State-owned Air India has announced it will keep its 747s in service, making it one of the last major airlines holding on to the jumbo jet post-COVID. Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh told India’s Business Today last Wednesday the carrier has no plans to retire the aircraft. “As on date, there
IAG said it would operate 45 per cent of its pre-pandemic passenger capacity between now and September, and hopes to rise to 75 per cent by the end of this year.
The Association of Flight Attendants surveyed almost 5,000 staff from 25 June to 14 July, and found that 84 per cent of cabin crew reported they were cursed at, yelled at, and some even followed and harassed back to the airport.
United Airlines has made moves this week on food services to ramp up summer demand as the carrier transitions to outsourced catering for long-haul flights, impacting over 2,000 jobs.
UK-based leisure airline Jet2 is looking to breaking a near two-decade loyalty to Boeing by switching to Airbus narrowbody jets in its upcoming fleet renewal, according to industry sources.
American Airlines pilots and flight crew unions have filed grievances to the carrier, claiming it has not provided sufficient transportation and hotels during layovers, which has seen crew forced to sleep in airports.
