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With the acquisition of Skytrans, Avia Solutions Group expands to Australia

IndiGo extends its service agreement with CAE for its Cadet Pilot Programme

IndiGo extends its service agreement with CAE, IndiGo Cadet Pilot Programme. Under this agreement, IndiGo will expand its partnership with CAE for a tailormade pilot career programme to meet the needs of future Junior First Officer requirements and contribute to IndiGo’s st...

Virgin Australia set to increase regional network in significant partnership expansion with Link Airways

Regional Australians are set to benefit under a new codeshare partnership with Link Airways that will increase Virgin Australia’s footprint in regional Australia from today by approximately 45 per cent. Seventeen new regional codeshare services operated by Link Airways, the equivalent of...

airBaltic marks 2023 as a year of development

Summarizing the key statistics and milestones of the year 2023, airBaltic announced the previous year has continued the company’s purposeful growth and development, also surpassing many pre-pandemic results. The following report presents data, including count of passengers, flights, destinations, fleet, cargo, employees, technical and operational achievements, and other, which repr...

Domestic and international expansion - Akasa Air orders 150 more Boeing 737 MAX

Akasa Air has placed a follow-on 737 MAX order, confirming 150 more fuel-efficient jets in its order book. The purchase of 737-10 airplanes and additional 737-8-200 jets by India’s all-737 operator was revealed at the Wings India 2024 airshow. Akasa Air will leverage the 737 MAX family to expand its domestic and international network in the coming years. Since launching operations...

Qantas to take off from the top end to Singapore

Qantas is launching a second international route from Darwin, with direct flights from the Northern Territory to Singapore. New Qantas flights will add more than 60,000 seats on the route each year and provide visitors to Australia with a convenient gateway to access to some iconic Top End experiences. The flights will provide Territorians with a direct Qantas option to Singapore and also a s...

90 seconds to evacuate the plane - SAFEsky Frederick Reitz on JAL A350 inflight crew

A rare accident occurred on January 2, 2024 at Tokyo airport. Landing Japan Airlines Airbus A350 collided with coast guard aircraft on the runway, bursting into flames immediately after touching down. After numerous opinions, posts and articles on JAL A350 accident and Alaska Airlines incident, I had to reach out to THE safety expert again to get his opinion on both cases. Fred...

In-flight entertainment content licensing revenues expected to exceed $300m in 2024

The Future of In-flight entertainment content is Valour Consultancy latest report and provides a timely overview of key developments that have occurred across the IFE content licensing landscape since 2020. Overall, the market has experienced a strong recovery in the post-COVID era, with content licensing revenues reaching over $U.S. 300 million in 2024 as there is demand among airlines...

MEHAIR orders 20 ZeroAvia ZA600 hydrogen-electric engines

MEHAIR placed a conditional order for up to 20 ZA600 hydrogen-electric engines. The order adds to the over 2,000 engine pre-orders secured by ZeroAvia. MEHAIR has historically offered services across the Indian sub-continent, commencing with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2011. The company now has ambitious plans to grow across a range of sub-regional routes across India with bo...

Emirates readies to recruit 5,000 cabin crew from six continents in 2024

Emirates celebrates the new year and the imminent arrival of its spanking new fleet of Airbus A350s with a global cabin crew recruitment drive with a difference. The 5,000 new joiners will ensure the airline’s commitment to offering the world’s best inflight experience maintains a steady course. The recruitment drive is designed primarily for those who will soon or have recen...

EASA proposes first EU-wide regulation on ground handling

EASA published the first-ever proposal to regulate ground handling across European Union airports, to increase the safety, cybersecurity and consistency of all the actions that happen on the ground before and after a flight, delivering benefits to passengers and their airlines. This Opinion, for the first time, proposes a regulation that will affect approximately 300 000 worker...

ATR and Air Algérie sign first Digital Maintenance Documentation package

Air Algérie and ATR announced the signature of the first Digital Maintenance Documentation package to further strengthen the airline’s maintenance documentation system and optimise the maintenance and engineering operations for its fleet of 15 ATR aircraft. A new service provided by ATR to its operators, this three-year digital maintenance documentation contra...

Lufthansa Group plans to hire around 13,000 new people in 2024

Lufthansa Group plans to hire around 13,000 new employees for a wide range of professions in 2024. New colleagues for the cockpit and cabin, technicians and new colleagues in IT are particularly sought after. However, jobs are also being advertised in other areas, such as ground staff at the Lufthansa hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. It is planned to recruit more than 3,500 people in the cabin and ar...

easyJet launches partnership with Musement offering thousands of fantastic experiences across Europe and beyond

easyJet launched a new partnership with global Tours & Activities business Musement to enable customers to access fantastic excursions, activities and attractions in hundreds of destinations across Europe and beyond, alongside its great value fares. As part of the partnership, Musement has developed a new Tours & Activities digital platform, which is integrated with the easyJet w...

Cathay joins forces with more like-minded organisations to promote the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Cathay continues to make important strides on its journey towards becoming a sustainability leader, as it endeavours to cultivate increased collaboration with important stakeholders to decarbonise the aviation industry and achieve its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Following the successful launch of its Corporate SAF Programme in 2022, Cathay is excited to announce the a...

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