According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Latin American cargo airlines aren’t picking up. These carriers have posted, month after month, the worst performance of all regions and are 32.7% below the pre-pandemic demand numbers. To understand this…
CEOs of leading US and UK airlines have called on the leaders of the G7 countries to reopen the transatlantic for unrestricted passenger travel between both countries. They say there is a “clear opportunity” to safely open up, as both…
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated global aviation. The fallout is being severely felt across the African continent. Even before the pandemic, only 9% of the continent’s air traffic was intra-African. It’s common to hear stories that the fastest, easiest, and…
From the moment it became clear that the diversion of a Ryanair Boeing to Minsk on Sunday was not an ordinary but an orchestrated one with political objectives, it was clear: Belarus won’t get away with this one. It has…
The recovery of air travel in Europe is still a long way off 2019 levels. It could take until 2024 or even 2025 before it returns to pre-Covid levels. On May 21, Eurocontrol has provided an updated forecast which is more…
The international airline industry is set for a combined net loss this year of $-47.7 billion. While that’s an ‘improvement of last year’s $-126.4 billion, it is a clear demonstration of the continued difficulties within the airline market, IATA said…