Indian airlines are cutting back on domestic flights till August as rising crude prices are making it difficult for them to manage operational costs. The temporary cut-back in flights begins from June this year. IndiGo plans to reduce between five…
Airbus is finding strong demand for its A350F Freighter model. Today, Cathay Group in Hong Kong has placed firm orders for 2 A350F Freighters, adding to their existing order for 6 aircraft for Cathay Cargo. This brings the total order…
Ryanair , the Irish ultra low-cost carrier, has announced that it is debt free, having just repaid the last of their debt, a $1.2 billion bond. The carrier currently has a fleet of 620 Boeing 737NG and MAX aircraft, which…
At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, something quiet is taking place. Four easyJet Airbus A320neo aircraft are being prepared for a new etaxi solution. Today, the airline and the airport officially launched Europe’s first full-scale electric TaxiBot operation for Airbus aircraft. It…
Looking at the eight destinations that Saudia Airlines has announced for its freshly delivered Airbus A321XLRs, something is interesting: not a single one is new to the schedule. But that is exactly the plan of the Jeddah-based carrier, which intends…
For much of the post?pandemic recovery, the commercial aviation industry operated under a comforting assumption: demand solves most problems. Travelers returned faster than expected, international markets reopened, and airlines regained pricing power after years of brutal competition. That phase may…