American Airlines Posts $8.9 Billion Annual Loss in 2020
American Airlines has posted an$8.9 billionannual loss, its biggest on record as travel restrictions and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged air travel in 2020. Despite reducing its operating [...]
Delta Airlines Brings Back 400 Furloughed Pilots
Delta Airlines has announced that it is bringing back 400 pilots affected by the workforce reductions in 2020 back to active flying status. The move will help shore up the [...]KQ Partners with Horticulture Exporters to Increase Cargo Capacity
Kenya Airways (KQ) has partnered with local horticulture exporters to enhance the capacity of fresh produce carried on its flights, by lifting Kenya’s fresh produce to the overseas market from [...]Israel Suspends Passenger Flights WEF 25th January
Israel has announced a one-week-long ban on most incoming and outgoing passenger with effect from Monday, 25th January 2021. The move seeks to slow the spread of new variants of [...]KQ Pauses Flights to France and Netherlands as COVID-19 Regulations Lower Demand
KQ has temporarily suspended its flights to France and the Netherlands following new COVID-19 regulations in Europe which have lowered demand. The suspension of flights to France's Charles de Gaulle [...]KLM Announces 1,000 More Job Cuts
Air France KLM has announced plans to implement1,000 more job cutsin 2021, arguing that the government's plans to require all passengers and crew to pass a COVID-19 test (taken within [...]Canada Set to Lift Boeing 737 MAX Flight Ban on 20th January 2021
Canada has announced plans to lift a near two-year flight ban on Boeing 737 MAX on20th January 2021, joining other countries like the United States that have brought the aircraft [...]Airlines Worldwide Need Another $80 Billion to Survive COVID-19; IATA
IATA (International Air Transport Association) has projected that the world's airlines need another $70-$80 billion of government support to survive the crisis caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. According to [...]KAA Begins Refurbishment Upgrade of JKIA
Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has begun a 12-months long refurbishment and upgrade of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport's (JKIA) Terminal 1B and 1C, a move that seeks to enhance the [...]Blow as KQ Workers Face New 30% Pay Cuts
Kenya Airways (KQ) workers are facing a fresh round of pay cuts of between 5% and30%,a move that seeks to preserve cash amid unrelenting financial challenges due to the global [...]Blow to Airbus as New US Tariffs Take Effect
European planemaker, Airbus, has been dealt a blow after the United States started levying a 15% duty on imported aircraft parts coming from France and Germany. The tariff will have [...]Kenya Airways Suspends its 2 Weekly Flights to Seychelles as Demand Dwindles
Kenya Airways has suspended flights between Nairobi and Mahe until the end of January, as COVID-19 suppresses demand to the destination. The carrier is among four other airlines which have [...]
