With aviation losses mounting by billions of dollars a month from the coronavirus pandemic, the industry could be forgiven for losing sight of ambitious environmental targets. Read More »

India’s aviation sector has been plagued with an acute management talent shortage from the word go and it is showing no signs improving. Read More »

The International Air Transport Association’s global head of cargo, Glyn Hughes, does not mince words when he is describing the importance the airline industry must place on preparing for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine to 7.8 billion people worldwide. Read More »

After the latest round of Singapore Airline Group retrenchments were announced in mid-September, the airline group’s pilots agreed to take deeper cuts in their salaries so more of their cockpit colleagues could remain employed, Singapore’s Straits Times has reported. Read More »

It is no accident Vietnam’s airline sector is leading the way in recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s government acted swiftly when the outbreak began and despite a recent increase in cases the situation appears to be under control. Read More »

Vietnam’s first full-service private carrier, Bamboo Airways, is to operate its newly arrived E195 jets from Hanoi to tourist hot spot, the southern island of Con Dao, 1,400 kilometres (760 nautical miles) from the nation’s capital, Hanoi. Read More »

When Starlux Airlines, Taiwan’s newest carrier, launched flights on January 23 this year and thereby establishing a third force in the skies of Taiwan, its first challenge was battling the hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic and not, as expected, wooing skeptical customers. Read More »

At press time, with pilot union leaders metaphorically banging on senior management’s door demanding a place at the airline group’s restructuring table, the lead Hong Kong airline group continued it’s softly, softly campaign of managing the public’s expectations of inevitable job losses from the Hong Kong icon’s root and branch restructuring. Read More »

Some clever clogs at Qantas did their bit for the environment and the coffers of the group when they came up with the idea of selling off the galley carts of the airline’s nostalgia laden 747 fleet. Read More »

AirAsia Group co-founder, Tony Fernandes, is jockeying bids between joint venture AirAsia India (AAI) majority partner, the Tata Group, and fund investors as he negotiates the sale of his company’s share of the LCC, India’s Business Standard has reported. Read More »

Equipped with two decades of senior management marketing experience, multi-lingual Jennifer Cato has been chosen as Travelport’s chief marketing officer and a member of the company’s Senior Leadership Team. Read More »

STELIA aerospace, a global manufacturer of pilot and premium passenger cabin aircraft seating, has launched OPERA, a business class seat specifically designed for single aisle airliners. Read More »

Beijing MRO, AMECO, is joining the Pratt & Whitney global EngineWise service network as a GTF maintenance provider after the joint venture company committed to investing in the necessary technology to service the engine type. Read More »

Aviation’s contribution to global warming has long been subject to controversy with airlines a primary target of environmentalists. Read More »