Air Belgium has announced that it will soon enter into the cargo business with four A330-200 freighter aircraft. The airline has also said it has ambitions to grow this figure to six freighters in total by the end of 2021. While it has not been confirmed, rumors suggest the initial four incoming aircraft may be
For many months now, industry bodies and airlines have pushed for the introduction of ‘health passes’ and ‘vaccine passports’ to aid in the return of post-COVID international travel. The International Air Transport Association has been running trials in the Middle East and Europe of its own ‘Travel Pass’, which stores verified health information, including COVID
The UK’s advertising watchdog has banned a Ryanair ‘jab and go’ TV advert that encouraged customers to book flights after getting a COVID vaccine.
Kenya’s national carrier Kenya Airways and Canadian MRO company Avianor have reached an agreement to collectively repurpose the airline’s Boeing 787 cabins into cargo transportation. This joint effort will be the first-ever cargo repurpose of this type to be performed on the Boeing 787. The repurposed cabin has been certified to carry up to 16
Singapore Airlines has welcomed nine ex-SilkAir Boeing 737-800 NGs, donned in Singapore’s iconic livery, to its fleet. It comes as SilkAir officially ceased operations on 28 January, finalising the merger of the regional subsidiary back into its parent airline, which has been in the works since May 2018. As such, SIA is due to absorb
Despite ongoing challenges and record-low levels of demand for air travel, aviation industry experts expect around 600,000 more skilled pilots will be required over the next two decades. According to a report by travel industry analysis firm Skift, the global pre-pandemic pilot shortage will return shortly after travel demand plateaus at normal levels, with the
