Tewolde GebreMariam; Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines released following statement:

New York's LaGuardia reports the highest percentage of canceled flights for the second year in a row. Winter Storm Grayson was a contributing factor in 2018, forcing the airport to temporarily shut down.

Indonesia’s flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia announced that it is canceling an order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 passenger jets after two planes of the same model crashed in a span of five months.

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.