In legal documents that were made public on Monday, according to Bloomberg, the Doha-based carrier said it didn’t break its contract when refusing to accept the jets.
Meanwhile, the Association of the Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), a union representing almost 50,000 flight attendants in America, has said the move is in response to the rising pressure from staff for better working conditions.
Boeing has faced a lot of bad press in recent years, and deservedly so. However, Boeing has got a lot right too – and this is becoming apparent as events in Ukraine unfold.
Ed Bastian said at a Tuesday conference call the fuel surcharge is a must “as the market conditions permit”, and that raising the costs is “no question.”
For the first time in two years, Heathrow Airport announced on Monday that masks will not be mandatory anymore from 16 March, and Virgin Atlantic and British Airways also welcomed the news.
While the aviation industry continues to bounce back from the woes of the pandemic, supply chain issues and global lockdowns have continued to hamper production rates for several manufacturers.
