Africa’s intricate air connectivity was reduced as Independent regional airline Airlink today launched a new direct three-times-weekly service between Johannesburg and Luanda, Angola. The service is operated with a 98-seat Embraer E-190. Airlink Chief Executive Officer Rodger Foster was represented…
Southwest Airlines continues its buying-mood by adding more Boeing MAX 7s to its fleet. During the third quarter, the carrier exercised options on eight aircraft for delivery in 2022 while on the first day of Q4 on October 1, it…
American Airlines improved its quarter-by-quarter results by posting a $169 million net profit for Q3, up from $19 million in the second quarter . However, excluding special items, the net loss was $641 million, it reported on October 21. American’s…
Icelandair has turned a $54.9 million Q2 loss into a $19.6 million Q3 profit despite setbacks from the Delta variant and continued travel restrictions. The strong start of the quarter was tapered off by new Covid-cases in Iceland in August…
The Director-General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Willie Walsh said that the full implantation of ‘Open Skies’ otherwise known as the Single Africa Air Transport Market (SAATM) would be beneficial for the continent’s carriers and the huge African…
The US DoT datasets are truly a cornucopia of information. We are fortunate to have such granular data – despite some of the issues in working with it. In conversations with people across the industry, we consistently remark that this…