As had been anticipated, Qatar Airways has become the launch customer of the Boeing 777X Freighter by announcing an order for up to fifty aircraft on January 31. The freighter will be officially known as the 777-8 Freighter. Qatar also signed…
Alaska Airlines is risking losing more pilots if it doesn’t successfully and quickly complete negotiations with pilots union ALPA. Negotiations over additional benefits have reached an impasse since starting in October. The Seattle Times quotes ALPA that it is seeing “a…
2022 will be a “transitional year” for US low-cost carrier JetBlue. It plans to pull “meaningful levers” to restore its earnings and improve on costs after reporting a $182 million net loss for 2021, including a $129 million loss in…
Wizz Air is likely to incur over a half billion loss for its full financial year 2022 as it expects the current fourth quarter to suffer an even higher loss than in Q3. The ultra-low-cost from Central Eastern Europe reported a…
Airbus has unilaterally terminated the order from Qatar Airways for fifty A321neo’s and also canceled the delivery of an A350. The airframer says it has exercised its right to terminate the contract “pursuant to a cross-default provision” in the purchase…
About eight years ago, Singapore Airlines and India’s Tata Group joined hands to launch an airline together. While the corporate entity is called TATA-SIA airlines, reflecting the brand of both the shareholders, the airline was named Vistara. Last weekend, Vistara…