Barclays and low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines announced the Frontier Airlines World Mastercard®: no annual fee for the first year, then $79 every year after.
Etihad Airways, which acquired a 40 percent stake in Air Seychelles in 2012 as part of a strategic partnership agreement, has sold its 40 percent holding in Air Seychelles to the Government of Seychelles, and will no longer be a shareholder in the Seychelles Government-owned airline.
Astro Aerospace Ltd., a developer of eVTOL aerial vehicles and drones, and Horizon Aircraft Inc., a developer of advanced eVTOLs, have entered into an agreement under which Astro will acquire privately-held Horizon.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is extending the face mask requirement for individuals across all transportation networks throughout the United States, including at airports, onboard commercial aircraft, on over-the-road buses, and on commuter bus and rail systems through September 13.
Eastern Airways today re-started the Leeds-Bradford – Cornwall Newquay service, marking the launch of the summer season as the first operator back into Cornwall Airport Newquay which re-opened to passenger services today.
JetBlue has taken delivery of the airline’s first Airbus A321 Long Range (LR) aircraft, with tail N4022J arriving at JetBlue’s home at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) Terminal 5 on April 29.
Vietjet is the latest airline to select APG IET to increase their global sales and distribution in all main GDSs.
Japan Airlines began operating regular flights on 23 April on the Tokyo - Moscow - Tokyo route from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Haneda Airport, reviving a historic route opened in 1967.
The Governments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Singapore on April 26 announced that designated flights under the bilateral Air Travel Bubble (ATB) arrangement will begin on May 26, resuming cross-border air travel in a gradual and orderly manner amidst stabilised epidemic situations of the two places.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is encouraged by the comments of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (EC), that the EU will grant unrestricted access to vaccinated travelers from the US.
Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s leading Airline, has joined hands with BGI Health Ethiopia, a subsidiary of China's biotech giant, the BGI Genomics Co., Ltd, to launch high-end COVID-19 testing laboratory at its main hub and the continent’s busiest airport, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.
Airports Council International (ACI) released its preliminary passenger statistics for 2020 and announced rankings for the world’s busiest airports. And ACI Europe reveals the busiest airports in Q1 2021.
With Intra-European air traffic down by 54% in 2020 compared to 2019 due to the pandemic, many regional airports have found themselves in serious economic difficulties.
In June, United will fly its largest schedule since before the pandemic to meet growing demand for summer travel.