Air Transport
News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.
An agreement to place a firm order for 30 ARJ21s by Everbright Group targets operators in Southeast Asia.
The European airframer delivered 556 commercial airplanes last year.
Starting next week, passengers, but not flight crew, will be required to provide a negative result from a Covid test taken within 72 hours of departure.
U.S. Justice Department finds Boeing employees deceived the FAA about changes to the 737 Max’s flight control system.
For the first time since the establishment of a GCC-led blockade of Qatar in 2017, Qatar Airways can fly direct to South Africa over Saudi Arabia.
IATA reports November RPK declines nearly matched those of October.
Etihad Aviation Training and leisure carrier Israir have signed a contract to train Israeli pilots in the UAE.
Europe’s largest low-cost airline expects traffic to fall to 500,000 in February.
Eleven more Boeing 767-300 freighters will join Amazon’s transportation network starting this year.
Dutch consultancy To70 warns of safety complacency as airlines increase operations in 2021.
