IATA welcomes Somalia reclassification to 'Class A'
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
300 aviation leaders expected to attend AP-SAS in Singapore in March
- MICE News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Three hundred government and industry leaders from countries across the Asia-Pacific will gather in Singapore for an inaugural region-wide summit to discuss how to ensure aviation safety as the aviation sector recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
International travel travel on the edge of recovery - UNWTO
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) says international travel volumes could reach between 80 per cent and 95 per cent of pre-pandemic levels this year - if there's a recovery in Asia and the war in Ukraine ends.
Russian airlines given 100 million passenger target for 2023
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Russia's government is driving plans to increase passenger numbers in the country to more than 100 million in 2023, minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev says.
Southwest goes back to basics
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Following a disastrous festive holiday season that saw it cancel about 16,700 flights between December 21 and New Year's eve alone, the USA's Southwest Air has hired consulting firm Oliver Wyman to review its processes, interview staff and lay out what went wrong - and then determine how to avoid repeating the issues.
Teesside in move to SAF
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Europe's Air France-KLM says the UK's Teesside International Airport is to join its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) program.
Delta to standardise A350 fleet
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Atlanta, USA-based Delta Air Lines is to retrofit and upgrade nine A350-900 aircraft that were acquired from Latam in Brazil.
Southwest and dispatchers closer to wage deal
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Dallas, USA-based Southwest Airlines has come to a tentative contract deal with the union representing its 450 dispatchers that would give immediate 17.1 per cent raises and scheduling improvements, meaning it now has possible agreements with two of its labour groups, but not with pilots and flight attendants.
Canada to overhaul passengers' rights laws
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Canada's Transport minister Omar Alghabra says the government will consider the EU's system as a model when overhauling the airline passenger bill of rights.
Cirium tips a 47,700 global aircraft fleet by 2042
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
The consultancy arm of aviation analytics firm Cirium says the global passenger airline fleet will rise to around 47,700 aircraft at the end of 2041, up from 25,700 at the end of 2021.
Thailand targets 25 million visitors this year
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
In December 2022, Thailand welcomed 2.24 million foreign tourists, compared with 230,497 in the same month a year earlier.
Canberra joins TWU fight to overturn Qantas's outsourcing decision
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Australia's federal government will join the Transport Workers’ Union’s (TWU) high court fight with its flag carrier Qantas that centres on the airline's fight to overturn a ruling that it illegally outsourced 1,700 ground handlers’ jobs.
ARC Aero to add nine-seat VTOL
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 24 January 2023
UK-based startup ARC Aero Systems is to add a nine-seat VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft to its product range.