Aviation

Swoop, Canada's leading ultra-low-cost airline, on April 25 celebrated its first inaugural flight between Edmonton International Airport (YEG) and Ottawa International Airport (YOW). 

Star Alliance members United Airlines and Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced an expansion to their codeshare agreement, making it easier for customers to travel to more cities in the United States of America, South East Asia and other destinations in the Asia-Pacific region.

ECS Group’s Brazilian subsidiary, BCS AIR, is in close cooperation with DHL Aviation in setting up the airline’s first Brazilian connection and will serve as its exclusive GSSA when flights commence on 10 July 2022.

Virgin Australia has lifted the curtain on the airline’s long-awaited invitation-only private Beyond Lounges in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, reserved for corporate partners, some high-status Velocity Frequent Flyer members and key opinion leaders throughout the country.

Hawaiian Airlines became the first major airline to announce an agreement with Starlink to provide complimentary high-speed, low-latency broadband internet access to every guest onboard flights between the islands and the continental U.S, Asia and Oceania.

United Airlines (UA) continues to expand its range of flights from Munich to the US. Effective immediately, schedules include two extra routes to the United States.

World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its knowledge partner ForwardKeys, forecast a major increase in global international flights bookings as international travel takes off.

A majority of Americans continue to support a now-defunct requirement for travelers to wear masks, according to a poll released Wednesday.

With a U.S. federal judge has thrown out the national mask mandate covering airlines and other modes of public transportation, effective immediately, TSA said, it will no longer enforce its Security Directives and Emergency Amendment requiring mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs.

Following the reopening of international borders in Malaysia, Berjaya Hotels & Resorts (“BHR”) launches a new international route between Singapore and Malaysia via Berjaya Air (“BAir”).

As part of its ongoing commitment to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global warming to below +2°C, the aviation industry must step up its sustainability efforts.

Avion Express, a European narrow-body ACMI operator and member of global aviation services group Avia Solutions Group, announces the continuance of its successful partnership with Sky Cana, a start-up airline headquartered in Santo Domingo.

CemAir, a Johannesburg-based airline serving popular destinations throughout South Africa has chosen APG as its offline GSA in 10 markets.

Traffic results at Vienna Airport in March 2022 improved considerably in comparison to March 2021, which was characterized by a low pandemic-related level of passenger traffic.