LATAM Airlines Group posted a $4.54 billion net loss in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, LATAM was one of the three Latin American airlines to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, to have…
Passenger traffic to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) via Cairo, Egypt took a considerable dip following the stoppage of flights between Nigeria and UAE occasioned by diplomatic face-off over rapid COVID-19 tests for travelers to the Arabian country. As a…
The AirInsight/AIR Team joins in another podcast to discuss items in the news this week, including supersonic business jets, Bombardier, Dassault, Loyal Wingman, the outlook for Airlines, with a focus on Canada, and the outlook for Boeing. We hope you…
The most recent data from China suggests that their admirable air travel recovery has skidded of late. October was the recent high point and was approaching 2019 levels. But November and December saw traffic dropoff. Note the near disappearance of…
East African carrier, RwandAir will become the first African airline to trial IATA Travel Pass to enable safe and seamless international travel. The airline will begin a three-week trial in April for customers traveling between Kigali and Nairobi, Kenya. IATA…
The UAE’s three major airlines have begun staff vaccinations for employees, with Etihad being the first followed by Emirates and Flydubai all moving to protect frontline staff. Emirates Airlines started offering employees vaccinations in mid-January against the COVID-19 disease with…