With tens of thousands of US airline workers facing layoffs this fall, labour groups are pushing Congress for more federal money to keep them on the payroll until next spring.

The unions have gained significant support among Democrats. They hope that the prospect of mass layoffs weeks before a pivotal election will sway some Republican votes.

The airline industry has been"...

The goal of the new agreement is to work together to identify the propulsion system that would complement Boom's Overture airframe. The engagement will involve teams from Boom and Rolls-Royce collaborating in engine-airframe matching activities for Boom's flagship supersonic passenger aircraft, Overture. The teams will also examine certain key aspects of the propulsion system. The teams will investigate whether an existing engine architecture can be adapted for supersonic flight, while Boom's internal team continues"...

Wizz Air Holdings will speed up the rate of new plane deliveries from Airbus, taking advantage of deferrals from other customers to feed its own expansion.

The Hungarian low-cost airline will receive about 30 A321neo jets in 2021, five more than it previously expected, chief executive Jozsef Varadi said in an interview on Wednesday. Talks with Airbus have included commercial arrangements, he said, an indication that the airline may be getting sweetened"...

Demand for jet fuel may take years to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and will lag behind an uptick in oil prices as air travel demand remains weak, especially in the absence of a vaccine, according to Bank of America (BofA).

A measured rebound is expected in the third quarter of 2021 before a full recovery in demand for the aviation fuel by 2023, the BofA Global Research said in a July 23 commodities report. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation"...

SYDNEY/SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian low-cost carriers, a key growth engine for planemakers and leasing companies for a decade before the pandemic, are faltering financially as demand plunges, raising questions over whether they can replace and double their fleets. Auditors for Malaysia’s AirAsia Group Bhd and Vietnam’s VietJet Aviation JSC are concerned about cashflows and funding, while Indonesia’s Lion Air has put the brakes on a planned flotation. Even before the pandemic, bankers and leasing bosses were"...

CHICAGO: With COVID-19 ravaging the aviation industry, airlines and airports worldwide are reining in costs and halting new spending, except in one area: Reassuring pandemic-wary passengers about travel.

“Whatever the new normal ... it’s going to be more and more around self-service,” Sean Donohue, CEO of Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport (DFW), told Reuters in an interview.

The"...

Boeing’s communications chief resigned recently following a complaint over an article he wrote more than 30 years ago contending that women should not serve in combat.
His resignation comes as a number of US companies examine their corporate culture following weeks of protests in the country over racism and police brutality, following the killing of African American George Floyd by a white police officer.
Niel Golightly leaves his post at Boeing after just months on the job.
In a press statement, he"...

Etihad Airways marked International Women’s Day by pledging to increase its female workforce by 25 per cent over the next five years – the first airline in the country to make this commitment.

This follows the International Air Travel Association’s (IATA) voluntary ‘25by2025’ campaign which aims to improve gender balance within the aviation industry.

Tony Douglas, Group chief executive officer, Etihad Aviation Group, said: “We are so proud to already have thousands"...

Airports Council International (ACI) World has today revealed the winners of its world-renowned Airport Service Quality Awards.

The awards recognize those airports around the world that deliver the best customer experience in the opinion of their own passengers.

This year, 140 awards have been won by 84 individual airports. The full list of winners can be found here.

Middle Eastern airlines experienced a 5.4 per cent rise in international passenger traffic in January, the fourth consecutive month of solid demand growth, reflecting strong performance from larger Europe-Middle East and Middle East-Asia routes, which were not significantly impacted by route cancellations related to COVID-19 at that time, according to a report released by the International Air Transport Association (Iata).

Capacity increased just 0.5 per cent, with load factor jumping 3.6 percentage points to"...