The war in Ukraine is the new uncertainty, but if the effects on the industry remain limited, Lufthansa Group is expecting a strong 2022. The airline group sees very strong bookings for the second quarter and summer. By hedging a large…
Air France-KLM Group CEO Ben Smith doesn’t seem too worried about the prospect of Lufthansa and sea shipping company MSC buying into Italian carrier ITA Airways. If the German/Swiss group gets a majority share in ITA, that doesn’t mean that…
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The past year 2021 has seen record sales of Boeing freighters. After getting to eighty on December 21 thanks to an order for nineteen 767-300Fs from UPS, Boeing announced on January 6 that it had received another order before the…
With the infectious Omicron variant present in more and more countries and spreading quickly, airlines are beginning to see the effects of this mutation on their business. A few airlines have announced a drastic reduction in capacity for the coming…
Qatar Airways and Airbus remain at loggerheads over the paint quality issue on the A350. Speaking at the Aviation Club UK in London on November 30, CEO Akbar Al Baker was most critical of Airbus’ lack to come up with a…