Monthly Archives: October 2021

Silk Way Airlines celebrates its 20th anniversary

  From the beginning, the company contributed to the economic independence and regional leadership of Azerbaijan. It was this passion that deeply connected the airline to its purpose. During these years, Silk Way Airlines’ route network has covered over 130 countries across the globe, while its aircraft have flown 70 million nautical miles (ca. 129,640,000 […]

Air Cargo Load Factors Soar in September as Peak Season Demand Steps Up a Gear

Air cargo load factors and airfreight rates continued their expected peak season climb in September, according to the latest global market data from industry analysts, CLIVE Data Services. CLIVE’s ‘dynamic loadfactor’ – which measures both the volume and weight perspectives of cargo flown and capacity available to produce a true indicator of airline performance – […]

Qantas Finalising 10 Year Program to Renew Domestic Fleet

Qantas has entered the final stages of a formal tender process with aircraft and engine manufacturers for the long-term renewal of its domestic narrow-body fleet. The program, which has been flagged previously, will see more than 100 new aircraft enter the national carrier’s domestic fleet by 2034, renewing the Boeing 737-800s and Boeing 717s that […]

Norwegian Passenger Numbers Show Continued Increase As Demand Strengthens

Norwegian Passenger Numbers Show Continued Increase As Demand Strengthens Norwegian’s traffic figures for September show a continued increase in the number of passengers as demand strengthens across our network. Traditional booking patterns are beginning to return and we are seeing more people planning ahead and booking to travel to our popular city break and winter […]

Lufthansa Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel agree on exclusive partnership to promote CO2-neutral power-to-liquid fuel

Atmosfair opens the world’s first plant for the production of synthetic PtL paraffin in the Emsland region of Lower Saxony Logistics companies Lufthansa Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel are among the first customers Annual purchase of 25,000 litres of synthetic crude oil agreed for at least five years Power-to-Liquid is considered a key technology for CO2-neutral flying […]

British Airways Welcomes Back its A380 as it Launches Biggest Schedule Since March 2020

British Airways’ A380 aircraft will re-join the airline’s fleet earlier than expected as US borders re-open, initially operating to Los Angeles, Miami and Dubai The airline is increasing flights to the US by adding more services to key cities including New York, with up to eight daily services by December The airline will also be […]

Travel Advisory: AirAsia will only accept fully-vaccinated guests on its flights

Check-in via airasia Super App is now MANDATORY to minimise exposure through physical contacts, paper movement. In preparation for the full resumption of its domestic and subsequently international flight services, AirAsia Malaysia (flight code AK) has made it mandatory for only completely vaccinated adult guests to be allowed to board its flights, effective immediately. Guests […]

Brussels Airlines will fly the Belgian Red Devils to the World Cup in Qatar, taking off at Brussels Airport

Brussels Airlines and the Royal Belgian Football Association (RFBA) have renewed their partnership, confirming that Brussels Airlines will be the official airline of both the Belgian Red Devils and the Red Flames for the coming three years, departing from Brussels Airport. Brussels Airlines and Brussels Airport will do their utmost to ensure a safe and […]

AVOLON to Become Major Player in the Global Air Cargo Market

Avolon to partner with IAI, world’s leading independent freighter conversion company, as launch customer for the IAI A330-300 P2F cargo conversion programme Avolon commits to 30 Airbus A330-300 P2F conversion slots between 2025 and 2028 Air cargo revenues forecasted to be over US$150 billion in 2021 with traffic expected to double over next 20 years […]