Global air travel is recovering more slowly than expected and will take until 2024 to return to pre-pandemic levels, the trade association for the airline industry said Tuesday. The International Air Transport Association pushed back its prediction by one year due to the slow containment of the outbreak in the US and developing countries. The […]
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Global airlines less hopeful on COVID-19 recovery
Global airlines cut their coronavirus recovery forecast on Tuesday, saying it would take until 2024 – a year longer than previously expected – for passenger traffic to return to pre-crisis levels. In an update on the pandemic’s crippling impact on air travel, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) cited slow virus containment in the United […]
French Air Force aircraft to bring ventilators, test kits to India tomorrow
New Delhi: France on Monday said it would provide India with 120 ventilators and 50,000 test kits to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic as India’s total number of covid-19 cases crossed 1.4 million. A French Air Force aircraft will fly in the equipment and personnel on Tuesday. The Airbus A330 MRTT aircraft […]
Covid-19: IndiGo to deepen pay cuts for senior staff, pilots by 10-13%
NEW DELHI: IndiGo, which carries one in every two domestic air passengers, has deepened pay cuts for its senior employees and pilots by another 10-13%. This comes a week after the airline announced that it will lay off a tenth of its staff to survive the upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic. These additional salary […]
SpiceJet to fly its maiden long-haul flight on 1 Aug
NEW DELHI : Budget carrier SpiceJet Ltd will operate its first long-haul flight between Amsterdam, Bengaluru and Hyderabad on 1-2 August, an airline spokesperson said on Monday, adding that it will subsequently operate several such long-haul charter flights. The airline will operate an Airbus A330-900neo aircraft, which can fly not-stop to Europe and the US, […]
IndiGo to take delivery of CFM engines from Aug
NEW DELHI : IndiGo, India’s largest private airline, will start taking delivery of engines from CFM International from August to power its fleet of Airbus A320neo planes, said two people aware of the matter. The new engines will offer a much-needed alternative to the carrier, which faced problems with the Pratt and Whitney (P&W) engines […]
Vande Bharat mission: Phase 5 to start from August 1. Know details
The fifth phase of Vande Bharat mission is all set to start on August 1. “We will be soon announcing a host of additional flights under Vande Bharat Mission Phase 5 starting from 1st August 2020,” Air India said in a statement. During the fifth phase, the flights will go to the USA, Canada, Qatar, […]
Boeing to delay 777X as demand drops for big jets
Boeing Co is preparing to delay its all-new 777X jet by several months or up to a year, three people familiar with the matter said, as the COVID-19 crisis exacerbates a drop in demand for the industry’s largest jetliners. Boeing hopes to bring the jet to market as passenger travel rebounds after a downturn caused […]
Jet Airways gets bids from two entities
Jet Airways (India) Ltd has received resolution plans from two of the four potential bidders that were shortlisted to revive the bankrupt airline, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. A bid was received from a consortium comprising UK-based Kalrock Capital and UAE-based entrepreneur Murari Lal Jalan, the person said, requesting anonymity. A […]
After US, India set to inspect idling Boeing 737s
Indian aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered for inspection of Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) and 737 Classic planes that are operated by three Indian airlines SpiceJet, Vistara and AirIndia Express, a senior DGCA official said. The decision was taken by the Indian aviation watchdog after US’ The Federal Aviation Administration […]
Airbus offers final concession in jet subsidy dispute
PARIS : European planemaker Airbus on Friday made what it described as a final step aimed at halting a transatlantic trade war over billions of dollars of aircraft subsidies. Airbus said it had agreed to pay higher interest rates on government loans it received from France and Spain to help develop its A350 jet, which […]
US intercepts Iranian passenger plane over Syria
The US said Thursday it had intercepted an Iranian passenger plane as it flew over Syria, after Iranian state television accused Israel of being behind the encounter. US Central Command, which oversees US operations in the Middle East, said an “F-15 on a routine air mission… conducted a standard visual inspection of a Mahan Air […]