines Mastercard and the LATAM Airlines World Elite Mastercard.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments to further support the safe carriage of lithium batteries by developing and implementing global standards for screening, fire-testing, and incident information sharing. 

JetBlue announced a series of new milestones related to its growing low-fare London service which further advances the airline’s transatlantic growth and brings even more attractive fares and award-winning service to some of the busiest and most competitive travel corridors in the world.

Oman Air will join the oneworld® Alliance, further strengthening the premier airline alliance’s leading position in the Middle East.

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.

ITA Airways announces that new flights from Genoa to Alghero and Olbia are on sale from today.