JetBlue to expand network ahead of holiday season
Hybrid carrier JetBlue Airways has announced that it intends to add 24 new routes to its network later this year, as the carrier hopes to cash in on increasing leisure travel demand over the holiday seasons. The New York-based airline said the network expansion plan will also see it bring some of its temporarily grounded
US to crackdown on aircraft certification amid Boeing crisis
The US Senate is considering an overhaul on aircraft certification, as Boeing battles both safety recertification issues on its beleaguered 737 MAX, and now increasing manufacturing flaws on its 787 Dreamliner. The US Senate Commerce Committee is set to hold a hearing that will consider proposing a bill to strengthen oversight of aircraft certification on
Singapore Airlines to cut 4,300 jobs internationally
SIA has been unable to avoid necessary job losses, which will see its workforce shrink by 20 per cent, as the COVID-19 crisis continues. Singapore Airlines has announced that it will cut 4,300 jobs, or around 20 per cent of its workforce, the first job cuts it has been required to make since the beginning
EasyJet CEO sends grave warning to UK government
EasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren has warned the UK government that this is its “last chance to save the UK airline industry”, as its inaction could permanently hinder the local sector. According to Lundgren, a lack of targeted government support for the local aviation sector will only make the UK travel industry “increasingly reliant” on
Morgan Stanley predicts bullish 2021 US airline recovery
Analysts from Morgan Stanley have predicted that US passenger air travel demand will return to pre-COVID levels by late 2021 to early 2022, years ahead of the International Air Transport Association’s prediction. Despite the fact that the IATA has predicted that air travel demand will continue to be subdued below 2019 levels until early 2024,
Winter passenger projections a ‘write-off’: Ryanair
Ryanair has slashed its annual passenger target by a further 10 million as travel restrictions persist, and a new wave of COVID-19 cases sweeps through Europe. The airline group’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said that the upcoming European winter travel season will essentially be “a write-off”, as the airline cut its annual passenger target to
