Three months after putting a halt to their operations occasioned by the restrictions placed on Nigerian travelers to Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt, the Nigerian government on Tuesday granted permission to Air France, KLM, and Lufthansa to re-commence flights to Nigeria.…
According to a note from the US DoT today: “The 23 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.5% fewer full-time equivalents (FTEs) in mid-September 2020 than in mid-August 2020: Mid-September’s total number of FTEs (404,869) was down 6,307 FTEs from mid-August…
The N4b ($10.51m) bailout for Nigerian airlines by the government following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is grossly inadequate to solve the myriads of problems confronting them. Yes, some did not agree that the carriers should be assisted with…
Colombia is one of the largest South American commercial aviation markets. During this COVID-19 pandemic, it was also one of the most affected due to severe Government restrictions, which halted all operations. Since September, the country has allowed some commercial…
African airlines are said to be the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic that has affected carriers and global economies. Airline revenues have collapsed. Fleets are grounded. Extreme actions are being taken just to survive. The continent’s airlines are in…
Over the last week, the AirInsight US Airline Performance Index has taken a downturn, with each of the seven days lower than the prior week. This has broken a trend of slow upward growth in the index over the last…