Two new airlines have begun flights to Sri Lanka while five others await approval, Manager Air Services and Traffic Rights at the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) Ishara Gunawardana said. He said Ethiopian Airlines and Maldivian Airlines started operations to Sri Lanka last month. Ethiopian Airlines mainly carry cargo and will also bring
Despite the government allowing 80% of scheduled flight capacity to be operated on domestic flights, Indian airlines are running their operations at a significantly lower capacity. In the latest update on domestic aviation, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Saturday that 2.57 lakh passengers flew on 2,211 flights on Friday with total flight movements
Lucknow: Bringing the city of Nawabs closer to Taj city, a daily direct flight will soon begin between the two cities. The journey will take around 100 minutes, depending on air traffic. One can take the morning flight to Agra and return the same evening. According to Agra airport authority, airlines like Zoom Air (India)
JetBlue Airways has complained to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) that it is being locked out of securing slots in London for its planned transatlantic expansion. In a filing with the DOT on 19 January, the New-York-based low-cost carrier accuses the UK government of protecting airlines which currently have slots at the two major
ACI Europe now expects passenger traffic at the region’s airports to be down 56% against 2019 levels this year – a significant deepening from the 43% decline it forecast in October last year. Lamenting the negative near-term effects of various factors including the tightening of international borders, the airports industry body says air travel demand
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro Airlines ceased its operations on Saturday after the small country’s new government refused to continue financing the indebted national carrier. The airline which was formed 25 years ago has apologized to its passengers for the sudden termination of all flights and thanked them for “the years of trust, travel and
The Boeing 737 Max made its official return to U.S. skies Tuesday, more than 20 months after the aircraft was grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration and about six weeks since it was recertified. American Airlines’ Flight 718, the first commercial 737 Max flight by a major U.S. airline since its recertification Nov. 18, departed from Miami shortly before 10:30
Alaska Airlines will soon ban emotional support animals from flights, becoming the first major U.S. airline to do so after the Department of Transportation revised its regulations earlier this month about what constitutes a service animal. Beginning Jan. 11, Alaska will only allow service dogs, which it defined in a press release as dogs that are ”
DETROIT – The leader of Delta Air Lines is telling workers that he expects some recovery from the coronavirus travel downturn by the spring. CEO Ed Bastian wrote in a New Year’s Day memo to employees that he expects 2021 to start with travel deeply depressed like it was last year. But as COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available,
Allegiant Air is expanding to three new cities as part of a 21-route expansion aimed at pandemic vacationers. The Las Vegas-based budget airline plans to start nonstop service from Portland, Oregon, in April and Key West, Florida, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in June. The cities were selected because they are gateways to outdoor recreation, which travelers have
