Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines have been partners since 2011, but COVID-19 forced the partnership to go on pause.
Each year the IATA conducts a survey of around 10,000 people to learn about their experiences while travelling. This year, 10,206 respondents from over 200 countries completed the survey. Out of this sample, 80 per cent of passengers rated their experience as ‘very satisfied’ or ‘somewhat satisfied’.
The entire retrofitting program will cost approximately $200 million and will be completed throughout the coming European winter. According to the airline, adding the split-scimitar additions to the wings of the aircraft will reduce fuel consumption by 1.5 per cent.
Hydrogen-electric aircraft developer ZeroAvia has partnered with AGS Airports to bring zero-emissions flights to Scotland. An agreement has been announced between AGS Airports and ZeroAvia, which have agreed to work together to develop hydrogen fuel infrastructure for delivering zero-emission flights from Aberdeen and Glasgow airports. The pair will also work on the regulatory framework requirements
LOT Polish Airlines has requested US District Judge Reed O’Connor declare them as “crime victims” in the Boeing 737 MAX criminal case. The Boeing 737 MAX was grounded worldwide in for 20 months starting in March 2019 following two fatal accidents involving the aircraft in Ethiopia and Indonesia. LOT Polish Airlines has argued that this
The first official flight was flown on Virgin Atlantic’s new Airbus A330-900neo, named “Billie Holiday”, an aircraft that has been dubbed one of the most fuel-efficient aircraft flying today.